Cale Makar is the first player to address Team Canada sexual assault allegations

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Joshua Deeds
May 28, 2022 (7:28 PM)

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Hockey Canada and the CHL recently settled with a victim who was assaulted by 8 World Juniors players. 8 players have been named as "John Doe's" #1 to 8 in the documents regarding the assault.

«Hockey Canada is deeply troubled by the very serious allegations of sexual assault regarding members of the 2017-18 National Junior Hockey Team,» Madziya wrote in a statement to TSN. «As soon as Hockey Canada became aware of this matter in 2018, we contacted local police authorities to inform them. The same day, we also retained Henein Hutchison LLP, a firm with extensive experience in this area, to undertake a thorough independent internal investigation and make recommendations on areas for improvement which we have been implementing and will continue to pursue

Of the 8 currently hidden from public scrutiny and possibly the NHL, Calgary's own Cale Makar was not involved and cooperated with authorities according to his agent Brian Bartlett.

The NHL released the following statement on the matter.

«Two days ago, the National Hockey League was advised of a lawsuit involving sexual allegations filed against eight unnamed members of the 2018 Canadian World Junior hockey team. We were subsequently provided with the Statement of Claim, containing allegations of behavior that is both abhorrent and reprehensible. We will endeavor to determine the underlying facts and, to the extent this may involve players who are now in the NHL, we will determine what action, if any, would be appropriate. We will have no further comment at this time.»

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