When Hockey Canada hired an independent law firm in 2018 to investigate an alleged sexual assault by eight Canadian Hockey League players following a golf tournament and gala, the organization didn’t require players who attended the event to participate in its third-party investigation, a government hearing was told Monday.
TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead joins SportsCentre from Parliament Hill to recount all the new information that was learned during Monday's Hockey Canada hearing with the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage heard from Hockey Canada's high-ranking officials and the Hockey Canada Foundation during an in-person meeting in Ottawa. The purpose of the meeting was to understand Hockey Canada’s actions around June 2018 sexual assault allegations that recently came to light, and to determine whether any public funds were used in the settlement that followed.
A woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by eight Canadian Hockey League players, including members of Canada’s gold medal-winning 2017-18 World Junior team, has agreed to drop a lawsuit against the players, Hockey Canada, and the CHL after reaching a settlement.
The 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship will have a new home as Hockey Canada has announced that the annual event will be played in Halifax, N.S., and Moncton, N.B., later this year.
Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that the province of Alberta will host the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship and 2022 Hlinka Gretzky Cup this summer.
Connor Bedard became the youngest player at the World Juniors to score four goals in one game Tuesday night. Bedard's four goals helped Canada to a 11-2 rout of Austria.
Defending champion United States forfeited Tuesday's game against Switzerland at the world junior men's hockey championship because two players tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
