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2021-10-31 23:19:17Z
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Trump participates in 'Tomahawk chop' at World Series game - CTV News
Former U.S President Donald Trump participated in the controversial "Tomahawk chop" at Game 4 of the World Series in Atlanta on Saturday night.
The chop, a stadium-wide chant and longtime tradition at Braves games, has been under renewed scrutiny as part of a national discussion about racism and racial imagery in professional sports.
Several advocacy groups and observers have accused the chant of mocking Native American groups and decried it as racist. But many Braves fans, including Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, have dismissed the criticism, and the stadium has led the fans in doing the chant in both Games 3 and 4 of the series.
Trump has frequently sought to capitalize politically on such controversies as part of an effort to galvanize the White voters who make up much of his political base.
Accompanying the former president and first lady Melania Trump was former NFL star Herschel Walker, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. The former president's support of Walker, which came initially over reservations from much of the GOP establishment, has given the former running back a boost ahead of next year's primary. Republicans are hoping to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in the general election.
In a statement earlier Saturday, the former president said he was "looking forward to being at the World Series in Atlanta," adding that he and Melania were "looking forward to a wonderful evening watching two great teams!"
He thanked MLB commissioner Rob Manfred and New York Yankees' president Randy Levine for the invite.
Atlanta Braves CEO Terry McGuirk told USA Today on Wednesday that Trump will not be sitting with team or MLB officials and that the Braves will give Trump his own suite.
"He called MLB and wanted to come to the game,'' McGuirk told the paper. "We were very surprised. Of course, we said yes.''
CNN previously reported Wednesday that Trump was planning on attending Game 4, according to a person close to Trump who told CNN.
The Braves won 2-0 in Game 3 on Friday, putting them at a 2-1 advantage over the Astros in the best-of-seven series.
The former Republican president last year had called for a boycott of baseball after MLB decided in April to move its All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to Georgia's restrictive voting laws.
The last baseball game Trump attended was in 2019 at Nationals Park in Washington, DC, when the Nationals were hosting the Astros in Game 5. The crowd booed and broke into chants of "lock him up" when Trump was shown on the park's video screen during a salute to veterans.
His 2020 presidential campaign also made a seven-figure ad buy during the final game of the 2019 World Series.
Trump attended several sporting events during his time as president and received much warmer receptions from the crowds at NASCAR's Daytona 500, college football games in deep red states of Alabama and Louisiana, and when he did the coin toss at the 119th annual Army-Navy game.
Since leaving office, Trump attended a UFC fight card in July and provided commentary on a boxing match on September 11.
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3 Takeaways From Maple Leafs' 5-4 Win Against Red Wings - The Hockey Writers
After a rough stretch of games over the past two weeks, the Toronto Maple Leafs tallied their second win in a row, defeating the Detroit Red Wings by a score of 5-4. This was another one of those games where there were a lot of good things to say about the way the Maple Leafs played, but they still managed to make it an ugly win.
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With Detroit on the second half of a back-to-back and missing a top forward in Tyler Bertuzzi due to his decision to not get vaccinated, the odds were in the Leafs’ favor tonight. While they outshot the Red Wings and controlled the play for most of the game, they also shot themselves in the foot a few times and as a result, made the game closer than it probably had to be.
I had the pleasure of taking in this game in person, and while there was a lot to take away from the win, I’m going to narrow it down to three major takeaways from Saturday’s tilt.
Maple Leafs Finally Score More Than Three Goals
If, before the season started, you asked me what the Maple Leafs’ biggest issue would be through the first nine games, I definitely wouldn’t have said their offense. The Maple Leafs have had several flaws throughout the team at different points over the past five years, between defense, goaltending, and lack of killer instinct, but their offense has never been a problem.
This year has been a different story so far. The Maple Leafs haven’t really gotten the offense they wanted thus far, but on Saturday, their scoring touch was on full display as they scored more than three goals in a game for the first time this season. They got help from all over the roster, including two-point performances from Jake Muzzin and Alex Kerfoot, a three-point night from John Tavares, and Mitch Marner’s long-awaited first goal of the season.
Speaking of Marner, his goal was probably the ugliest one he’s scored in his young career, but it was without a doubt the exact type of goal he needed to get the monkey off his back. This team is light years better when he is on top of his game, and despite all of the criticism he’s taken from the media and fans alike, I’m sure everybody was happy for him and hope this goal leads to some more consistent production.
Time to play bad cop for a second. Like I said earlier, there were a lot of good things to take away from tonight’s game. But when you lose 5-4 to an inferior team missing arguably their best player on the second half of a back-to-back, to pretend like there are no improvements to be made would be silly.
Keeping the motor going for a full 60 minutes has been an issue for the Maple Leafs for a couple of years now. Sometimes it’s the inability to start on time, sometimes it’s the inability to hold a lead late in a game, and sometimes, it’s the inability to grab a comfortable lead and keep it that way. Tonight, it was the latter.
After Kerfoot made it a 3-1 game 17 seconds into the third period, Detroit trimmed the lead down to one just over a minute later. When Tavares responded six minutes later to make it 4-2, Detroit scored to make it 4-3 just over two minutes after that. And one more time for good measure, the Red Wings would score with 28 seconds left in the game after Marner scored to make it 5-3 with three minutes left.
The Maple Leafs got the win, which is the bottom line, but they made it harder on themselves than it should have been. And the blame for this could be attributed to multiple different factors, including the horrible giveaway from Travis Dermott on the 3-2 goal, and Petr Mrazek’s shaky play in the second half of the game. Again, they got the two points which is obviously the main goal in the end, but they need to learn to tighten up their game in comfortable situations.
Maple Leafs’ Tavares Starting to Look Like Himself Again
Speaking of the aforementioned offensive struggles to start the season, the microscope was under Tavares arguably more than anybody else, seeing that he had a full training camp to warm up and wears the “C” on his jersey. And coming into Saturday’s game with four points in eight games, well below his standards, Tavares had easily his best game of the season with a goal and two assists.
Since head coach Sheldon Keefe shuffled the top-six and gave Tavares new linemates in Marner and Kerfoot, he’s tallied four points in three games. So, maybe the shakeup was exactly what the doctor ordered for the Oakville native. His eventful night ended with a picture-perfect 2-on-1 goal courtesy of a nice dish from Kerfoot, and in general, he looked like the Tavares the Maple Leafs paid for.
The fact of the matter is, when the Maple Leafs’ big guns up front aren’t producing, the odds are the team isn’t winning many games. And I would say tonight was the first night that any of the big four really stepped up and took control of a game offensively, so, hopefully, the trend continues and we start to see a couple of these performances from Marner and Auston Matthews.
Maple Leafs Have a Tough Week Ahead (Maybe?)
The Maple Leafs will be in action next when they welcome the Vegas Golden Knights to town on Tuesday night. After that, they’ll host the reigning Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday and the Boston Bruins on Saturday. This type of week would typically be looked at as a gauntlet, but all of these teams have had their own mediocre starts to the season.
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The Golden Knights are 4-4-0 to start the season, meanwhile, the Lightning are 4-3-1 and the Bruins are 4-3-0. Not the worst records, but they certainly haven’t been dominant so far. Having said that, these are still three very good hockey teams and three games the Maple Leafs can’t take lightly. They will look to keep building momentum and carry their positives into next week’s homestand.
Alex Hobson is a third year broadcasting student at Niagara College. He has been writing about sports since 2005 and has been with The Hockey Writers since October of 2020. He covers the Toronto Maple Leafs, World Juniors, and the NHL Entry Draft, and is also part of the Maple Leafs Lounge Podcast, presented by THW. For interview requests or any other inquiries, you can follow Alex’s social media pages listed at the bottom of his articles like this one.
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Canadiens @ Ducks: Start time, lineups, and how to watch - Habs Eyes on the Prize
Montreal Canadiens @ Anaheim Ducks
How to watch
Start time: 4:00 PM EDT / 1:00 PM PDT
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Ducks region: Bally Sports SoCal/San Diego
Streaming: ESPN+, NHL Live, RDS Direct, TSN Direct
The Canadiens have had an interesting road trip so far. It started with their first ever meeting with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday, in what wasn’t a great performance for Jake Allen in a 5-1 loss. Two nights later, Allen turned in one of the best showings of his life, turning aside all 45 shots versus the San Jose Sharks in a rather impressive 4-0 win. On Saturday afternoon, there were few good performances at all for the traveling Habs as they fell 5-2 to the Los Angeles Kings.
All of the defensive issues were on display in yesterday’s game. The blue-liners failed to protect the slot and the forwards were unable to keep track of players sneaking up to the top of the circles. The struggles were most apparent on the penalty kill as Montreal surrendered three more power-play goals, bringing their season total up to a league-worst 12 in just nine games, and dropping their efficiency to an abysmal 64.7%.
Taking on an Anaheim Ducks team with a power play operating at 24.0% probably isn’t what the Canadiens need to get the win, but at least it’s a chance for the coaching staff to make some much-needed adjustments.
Tale of the Tape
| Canadiens | Statistics | Ducks |
|---|---|---|
| Canadiens | Statistics | Ducks |
| 2-7-0 | Record | 2-4-3 |
| 47.1% (24th) | Scoring-chances-for % | 45.5% (28th) |
| 1.89 (29th) | Goals per game | 3.00 (14th) |
| 3.33 (26th) | Goals against per game | 3.56 (29th) |
| 9.4% (30th) | PP% | 24.0% (12th) |
| 64.7% (30th) | PK% | 82.1% (18th) |
| 1-0-0 | H2H Record (19-20) | 0-0-1 |
The obvious answer is just to take fewer penalties, but that’s hard to do when forwards are forced to chase down attackers who have beaten the defencemen. Positioning at five-on-five is a big problem, and that only gets worse when the team is down a man.
It’s encouraging that Joel Edmundson could be back with the team soon after the Canadiens return to Montreal, though the exact timing of that with needing practice time isn’t yet known. His presence has been sorely missed on the back end (along with Shea Weber’s), and the team will look a lot different when he does re-enter the lineup. But that won’t happen today,.
One task they have before them is to prevent Ryan Getzlaf from taking sole possession of the franchise scoring record from Teemu Selanne. Holding him off the scoreboard is a test the other six teams they’ve faced haven’t handled well, as he’s up to six assists on the season.
That only ranks sixth on the team scoring list for this year. The Ducks are led by a 24-year-old Troy Terry, who is better than a point-per-game player through his eight contests, riding a shooting percentage of 23.5%. That mark probably won’t be sustainable over the full season, but if the Canadiens give him as much space as they were allowing Los Angeles forwards yesterday, he might just keep his hot streak going.
On the flip side, Anaheim is one of the worst defensive teams in the NHL, so Montreal can probably survive a defensive lapse or two. The Ducks play the same high-event style this current iteration of the Canadiens was built for, and we’ll see if they can pull themselves together long enough to end up with two more points in the standings.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
| #92 Jonathan Drouin | #28 Christian Dvorak | #17 Josh Anderson |
| #68 Mike Hoffman | #14 Nick Suzuki | #73 Tyler Toffoli |
| #40 Joel Armia | #24 Adam Brooks | #22 Cole Caufield |
| #62 Artturi Lehkonen | #13 Cédric Paquette | #71 Jake Evans |
Defencemen
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
|---|---|
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
| #8 Ben Chiarot | #26 Jeff Petry |
| #27 Alexander Romanov | #58 David Savard |
| #77 Brett Kulak | #20 Chris Wideman |
Goaltenders
| Starter | Backup |
|---|---|
| Starter | Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault | #34 Jake Allen |
Anaheim Ducks projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
|---|---|---|
| Left Wing | Centre | Right Wing |
| Benoit-Olivier Groulx | Ryan Getzlaf | Troy Terry |
| Adam Henrique | Trevor Zegras | Sonny Milano |
| Maxime Comtois | Isac Lundestrom | Vinni Lettieri |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | Derek Grant | Sam Carrick |
Defencemen
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
|---|---|
| Left Defence | Right Defence |
| Hampus Lindholm | Jamie Drysdale |
| Cam Fowler | Josh Manson |
| Simon Benoit | Kevin Shattenkirk |
Goaltenders
| Starter | Backup |
|---|---|
| Starter | Backup |
| John Gibson | Anthony Stolarz |
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Red Wings @ Maple Leafs 10/30/21 | NHL Highlights - NHL
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Astros’ bullpen blip costly with Atlanta on brink of World Series title - Sportsnet.ca
Often lost amid consternation about the post-season demise of starting pitching and the rise of the bullpen game is how difficult it is to successfully line up a slate of relievers, and have each one perform without a blip.
The perils of such a strategy struck the Houston Astros in a gutting 3-2 loss Saturday night that put Atlanta up 3-1 in the World Series, on the brink of its first championship since 1995.
Zack Greinke cleverly carved his way through four innings and turned a 2-0 lead over to the bullpen, but Brooks Raley, Phil Maton and Cristian Javier, who hadn’t allowed a run in nine innings over four previous appearances, couldn’t lock things down.
Austin Riley’s RBI single off Maton in the sixth started the rally, cashing in an Eddie Rosario double off Raley earlier in the frame, while Javier surrendered dramatic back-to-back homers by Dansby Swanson and Jorge Soler in the eighth that put Atlanta up 3-2.
The swing in the series was especially dramatic, as the Astros might have had the upper hand had they knotted the best-of-seven 2-2 thanks to a better starting pitcher set up. Charlie Morton’s season-ending fibula fracture means Atlanta was expecting to go with a bullpen game in Sunday’s Game 5 against Framber Valdez, giving the Astros a strong chance to head home to Houston with a chance to clinch.
Instead, Valdez will need to save their season Sunday and they’ll have to run the table to win a championship.
Raley and Maton were each facing Atlanta for the third time, while Javier was in his second appearance, and the more often a reliever throws in a series, the more familiarity that hitters build against the pitcher. Factor in workload and recovery, and the more innings a bullpen has to cover, the more likely it is for a blip to occur.
Atlanta, of course, has thus far avoided such a fate, even after opener Dylan Lee, who debuted in the majors Oct. 1 and was making his first big-league start in the World Series, left the bases loaded with one out.
Kyle Wright took over and minimized the damage, allowing only a Carlos Correa run-scoring groundout in that inning and a Jose Altuve solo shot in the fourth in 4.2 innings of work, and Chris Martin, Tyler Matzek, Luke Jackson and Will Smith locked it down.
The Astros had their chances to blow the game open, but they finished 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 men, all before the fateful home runs by Swanson and Soler five pitches apart.
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Just as he so often was during the NLCS, Rosario was right in the middle of things for Atlanta. His left-on-left double set the stage for Riley in the sixth while in the eighth, he chased down an Altuve smash and picked it out of the air just before it hit the wall to end the inning.
“That could have changed the whole game right there. Eddie’s been unbelievable since he’s been here, doing it with the glove and the bat,” Atlanta first baseman Freddie Freeman told Sportsnet colleague Hazel Mae during a post-game interview.
Meanwhile, Soler, batting in the pitcher’s spot during the seventh inning, complemented his leadoff homer in Game 1 with his second longball of the series to deliver the winning margin.
TRUMP AND THE CHOP
Back in April, when Major League Baseball moved the all-star game from Atlanta after Georgia passed a bill that put several restrictions around the state’s voting process, former U.S. President Donald J. Trump called for a boycott of MLB.
The former president of the United States is now urging a boycott of our national pastime. pic.twitter.com/sunb82hYOf
— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) April 3, 2021
Six months later, he called MLB and asked to attend Game 4, Atlanta club CEO Terry McGuirk told USA Today Sports, adding that, “We were very surprised. Of course, we said yes.”
The opportunity to grab attention at a marquee event is an obvious explanation for his sudden change of heart about the American pastime, and he sadly stayed on-brand by participating in the Tomahawk Chop, no doubt in a wink to his supporters.
Former President Trump doing the chop at the World Series pic.twitter.com/zUkj9bMjxu
— Zach Klein (@ZachKleinWSB) October 31, 2021
Since everything seems to get boiled down to binary politics in the United States right now, let’s be clear that the chop isn’t a liberals-versus-conservatives issue, but a matter of decency and respect toward an Indigenous population at bare minimum deserving of that.
The chop and accompanying chants “are racist and perpetuate racial stereotypes of Indigenous peoples,” Jennifer Adese, a Canada Research Chair and associate professor at University of Toronto, Mississauga, told Sportsnet colleague Donnovan Bennett in this highly recommended discussion of the issue.
Continuing to deny that is a deliberate burying of heads in the sand, something commissioner Rob Manfred did with his comment that in the Atlanta market, “taking into account the Native American community, (the chop) works.”
As for Manfred and MLB welcoming Trump to Truist Park mere months after being attacked by him, they’ll never miss an opportunity to build political goodwill to help maintain their prized anti-trust exemption.
SHORT HOPS
• The Astros were lucky to avoid further damage in the sixth on Riley’s RBI single. Yordan Alvarez fielded the ball and unwisely threw home in an attempt to get Rosario, allowing Riley to advance to second and put two men in scoring position. Catcher Martin Maldonado cut the ball off near the mound, but his throw to second was a tick late. Maton bailed out Alvarez when he struck out Travis d’Arnaud after an intentional walk to Joc Pederson.
• Kyle Wright allowed five hits, one of them a groundball single up the middle to Greinke. He’s the first pitcher with a hit in the World Series since Corey Kluber singled for Cleveland in 2016. This may be the last Fall Classic in which pitchers hit as the universal DH could become part of the next collective bargaining agreement.
• At a time when velocity is king, Greinke continues to show that pitching still matters, as he averaged 90.2 m.p.h. on his fastball, topped out at 91.5 while allowing only four hits in his four innings, with three strikeouts. He also induced two double plays.
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Canadiens hold team meeting following disappointing loss to Kings - Sportsnet.ca
LOS ANGELES — Alex Iafallo had two goals and an assist, and the Los Angeles Kings ended a six-game losing streak by beating the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Saturday.
Arthur Kaliyev and Rasmus Kupari each scored on the power play, Anze Kopitar and Matt Roy each had two assists, and the Kings won for the first time since their season opener. Cal Petersen made 26 saves.
Josh Anderson scored for the second straight game, but the Canadiens were unable to post consecutive wins for the first time this season. Jake Allen allowed five goals on 38 shots.
After scoring just six goals in the second period through seven games, Los Angeles got two against Montreal, with special teams putting them in front after being largely absent during the winless skid.
Kaliyev buried a powerful wrist shot from the left circle to put the Kings ahead 2-1 at 12:19. It was his second career goal and first on the power play.
The Kings tied it up at 1-all when Viktor Arvidsson beat Allen with a wrist shot from the right circle at 4:31.
Los Angeles carried the momentum into the third, with Kupari scoring for the second straight game to make it 3-1 1:53 into the period.
Iafallo extended the lead to 4-1 at 5:37, and he got the Kings' third power-play goal at 14:16.
It was the Kings' first game with multiple power-play goals since defeating Vegas on opening night, and the 3-for-5 outburst came after going 2-for-21 over the past six games.
The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead at 18:22 of the first period on Anderson's wrist shot from the right circle. Despite being outnumbered, Anderson and Christian Dvorak were still able to beat the Kings off the rush, with Anderson finishing over a sprawling Phillip Danault.
Anderson has two goals and one assist in his past two games.
Ben Chiarot scored with 2:20 remaining in the third to make it 5-2.
GAME NOTES
It was Kopitar's third multi-point game. The Kings captain had not collected a point in his previous three games. ... Kings D Olli Maatta got his 100th career assist. ... Kings F Lias Andersson made his season debut after missing the first seven games because of a groin injury. ... Kings F Brendan Lemieux returned after missing six games while in COVID-19 protocol.
UP NEXT
Canadiens: Visit the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.
Kings: Host the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
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Blackhawks' sexual abuse victim Kyle Beach meets with NHL execs: A timeline of the case and its fallout - CBS Sports
Fallout from the Chicago Blackhawks' sexual abuse scandal has only grown since the team's 107-page investigation report released Tuesday, most recently with Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville resigning after a Thursday meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Quenneville -- who coached Chicago to three Stanley Cup championships over 11 seasons -- and five other Blackhawks senior staffers failed to take immediate action against a former video coach who sexually assaulted a player in 2010, according to the report. Former first-round pick Kyle Beach came forward as the victim on Wednesday.
Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman and senior senior director of hockey administration Al MacIsaac stepped down two days before Quenneville, and Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff -- Chicago's assistant general manager in 2010 -- is expected to meet with Bettman on Monday. The NHL fined the Blackhawks $2 million for their mishandling of the allegations. Here's a chronological look at the case and what to expect next.
May 8-9, 2010 -- The assault on Beach
Former Blackhawks center Kyle Beach and video coach Brad Aldrich engaged in a sexual encounter during the team's Western Conference finals series against the San Jose Sharks. Aldrich told investigators the encounter was consensual, but Beach said it was "entirely non-consensual." According to the report, Aldrich told Beach he would never play in the NHL or walk again if he didn't "act like he enjoyed the sexual encounter." Aldrich then forced himself upon Beach.
May 12-19, 2010 -- Beach confides in skill coach
Later in the Sharks series, Beach told Blackhawks skill coach Paul Vincent about the incident with Aldrich. Vincent -- according to Beach, not the investigators -- reported Beach's claims to the Blackhawks' front office, but Aldrich kept his job through the team's Stanley Cup run. Beach described Vincent as an "amazing man" who "tried to do everything he could do back then." The Blackhawks' inaction after discovering the allegations, however, made Beach "feel like I didn't exist."
May 23, 2010 -- Blackhawks' senior staff meeting
MacIsaac learns of the alleged sexual encounter between Aldirch and Beach from an employee. After the Blackhawks' series-clinching win over the Sharks, MacIsaac joined president John McDonough, Bowman, executive vice president Jay Blunk, assistant general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff, Quenneville and team counselor Jim Gary to discuss the incident. Bowman recalled McDonough and Quenneville brushing the issue aside, with the former hoping to avoid bad publicity during the team's Stanley Cup run and the latter wanting to ensure his team had no distractions.
June 10, 2010 -- Aldrich assaults Blackhawks intern
A day after the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup win, Aldrich allegedly made sexual advances toward a 22-year-old team intern. Aldrich "physically grabbed" the intern during the encounter, according to the report.
June 14-16, 2010 -- Human resources gets involved
McDonough told Blackhawks' human resources about the allegations against Aldrich and the senior managers' May 23 meeting on June 14. Two days later, Aldrich met with the director of human resources. Aldrich neither confirmed nor denied his role in the incident with Beach, forcing the director to give him an ultimatum: an investigation or resignation. After choosing to resign, the Blackhawks gave Aldrich a severance, playoff bonus and championship ring. Aldrich also had his name engraved on the cup, spent a day with the Stanley Cup and attended the team's banner-raising ceremony the following season.
Fall 2012 -- Aldrich assaults two at Miami (Ohio)
Aldrich sexually assaulted two men while serving as Miami (Ohio) University's director of hockey operations. Miami found Aldrich assaulted a Miami student who worked at the rink and a summer hockey camp intern, both after inviting them to sleep on his couch. Aldrich resigned from Miami later that year.
March 2013 -- Aldrich assaults high schooler
While serving as a volunteer hockey coach for a high school team in Houghton, Michigan, Aldrich allegedly sexually assaulted one of his teenage players after a post-game party. Aldrich admitted his sexual advances toward the teen to police shortly after.
September 2013 -- Blackhawks HR stonewalls Houghton Police
Houghton police contacts the Blackhawks' director of human resources for information on Aldrich. The director refused to offer any information on Alrdrich -- other than his resignation -- without a subpoena. Aldrich was eventually convicted of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student.
Feb. 13, 2014 -- Aldrich sentenced to jail
Aldrich was sentenced to nine months in Houghton County Jail for his sexual assault on the high school player. Upon his release, Aldrich was required to register as a sex offender, serve five years of probation and pay restitution.
May 7, 2021 -- Beach files lawsuit against Blackhawks
Beach, who was then unnamed and referred to as "John Doe 1," filed a lawsuit against the Blackhawks for their failure to punish Aldrich after his alleged assault in 2010.
June 2021 -- Blackhawks begin independent investigation
Chicago hired former federal prosecutor Redi Schar to conduct an "independent investigation" into Beach's allegations. The investigation released Tuesday and found the Blackhawks violated their own sexual harassment policy by waiting three weeks before taking action (Aldrich's forced resignation), a sharp turn from the team's commitment to investigating such issues "promptly and thoroughly."
"The failure to promptly and thoroughly investigate the matter and the decision to take no action from May 23 to June 14 had consequences," the report read. "During that period, Aldrich continued to work with and travel with the team. Aldrich engaged in an unwanted sexual advance on a Blackhawks intern—physically grabbing the intern in a sexual manner. And Aldrich continued to participate in team activities and celebrations, in the presence of John Doe. Even after the allegations were finally reported to the Director of Human Resources, still no investigation occurred, and Aldrich was permitted to resign his position and to continue participating in Stanley Cup victory events."
