Joel Quenneville, ex-Blackhawks coach, has resigned from the Florida Panthers after a report detailed Blackhawks’ mishandling of abuse allegations
Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers after meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday as the hockey world braces for further fallout from the Chicago Blackhawks’ sexual abuse scandal.
Mr. Quenneville was the team’s head coach in 2010 and Mr. Cheveldayoff was assistant general manager. They and other club officials have been waiting for weeks to address the allegations at the time for fear it could derail the Blackhawks’ playoff run. “Although the results of the private investigation have been released, and the Blackhawks have apologized, my battle is really just beginning,” Mr. Beach said.
Jenner & Block, the law firm that conducted the investigation, interviewed 139 witnesses and found the allegations were discussed at a meeting among team executives on May 23, 2010. According to the report, Blackhawk officials decided not to investigate Mr. Beach’s claims because it feared players would become distracted and also because they feared negative publicity.
Mr. Beach was 20 when he was called up by the Blackhawks during the Stanley Cup playoffs. He had been the team’s first-round draft pick two years earlier. Mr. Aldrich was called into a meeting with the Blackhawks’ director of HR after the season was over. He was given an opportunity to resign rather than to have an investigation undertaken. Mr. Aldrich tendered his resignation, but continued to be paid for weeks, was given a severance package, received a Stanley Cup ring and had his name engraved on the trophy.
“Posters and buttons and policies and procedures don’t change culture,” he said from Lucky Lake, Sask. “Until sport makes this a priority as they do winning, they’ll never have the change that I think people expect from them.”
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