The NHL Players' Association says it will commission an independent review of the union's response to sexual assault allegations made by Chicago Blackhawks draft pick Kyle Beach against a former assistant coach.
The NHLPA announced the decision Thursday night after its 32-member board voted in favour of a resolution following executive director Don Fehr's recommendation on a call earlier this week.
"Mr. Beach stated that several months after the incident he told someone at the NHLPA the details of what happened to him," Fehr wrote. "He is referring to one of the program doctors with the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. While this program is confidential between players and the doctors, the grave nature of this incident should have resulted in further action on our part.
"It is unacceptable," Vancouver Canucks captain and player rep Bo Horvat said earlier this week. "It's job to protect us and protect the players. They're working for us. Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff -- Bowman's assistant and Chicago's senior director of hockey operations from 2009 to 2011 -- was absolved of any wrongdoing by NHL commissioner Gary Bettman following a meeting last week.
Fehr took over as NHLPA executive director in December 2010, bringing stability to an organization that had gone through four different leaders since the end of the 2004-05 lockout.
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