Step into the arena. Step outside the bubble. Justin Davis offers the public a personal story of a life in hockey with all aspects considered.

What was wrong? What can be changed? What did he like? What should be maintained?

With Canada’s national winter sport facing a moral audit, check out our discussion with an NHL draft choice and Memorial Cup champion player turned high school teacher who has an inside perspective.

Conflicted Scars was released by ECW Press in October 2022. It features a foreword by Hockey Hall of Fame coach Brian Kilrea and a cover blurb from Davis’s one-time OHL teammate Joe Thornton, a member of the NHL’s 1,500-points club.