Throat-stepping hockey commentary crosses a line, says CBSC

OTTAWA — A violent suggestion about hockey players stepping on opponents’ throats made by now former colour commentator Brian Burke (who was recently named president of hockey operations with the NHL’s Pittsburgh Penguins) during Sportsnet West’s broadcast of a 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs game on September 4, 2020, breached the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Violence Code, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has determined in a decision released today. During game seven of the second-round playoff matchup between the Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche, Burke was asked by fellow commentator David Amber what he thought about Colorado’s “lack of...