Hockey Canada, CHL settle lawsuit over alleged sexual assault involving WJ players

[djsFlames]

Its time to change the culture around the sport, top to bottom.

And every individual that needs to be publicly outed and terminated from their position in order to achieve the above goal should be. Doesn't matter how big the name or how high up they are. Making no exceptions is how you create meaningful change going forward. That kind of conduct needs to be something that has feared consequences to deter future incidents.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

Maxime Comtois issues a statement denying involvement: https://www.tsn.ca/maxime-comtois-de...827679?tsn-amp

https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/art...-assault-case/

Point and Clague have released statements as well saying they were not involved. The number of players who have not unequivocally denied being part of this is dwindling.

Free-agent goaltender Colton Point, Buffalo Sabres defenceman Kale Clague and Anaheim Ducks winger Max Comtois released their statements, following several other players who have made similar moves.

Point said he was "not in any way involved" in what is said to have taken place.

Clague said he was not in London, Ont., on the night of the alleged assault.

[djsFlames]

What's way worse than not coming out about involvement is coming out and denying any "wrong doing".

Way, way better to say nothing than that.

[DylanScores]

Did Dube or his agent put out a presser denying his involvement yet?

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by DylanScores

Did Dube or his agent put out a presser denying his involvement yet?

Cleared of any wrong doing was his statement

[Roof-Daddy]

The way this off season has gone so far, I'm pretty sure how this is going to end....

Hopefully not though.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Bonded

Cleared of any wrong doing was his statement

The police are doing a review of their investigation which I imagine means there is a chance the door to wrong-doing is opening a bit for 8 players.

[iggyloob12]

So sick of these player statements that end with, "Out of respect for the investigation, I will not offer further public comment."
Such a cop out. The truth: "In an attempt to avoid further scrutiny and criticism, I'm going to use this investigation as a shield and won't answer calls, emails, and texts."

[Aarongavey]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/art...-assault-case/

Brett Howden released a statement saying he was not involved.

I had absolutely no interaction, verbally or physically, with the complainant, which I explained fully to the Hockey Canada investigator." Howden wrote in a statement provided by his agent, J.P. Barry, to Sportsnet Wednesday night. "There has never been any suggestion that I am accused of any wrongdoing in the matter, but given the blanket condemnation of the players on that team in the media, I want to make it publicly very clear that I was not involved. I will of course co-operate in the NHL investigation as I did in the Hockey Canada investigation."

[Jiri Hrdina]

Although would seem his statement leaves open the possibility he was present when it happened?

[kaddy]

This won’t end well at all for the players if these allegations are true.

Hockey Canada first needs to clean house.

[Aarongavey]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Although would seem his statement leaves open the possibility he was present when it happened?

I suppose that is true. I read the fact that he cooperated with the Hockey Canada investigation while the police investigation was on-going as indicating that he was not involved. But his statement is a little grey in some ways.

[sureLoss]

Hockey Canada has released a statement that an alleged group sex assault involving the 2003 WJC team should be investigated after details were brought to their attention by Rick Westhead.

https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/h...ment-2022-news

“Yesterday evening, Hockey Canada learned of an alleged group sexual assault from 2003 involving members of the 2002-03 National Junior Team after being contacted by Rick Westhead of TSN/CTV National News with disturbing details of the alleged incident. Mr. Westhead informed Hockey Canada he has spoken to multiple witnesses who provided him with explicit descriptions of an assault, following an interview with Conservative MP John Nater who is in possession of the same or similar information.

The details in Mr. Westhead’s email were deeply disturbing and Hockey Canada immediately contacted Halifax Regional Police, as Halifax was the co-host city of the 2003 IIHF World Junior Championship, and also notified Sport Canada of the information shared with us. We have urged Mr. Westhead to immediately speak with police and to encourage his sources to do the same. We also implore MP Nater to contact the authorities with any information he or his office has received on this alleged group sexual assault.

Hockey Canada is committed to bringing an end to the culture of silence in hockey. That is why we are publicly calling for anyone with knowledge of this incident to come forward to police, and we are being transparent in how we learned of this alleged assault and the steps we are taking to address it.

Prior to receiving Mr. Westhead’s email, two weeks ago, Hockey Canada staff heard a rumour about “something bad at the 2003 World Juniors” but were given no details of any sort. We immediately reported this information to Sport Canada. In order to learn more, Hockey Canada hired a third-party investigator to try to find more information. They were unable to learn anything before we received the details mentioned above in an email from Mr. Westhead.

We believe the alleged incident from 2003 should be investigated by the authorities, and we urge the police to open an investigation into this disturbing situation. Hockey Canada will cooperate with and support the authorities in every way we can, and we once again urge anyone who may have relevant information about this alleged incident to contact Halifax police immediately.

Hockey Canada wants to hear from anyone – past or present – who feels they are the victim of mistreatment, sexual violence, harassment or abuse by someone affiliated with our organization. You can reach out via the Canadian Sport Helpline, a free, anonymous, confidential and independent service in both official languages: 1-888-837 7678 or info@abuse-free-sport.ca. We also encourage anyone who may need support to reach out to one of the many victim resource services across Canada. A general listing of resources in this area is available on the website of the Canadian Resource Centre for the Victims of Crime at crcvc.ca.”

[GioforPM]

2003 was Stajan's team. Which I can't imagine.

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Sheesh

[dustygoon]

It keeps coming. Now the 2003 team?

[Heavy Jack]

Ian white was on that team and he has fallen off of a cliff and basically disowned his wife and kids… would explain a lot more about the hard times he fell into if he happened to be involved.

[The Boy Wonder]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

Ian white was on that team and he has fallen off of a cliff and basically disowned his wife and kids… would explain a lot more about the hard times he fell into if he happened to be involved.

Jesus Christ man... that is leaping to some pretty serious conclusions there don’t you think?!?

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[Bonded]

I think Ian White is more easily explained by getting addicted to drugs with the pressure to keep playing after injuries.