Ryan Munce, who was a goaltender with the Sarnia Sting in 2002-03, is not just corroborating claims made by former teammate Dan Carcillo earlier this week, he's adding even more disturbing details to an already pretty disturbing list. Munce, now 35 and the owner of a goaltending school, told The Hockey News what he went through caused him to have suicidal thoughts which he wrote down during a mid-season road trip. He says they were completely dismissed by his teammates, who barged into his hotel room while he was writing, took the note, crumpled it up and left.

“I'm pretty sure that if I saw a kid who was writing suicidal thoughts, I'd probably bring that to the attention of the coach, probably bring it to the attention of the team, probably talk to him about it,” Munce said. “Instead it was just like, ‘Ah, f— it, who cares?”

Munce told The Hockey News he will definitely be joining the class action lawsuit launched by Carcillo and former teammate Garrett Taylor, which alleges major junior players were "“routinely victims to hazing, bullying, physical and verbal harassment, physical assault, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.” Munce corroborates several of Carcillo's claims and adds more details.

* In the statement of claim, Carcillo alleges that during showers, rookies were required sit in the middle of the shower room naked while the older players urinated, spat saliva and tobacco chew on them. At least once, the lawsuit alleges, head coach Jeff Perry walked into the shower room while this was occurring, laughed and walked out. “It wasn't just that,” Munce said. “We all sat completely naked wrapped around each person in front of us, like a canoe, and we were supposed to sing Row, Row, Row Your Boat as they sprayed aerosol cans on our shoulders to try to make them burn.”

* The lawsuit alleges rookies were repetitively hit on their bare buttocks with a sawed off goalie stick, developing large welts and open sores. The injuries were so bad that they couldn't sit down, even while attending local high school classes. They advised team staff of this abuse, which did not stop. “Then they put holes in (the stick) to make it faster,” Munce said. “If you got hit with it and flinched, you got hit again. You could actually see on guys' butts the air holes that were put on the paddle from where it hit.”

* The lawsuit also alleges that on road trips, rookies would be stripped naked and sent into the bus bathroom, eight at a time. The older players would tape the boys' clothes up in a ball, which were thrown into the bathroom. The boys were not allowed out until they were dressed, which could take hours. Older players would pour chew, saliva, and urine on them through the bathroom vents. This was once a common practice with junior hockey teams and has been known as ‘the hot box.' “That has been happening forever,” Munce said, “and no one has ever said, ‘This is a bad thing?' ”

* Carcillo alleged in the lawsuit that rookies had to bob for apples in a cooler filled with the older players' urine, saliva and other bodily fluids. Munce corroborated this.

* It is also alleged an instance where a naked rookie was taped to a table with his buttocks in the air. Older players were whipping him with a belt. It is alleged Perry took part, whipped the child and laughed while the boy cried. “(The players) came up with a thing they called Rookie of the Day and they drew names out of a hat,” Munce said. “I came in from school one day and saw (the player) taped to the table and they were going to town on him with whatever they had…belts, things like that.”

* Munce also said at one point that season, a Jewish teammate was taunted by one of the members on the team who put black tape on his upper lip and did an impersonation of Adolph Hitler. He also said there were often incidents of racism on that team. “Guys would drop the N-word like it was nothing,” Munce said.

Another player who was a veteran member of the Sarnia Sting at the same time told The Hockey News that he did not take part in the hazing described by Carcillo, but added “I didn't see anything that he said that wasn't true,” said the player, who requested anonymity. “I just wish I had done more to stop it.”

The Hockey News reached out to Perry for comment. Their calls were not returned.