Steroids in Hockey?

You could say something about steroids being commonplace back in the MLB old days. But could you say the same thing about the NHL old days?

Retired NHL enforcer Georges Laraque said in a new book that steroid use was commonplace for years in the hockey dressing rooms. He says it wasn't limited to just the NHL's bruisers, as stated in his book "The Story of the NHL's Unlikliest Tough Guy."

Laraque doesn't accuse any players by name in the book. He does, however, say that enforcers used it to gain weight before getting to the pros, and took Ephedrine to be desensitized before a fight.

Now, the NHL and the NHL Players' Association have not yet responded to these claims. However, back in 2005, the league and the union made it clear in the Collective Bargaining Agreement that testing for steroids was necessary.

Okay, so they missed something? I guess what I should say is that I'm not surprised. I mean, steroids is a pretty common thing among sports back then. Baseball was the biggest factor because players used it to build muscles and hit home runs, which gave them an advantage over players that didn't use them. But hockey? It sounds strange that hockey would use these, because it doesn't necessarily help the legs as much as the upper body. But Laraque is partially right. But is their proof that steroids did actually happen? Him saying it is not exactly solid proof that they did it. They need to investigate and see if it actually occurred. And if it did and if there are current players that were involved, there needs to be some sort of action. So until then, I can't believe what Laraque is saying. I'd believe it in baseball, just not hockey yet.