Knowledge bank: Laura Robinson wrote Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada’s National Sport and Black Tights: Women, Sport and Sexuality. In this article and book review, she writes a personal and open letter to Sheldon Kennedy - a victim of sexual violence in Canadian Hockey.

Knowledge bank: In an assessment of women's role in hockey, Laura Robinson revisits some of the cases of sexual abuse from her book "Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport". She also adds some very disturbing new stories about hockey players abusing girls as young as nine.

The rape culture of the hockey locker room is on trial in Canada. Police suspects that one coach in particular is responsible for somewhere between 20 and 100 assaults on young hockey players, reports Laura Robinson.

Knowledge bank: Declan Hill explains why the Russian mafia is attracted to hockey both in the former Soviet Union and abroad. He shows how organised crime figures deliberately targeted some of the top hockey players in the NHL and were able to socialise with them, to extort them, and in some cases to actually go into business with them.

Writing the book "Crossing the Line: Violence and Sexual Assault in Canada's National Sport" was a six year journey for journalist Laura Robinson. Here she recounts the story of how she exposed a rape culture in junior hockey and how she has been deeply affected by the story.