Kyle Beach trends during Marian Hossa jersey retirement

The Chicago Blackhawks announced the somewhat odd decision to retire the jersey number of former forward Marian Hossa, who was a part of three Stanley Cup winning squads who then suddenly retired due to an "allegory" to his equipment. Of course, the timing of his retirement was right as his contract immediately dipped, but that's a different story. 

During the ceremony last night, which included a handful of players from those title teams like Patrick Sharp, Brent Seabrook, Duncan Keith and Niklas Hjalmarsson, there was one name that was trending on social media - none other than former Hawks forward Kyle Beach. 

As you may remember, Beach, a former 11th overall pick of the Blackhawks in 2008, alleges that the team’s former video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him during the 2010 season. Beach said that the abuse he suffered was an open secret in the locker room, and that the team's veteran players (including Hossa, Sharp, Seabrook, and others) knew and did nothing. Furthermore Beach contends that he notified then Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman and head coach Joel Quenneville of the alleged abuse and neither took action. Bowman resigned his position as GM and Quenneville, who was with the Florida Panthers organization most recently, was effectively forced to resign as a result of these findings.

It was captain Jonathan Toews who shamed himself last season when he gave a paltry "probably" response when asked if he should have done more to protect his teammate. 

And during the Hossa jersey retirement ceremony, there was plenty of action on social media with regards to Beach. Take a look: