The president of Hockey Canada says any members of the country’s 2018 world junior team who do not comply with an investigation into allegations of a group sexual assault that year will be banned from the organization.
“We’ve reopened the independent investigation into the alleged sexual assault in 2018. Any player who does not participate will be banned from all Hockey Canada activities and programs effective immediately,” Scott Smith told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on July 27.
Once completed, the investigation will be referred to an independent panel of judges for a full governance review of Hockey Canada’s management and to determine the appropriate consequences, said Smith, who took up the role of Hockey Canada’s president and CEO on July 1….