Panthers coach Quenneville resigns after report that Blackhawks mishandled 2010 sex assault allegations
Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers on Thursday, two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to allegations by a Chicago Blackhawks player in 2010 of being sexually assaulted by another coach.
An investigation released Tuesday said Quenneville – who coached Chicago at that time – and others in the Blackhawks organization did not prioritize addressing Beach’s allegations, presumably because they did not want to take away from the team’s push toward a championship. If they get there, it’ll be without him now. Players on Wednesday insisted their focus was solely on the ice; some of the team’s leaders like captain Aleksander Barkov and defenceman Aaron Ekblad even said they did not know much about the investigation or the massive fallout from Tuesday’s report.
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