Patrick O'Sullivan had a rough childhood!

[Josh]

Wow. Yeah, check out this article he wrote about it for The Player's Tribune: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/pat...van-nhl-abuse/

[Jasmine]

And that is putting it mildly. He is now speaking publicaly about all the beating he suffered at the hands of his own father.

I apologize for sharing a French article (didn't see one in English yet) and for those of you who don't really understand the content of the article. In a nutshell, he says his father would beat the crap out of him for no reasons other than this is how he handled his kid, day in and day out...and nobody around him did anything to stop it.

http://www.lapresse.ca/sports/hockey/201512/10/01-4929743-patrick-osullivan-raconte-lenfer-que-lui-a-fait-subir-son-pere.php?utm_categorieinterne=trafficdrivers&utm_contenuinterne=cyberpresse_B13b_hockey_194509_section_POS1