Oct. 26, 2021 -- Bowman and MacIsaac step down
The Blackhawks announced Bowman and MacIsaac, the lone members of the May 2010 senior meeting that remain with the team, stepped down from their respective roles. Vice president of hockey strategy and analytics Kyle Davidson took over as Chicago's interim general manager.
"The report is both disturbing and difficult to read," said Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz, who added the team's senior executives didn't take adequate action in 2010. "It speaks for itself. (Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz) and our leadership team reviewed the report and we have had important and difficult conversations about how our organization will move forward."
Later that day, the NHL announced it was fining the Blackhawks $2 million for their "inadequate internal procedures and insufficient and untimely response in the handling of matters related to former video coach Brad Aldrich's employment with the Club and ultimate departure in 2010." The NHL and Blackhawks agreed to send $1 million of the fine money to Chicago organizations dedicated to supporting or assisting survivors of sexual and other forms of abuse.
USA Hockey also announced Bowman stepped down as the team's general manager for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Oct. 27, 2021
Beach comes forward as the "John Doe" in the Blackhawks' sexual assault case. The 31-year-old who is currently playing in Germany told TSN "it was a day of many emotions. I cried, I smiled, I laughed, I cried some more. My girlfriend and I, we didn't really know how to feel, we didn't really know how to think."
Oct. 28, 2021 -- Quenneville resigns
Quenneville resigned after meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York to discuss his involvement in the Blackhawks' sexual assault case. Andrew Brunette will serve as the team's interim head coach. Bettman said in a statement after Quenneville's resignation that the coach wouldn't receive any further punishment from the league -- unless he tries to re-enter it.
"Should he wish to re-enter the league in some capacity in the future, I will require a meeting with him in advance in order to determine the appropriate conditions under which such new employment might take place."
Beach also took to social media to thank fans for their "endless love and support" but admitted "my battle is really just beginning as the Blackhawks continue to attempt to destroy my case in court." He hopes to "promote safety, as well as the health and well being of society as a whole" through his lawsuit.
Oct. 30 -- Bettman speaks with Bettman, NHLPA head Donald Fehr
Bettman met with Beach to discuss how to prevent further sexual misconduct within the league. Susan Loggans, Beach's attorney, told the AP that Bettman conveyed his "sincere regret" over Beach's experience and offered the league's physcological services. Beach also met with NHL players' association executive director Donald Fehr via a video conference call later that day.
Nov. 1, 2021 -- Cheveldayoff meets with Bettman
Cheveldayoff, the Winnipeg Jets' general manager, is slated to meet Bettman on Monday. The NHL has yet to announce any punishment for Cheveldayoff.
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Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings – Game #9 Preview, Projected Lineups & TV Info - Maple Leafs Hot Stove
Goaltender Petr Mrazek will return from injury against his former team and Justin Holl will watch from the press box in the Maple Leafs’ first meeting against an American divisional rival since March of 2020 tonight on Hockey Night in Canada (7 p.m. EST, Sportsnet/CBC).
There are some early signs that the Detroit Red Wings, who have collected points in six of eight games, are a team that’s coming together as a much more competitive outfit this season. Currently top 10 in expected Goals and shot share (albeit much lower in shot attempt share), how hard the Wings are competing came through loud and clear last night when this rousing defensive sequence was followed by a late goal from Pius Suter a few minutes later to force overtime against the 8-0-0 Florida Panthers:
SELLING OUT FOR THE BOYS, FOR THE CITY, THIS TEAM IS ELECTRIC pic.twitter.com/f86GPwN3Lb
— big heatdaddy (@DanyAllstar15) October 30, 2021
The integration of recent top-10 picks Lucas Raymond (eight points in eight games) and Moritz Seider (seven points in eight games off the blue line) has breathed new life into the lineup, in addition to stability in net with Thomas Greiss (now in tandem with Alex Nedeljokvic) and a hot start to the season offensively from Tyler Bertuzzi (six goals, nine points in seven games), who will not play tonight due to a vaccination status that prevents him from crossing the border.
The Leafs have given up far too many quality looks of late to the other team’s top offensive threats with Muzzin-Holl on the ice, a once-highly-dependable pairing that has struggled with opponents getting in behind them free and clear either due to turnovers or just flat out getting beat in one-on-one situations. Keefe will turn to a veteran pairing of Muzzin-Brodie as a solution tonight up against the Dylan Larkin – Lucas Raymond line, which has been a handful for the opposition in the first few weeks of the season with its speed and skill, albeit they will have Robby Fabbri on their left wing in place of Bertuzzi tonight.
On the Leafs‘ blue line, Holl will sit out as a healthy scratch tonight in an attempt to reset his game via the perspective of the press box, which would’ve been inconceivable before the season started given how many important minutes he has played against top competition under Keefe.
With Brodie and Morgan Rielly split up, Travis Dermott will join the Leafs‘ new $60 million man in what will be a big opportunity to play expanded minutes inside the top four on the right side of the ice.
