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This page is a noncommercial commentary and activism project from Game Misconducts. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Carter Hart, his representatives, the Vegas Golden Knights, or the NHL. This site reports court records and public documents, and publishes clearly labeled opinion and satire. Carter Hart is one of five players acquitted of all charges on July 24, 2025, and is a current Vegas Golden Knights goaltender.

Carter Hart sprawled on the ice in Vegas goalie gear, number 79.A crowd of fans holding placards and speech bubbles that read NO MEANS NO.

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“NO MEANS NO!” Carolina fans chanted it at Hart through the 2026 Stanley Cup Final. He called the chants “just noise.” ESPN ↗

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The reading roomSee media coverageA full broadsheet of third-party reporting: the trial, the verdict, the reinstatement fight, investigations, and the wider record of cases across the sport.Open the full record →

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We Breed Lions book cover by Rick Westhead

We Breed Lions

Rick Westhead · foreword by Stephen Brunt

The investigative reporter's account of the culture behind the headlines, and the people who tried to hold it accountable.

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Crossing the Line book cover by Laura Robinson

Crossing the Line

Laura Robinson · McClelland & Stewart, 1998

A quarter-century before this case, journalist Laura Robinson documented the same machinery: abuse in junior hockey and the institutions that close ranks to protect it.

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Code of Misconduct

Sébastien Trahan's documentary follows the trial as it unfolds, and the culture around it.

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The Fifth Estate: Hockey Canada Scandal, key art

Hockey Canada Scandal: Inside Our National Sport

The Fifth Estate · CBC, 2022

The Fifth Estate examines the national shame inside Canada's game, and the history that suggests 2018 was not an isolated incident.

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