NHL commissioner Gary Bettman publicly apologized to Kyle Seaside for what the previous Chicago Blackhawks prospect has been by after the participant stated he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010.
Talking to reporters on a video convention name Monday, Bettman stated the league “couldn’t be extra sorry for the trauma that Kyle has needed to endure … our aim is to do what is critical to proceed to maneuver ahead.”
An impartial third-party report launched final week said the allegations had been largely ignored by the group.
Talking with reporters throughout a digital press convention Monday, Bettman additionally defended the choice to permit Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville, who coached with Chicago from 2008 to 2018, to be behind the bench for his group’s sport final Wednesday after the report was launched.
Quenneville met with Bettman on Thursday earlier than resigning.
The commissioner additionally stated Winnipeg Jets basic supervisor Kevin Cheveldayoff — an assistant with the Blackhawks throughout the interval in query and the one individual current for a Might 23, 2010, assembly to debate the allegations nonetheless employed within the NHL — was “such a minor participant” within the course of that he did not deserve any punishment.
Bettman met with Cheveldayoff on Friday.
Blackhawks president and basic supervisor Stan Bowman resigned within the wake of the report, whereas the membership introduced Al MacIsaac, one other one among its high hockey executives, was not with the group.
The NHL fined the group US$2 million for “the group’s insufficient inner procedures and inadequate and premature response.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Nov. 1, 2021.
