Latest update on 2018 Team Canada sex scandal and consequences on players involved!

The NHL’s Board of Governor meetings wrapped up in Florida on Tuesday, and finally an update was provided on Hockey Canada’s 2018 World Junior team that’s under investigation over allegations of sexual assault. Darren Dreger reported on Insider Trading on TSN where things stand and what fans should expect next.

“The main investigation from a National Hockey League perspective has been substantially completed - that was done several days ago. But now there’s a follow-up process that is being engaged by the National Hockey League and the [NHLPA]. There could be additional interviews with potential players involved in the sexual assault allegations and then you have to cross over and perhaps meet up with the [London Police Service]. The London police investigation is ongoing, so the league could very well announce or move forward with some form of discipline or some form of clarity on what the conclusion of their investigation is. But they also might be persuaded by London police to sit tight and then do it all together.”

It all depends where the London police stand - maybe a cleared update will be offered once they speak with players from that roster.

Back in May, news broke that Hockey Canada quietly settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by eight unnamed players, including several members of the country’s 2018 world junior team, following a gala in London, Ontario. Many players then made statements that they weren’t involved, but others have yet to comment. . St. Louis Blues forwards Robert Thomas and Jordan Kyrou, who were members of the 2018 world junior team, released separate statements on social media, claiming they had no involvement in the alleged incident. The agency representing Carter Hart, Jake Bean, Kale Clague, Colton Point, and Taylor Raddysh released a statement denying any involvement in the incident on behalf of the players.Four other players from that Canadian championship team — Cale Makar, Victor Mete, Conor Timmins, Sam Steel and Jonah Gadjovich — have also publicly stated they weren’t involved.

Ottawa Senators’ Drake Batherson and Alex Formenton were trending because they never made a statement. Formenton remains unsigned and failed to come to an agreement with the Senators before the Dec.1 st deadline. He cannot play in the NHL for the remainder of the season. 

Some pundits wondered if the contract stalemate was linked to his potential involvement in the 2018 WJC sex scandal.

TO BE CLEAR: We are not saying Batherson and Formenton are involved in the ongoing Hockey Canada sexual assault allegations.

The players were not identified in court documents.

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