Dermott’s opportunities to grow his responsibility within this Leafs defense corps have been limited outside of a few short runs in the top four next to Justin Holl when Jake Muzzin has been out. He has not played a role on either side of special teams this season and has averaged just 13:39 per night. Holl’s underperformance has provided a golden chance for Dermott to make his case for a bigger role if he can take steady shifts on the right side inside the top four. Keefe was clear this morning that there have been no guarantees that Holl will re-enter the fold right away and that open competition would be a welcome development.
The key for Dermott will be not overextending himself, with fellow lefty-who-plays-his-offside in TJ Brodie (or the 2020-21 version of him) as his model in terms of complementing Rielly’s game effectively — i.e. provide a situationally-aware defensive conscience, gap up well off the rush, solid stick-on-puck defending, take care of your own net, and move the puck safely.
The Leafs will catch the Wings tired in the second half of a back-to-back after a hard-fought 64-minute contest against Florida last night. Alex Nedeljokvic started last night’s overtime loss, which means the Leafs will face Thomas Greiss — off to a 3-1-0 start with a .917 save percentage — at the other end opposite Petr Mrazek.
Game Day Quotes
Sheldon Keefe on the competitiveness of the Red Wings early in the season;
There is going to be no surprise for us. We have been watching closely. They are full marks for the results that they have had to date. They are in every game. They are carrying play in a lot of games. They are getting their share of scoring chances. They just seem like they’re a committed group that is playing hard, wants to have a great season, and wants to push to win and compete in games.
It has been flying around that sequence they had last night. We used it with our group this morning just as a really quick snapshot of the type of mindset that Detroit has in terms of how they play — a ton of urgency, and they are competing at a very high level early in the season. They are not going to make it easy on us.
Keefe on the process of helping Jake Muzzin get his season back on track:
For a guy who has been so good for so long, you have confidence he is going to find it. It is just talking through it, reassuring him, pushing him, challenging him. He doesn’t need too much of that because he is a very self-aware guy and takes a lot of pride in his game and the role that he plays for us.
Part of it is just allowing some time to sort some things out, pointing some things out, giving him some guidance, and using some time we have in practice away from games to address the things that we think can help him.
Keefe on the team’s need to improve defensively in five-man units:
Our forwards have to help out the cause here. That is a big piece. When we looked at the improvements we made last season defensively, our D for sure played a great role in that, but our forwards were contributing greatly. Any team that defends well does it in groups of five.
We have some defensemen that haven’t played to the level we would like them to be or have come to expect, but at the same time, they don’t have the same level of support, either. We have to get far more connected as a team defensively.
Keefe on the decision to sit Justin Holl and provide Dermott more opportunity:
We want to give [Dermott] an opportunity. Justin Holl is not going to play tonight, and he is a guy who is an important part of our team. We feel like taking a step back today made more sense to just give him yesterday’s practice and today to clear his head and get some work in. As opposed to reducing his role and his minutes, we thought, “Let’s shock the system a little bit here and get him some time.” But we need to build him back up. He is an important player for us and has played at a really high level.
As a result, we have moved things around. Part of it is Holl’s situation and part of it is getting different looks and chemistry in the back. We are just going to watch and see how it goes, whether it is a one-game thing or if we stick with it.
I haven’t made any guarantees to Hollsy in terms of whether he is going to come back in the next game. We are just going to watch and play. If this turns into a healthy competition on our backend, that will be good for everybody.
Toronto Maple Leafs Projected Lines
Forwards
#58 Michael Bunting – #34 Auston Matthews – #88 William Nylander
#15 Alex Kerfoot – #91 John Tavares – #16 Mitch Marner
#47 Pierre Engvall – #64 David Kampf – #25 Ondrej Kase
#20 Nick Ritchie – #19 Jason Spezza – #24 Wayne Simmonds
Defensemen
#44 Morgan Rielly – #23 Travis Dermott
#8 Jake Muzzin – #78 TJ Brodie
#38 Rasmus Sandin – #37 Timothy Liljegren
Goaltenders
Starter: #35 Petr Mrazek
#36 Jack Campbell
Extras: Justin Holl
Injured: Ilya Mikheyev
Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines
Forwards
#14 Robby Fabbri – #71 Dylan Larkin – #23 Lucas Raymond
#90 Joe Veleno – #24 Pius Suter – #11 Filip Zadina
#92 Vlad Namestnikov – #27 Michael Rasmussen – #73 Adam Erne
#37 Carter Rowney – #22 Mitchell Stephens – #89 Sam Gagner
Defensemen
#65 Danny DeKeyser – #53 Moritz Seider
#2 Nick Leddy – #17 Filip Hronek
#18 Marc Staal – #70 Troy Stetcher
Goaltenders
Starter: #29 Thomas Greiss
#39 Alex Nedeljokvic
Unvaxxed: Tyler Bertuzzi
Injured: Jakub Vrana
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Matt Nagy out Week 8 due to COVID-19 protocols; Bears special teams coach Chris Tabor will act as HC vs. 49ers - CBS Sports
The Chicago Bears will be without their head coach when they welcome the San Francisco 49ers to Soldier Field on Sunday.
The Bears announced Saturday that Matt Nagy remains in the league's COVID-19 protocol and will not coach the team's Week 8 game. He will be replaced as head coach by special teams coach Chris Tabor.
