On 6 May 2020, photos were leaked from a conversation in which Brendan Leipsic of the National Hockey League’s Washington Capitals, his brother Jeremy of the University of Manitoba Bisons and several others made vulgar, misogynistic comments about women and about other hockey players’ girlfriends and wives. Following the release of the conversation and the subsequent dismissal of both Leipsic brothers from their respective teams, many took to Twitter to explain their thoughts on this situation. This study analyses nearly 1000 Twitter replies to the Leipsic situation and explores how these responses are shaped by questions of masculinity, accountability, legality, privacy and hockey culture. Contrasting responses to both the scandal and the institutional response to it are emblematic of larger contemporary questions regarding narratives of ‘cancel culture’, ‘woke capitalism’, acceptable masculinities and interactions between them.

2020 年 5 月 6 日，美国国家冰球联盟华盛顿首都队的布伦丹·莱普西奇、他的兄弟曼尼托巴大学野牛队的杰里米和其他几个人对女性和其他曲棍球运动员的女朋友发表了粗俗、厌恶女性的评论，照片被泄露。妻子。在谈话发布以及随后莱比锡兄弟被各自球队解雇后，许多人在推特上解释了他们对这种情况的看法。这项研究分析了近 1000 条 Twitter 对莱比锡情况的回复，并探讨了这些回复如何受到男性气质、责任感、合法性、隐私和曲棍球文化等问题的影响。