Ottawa native Jason Bailey is suing the Anaheim Ducks organization over alleged anti-Semitic remarks made toward him during his time with one of its farm teams. (Submitted)

A Jewish hockey player from Ottawa is suing the Anaheim Ducks organization for harassment, claiming coaches with one of its farm teams subjected him to months of anti-Semitic discrimination.

Jason Bailey, 23, alleges in court documents filed in California the abuses happened between 2005 and 2009 while he played for the Bakersfield Condors of the East Coast Hockey League.

The team's coach, Martin Raymond, 46, is originally from Drummondville, Que.

None of the allegations have been proven in court, but Bailey's Los Angeles-based lawyer, Keith Fink, said his client already has proof in the form of letters of apology the Ducks' organization told Raymond and his assistant coach to write.

"The virulent comments that they made — 'dirty Jew,' 'Jews only care about money' — these were not jovial comments, as one coach said," Fink told CBC News.

"One coach said, 'Well, before you brought this to us we didn't understand that these types of comments are inappropriate.'"

Apologies 'meaningless'

Fink called the apologies "meaningless" and alleged the coaches also denied Bailey ice time, damaging the draft pick's development.

Bailey now plays for the Binghamton Senators, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Ottawa Senators.

Fink said the harassment lawsuit is unlikely to help Bailey's hockey career.

"This is not about money, he was not looking to file a lawsuit," Fink said.

"All the Bailey family wanted was for their son to have an equal opportunity to put his nose to a grindstone and make the NHL."

The lawsuit doesn't specify how much Bailey is seeking in damages.

Neither the Ducks nor the Senators would comment on the case.