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Morning, folks.
(CW: Sexual Assault)
From @rwesthead: An unnamed former Chicago Blackhawks player who was a member of the 2010 Stanley Cup-winning team has filed a lawsuit accusing the team of ignoring allegations that he and a teammate were sexually assaulted by a Blackhawks coach - https://t.co/bJJqFvMUot pic.twitter.com/HDMAywxbvu
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) May 13, 2021
This story has really picked up over the past week, and even then, I didn’t make much mention of it here. I’m sorry for that. I have been part of the problem in that regard. This should be, by far, the biggest story in the NHL world right now, and frankly it’s barely being discussed. The NHL is a travesty of a league and deserves precisely none of our money or our support. Note the date of Rick Westhead — quickly proving himself as the only real journalist at either TSN or Sportsnet to anyone else like me who has just started paying attention — it’s from May. It took over a month for this bombshell story to gain any traction anywhere else and, still, some of the biggest names in hockey coverage haven’t said shit.
I asked Nick Leddy, who began his career in Chicago in 2010, about what's been going on with the failure to report sexual assaults back then:
— Mollie Walker (@MollieeWalkerr) June 27, 2021
"Honestly, I know that organization is first-class all the way. Whatever is going on there, I think is being dealt with on their terms."
Hockey still has a culture problem, and I’m sorry for not doing more to highlight it.
A former Chicago Blackhawks associate coach has confirmed that a meeting took place during the 2010 NHL playoffs in which the team’s management discussed the alleged sexual assault of two Blackhawks players.
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) June 26, 2021
Story from @rwesthead: https://t.co/AudysKym4q pic.twitter.com/xzi29rPKqb
Former Blackhawks player: ‘Every guy on the team knew’ about video coach’s alleged sexual assault https://t.co/Z1S3Adr8m0
— Katie Strang (@KatieJStrang) June 25, 2021
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