Reid Boucher update following sexual assault conviction
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Pete Fredericks
February 18, 2022 (3:58 PM)
News out of Russia's KHL this morning as the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl announced that the contract of Reid Boucher has been terminated:
Boucher, 28, sexually abused a 12-year-old girl when he was a 17-year-old member of the U.S. National Team Development Program. On January 27, 2022, he was sentenced four years of probation and a one-year suspended sentence.
A star in Junior for the Sarnia Sting, Boucher never played more than 39 games in a single season in the NHL and split time among New Jersey, Nashville and Vancouver, amassing a total of 20 G and 22 A in 133 games played.
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