The NHL lifted its ban on longtime coach Joel Quenneville and executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac on Monday, clearing the way for their return to the league more than two years after they were punished in the fallout from the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal.
Florida Panthers head coach and former Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville responds to a question during his first visit back to Chicago as a head coach before an NHL hockey game between the Blackhawks and the Panthers, Jan. 21, 2020. The NHL has reinstated executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac and coach Quenneville.
"For more than the last two and a half years, these individuals have been ineligible to work for any NHL team as a result of their inadequate response upon being informed in 2010 of allegations that Blackhawks' player Kyle Beach had been assaulted by the club's video coach," the league said, "While it is clear that, at the time, their responses were unacceptable, each of these three individuals ...
An investigation commissioned by the Blackhawks concluded team officials mishandled allegations raised by Beach during the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010. Quenneville, the former Chicago coach, resigned from his job as coach of the Florida Panthers. Bowman, Chicago's general manager and hockey operations president, left his job as did top team executive MacIsaac.Bowman, MacIsaac and Quenneville can sign contracts with an NHL team after July 10.
The league said each "has made significant strides in personal improvement by participating in myriad programs, many of which focused on the imperative of responding in effective and meaningful ways to address alleged acts of abuse." Chicago Blackhawks senior vice president and general manager Stan Bowman attends the NHL hockey team's convention in Chicago, July 26, 2019. The NHL has reinstated executives Bowman and Al MacIsaac and coach Joel Quenneville.. From the World Series to the Paralympics, here's a look at some of the more famous sports cheating scandals in history.
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