Tabor began his NFL coaching career as an assistant special teams coach for the Bears from 2008 to 2010. He was then the special teams coach for the Cleveland Browns from 2011 to 2017, before returning to Chicago to take over special teams in 2018.
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It's not the first time this season that a team will be forced to play a game without its head coach. Earlier this year, Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury sat out the team's game against the Cleveland Browns after testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced as head coach by the combination of defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and special teams coach Jeff Rodgers. The Saints also played a game without seven assistant coaches.
Nagy's game-day role has been the subject of intermittent controversy this season as he has repeatedly either refused to specify whether he or offensive coordinator Bill Lazor would call plays, or else refused to answer questions about the topic at all. There will be no such controversy on Sunday: Lazor will call the team's plays in Nagy's absence, as he reportedly has over the past several weeks.
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Gary Trent Jr. helps Raptors survive Magic onslaught, get back to .500 with 110-109 win - Raptors Republic
More RR coverage from this game:
The first order of business here is to thank Magic coach Jamahl Mosley for calling that timeout in the dying seconds with Jalen Suggs bringing up the ball. If that didn’t happen and Suggs got a shot off considering fans were chanting “Scottie’s better” minutes prior?
Boy, we would have rightfully been clowned for WEEKS. More on the clash between the latest draft’s 4th and 5th picks later.
Coming into this game, Gary Trent Jr. was ranked second league wide in deflections this season. Who was number one? His backcourt mate Fred VanVleet. Trent wreaked havoc on Cole Anthony on the final play of the game, forcing him to hoist up a half court prayer and put what would have been a hellacious collapse to bed.
Gary Trent Jr. with a huge defensive play at the end of the game 💪
The Raptors survive an 11-0 Magic run and avoid the upset. pic.twitter.com/ZrdRMdYaLO
— NBABet (@nbabet) October 30, 2021
Some of this is surprising even to Nick Nurse.
“That’s a big time play man, right at the right time when we needed it.” Nurse said to reporters after the game. “He’s been a pleasant surprise in that area, he’s improved at it and he’s starting to kind of make it his thing which is great.”
The Raptors were up 12 with two minutes to go, and then got complacent. Trent also played a part in the run earlier, pressuring Suggs into a turnover and finding OG Anunoby for a slam to put Toronto up double digits.
GARY TRENT JUST PUT JALEN SUGGS IN JAIL
— Slightly Biased (@BiasedSlightly) October 30, 2021
Trent also talked about the importance of bringing defence to the table.
“I’m open ears, like a sponge. I’ve been listening, I’ve been learning. Guys on the team play a certain way, OG, Freddy, everybody defends. I can’t be the weak link out there. I’ve got to be able to hold my own and show I can defend as well.
I wouldn’t say I’m too surprised at myself. I’ve always felt that I could defend, but everybody else hasn’t felt that, or seen that. So now I have the ability to showcase that I can defend, go out there, and go hard every time I can,” Trent said.
GTJ also added 19 points (7-13 shooting), knocking down two threes as well. He had 20 points and 5 steals in Toronto’s first win vs Boston, but this may have been his best performance of the season considering the timeliness of his play.
Dwane Casey was notorious for describing things when not going too well as “playing in mud.” That’s basically what both OG and Fred were doing scoring wise. VanVleet only had three points before this flurry below. The first three shots are my favourite.
Feeling it in the fourth 🔥@FredVanVleet catches fire for 16 PTS in the fourth quarter to seal the @Raptors win! pic.twitter.com/8H4uYeNYib
— NBA (@NBA) October 30, 2021
Now that Fred is finally the lead guard on a team like he’s always strived to be, that 15-18 footer near the free throw line or the elbow is a MUST to have in your game.
VanVleet has added that to his arsenal this season, and has also been tinkering with floaters in the paint which are equally as important. Those middies will consistently be there when he gets around screens and bigs are playing drop coverage. That opens up plenty of future possibilities as well once teams start playing Fred for the midrange shot, including opening driving lanes to the rim or kickouts to shooters on collapsing defenses.
Onto Anunoby, with big credit to Dalano Banton who really got OG going on this play.
Man, missed that @ScotiabankArena energy 🙌🏽 pic.twitter.com/L7BkD5I7ZW
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) October 30, 2021
Banton did a little bit of everything in his 23 minutes, with 10 points, five boards, two assists and two steals. It’s wild that the 46th overall pick has done this much already, making Goran Dragic minutes pointless, and also putting Malachi Flynn’s minutes in question. He’s really wrestled away the backup point guard position from those two guys, and checked in as early as the first quarter for the second straight game.
For now, Dalano has one speed….fast. Things just happen.
“There is something there that is deceiving when he’s got the ball because boom, he’s at the rim for a layup or two and he’s finishing them. He seems to get us some easier flowing type baskets when he’s out there,” Nurse said.
After that, Fred found Anunoby in the other corner for another trey, and then Anunoby also had two dunks, one I already mentioned above and the other off a full court inbound pass from VanVleet because the Magic were…I don’t know.
This was awesome. Scottie Barnes was on a high right away, starting with his comfortable 15 footer around the elbow. That spiked his confidence for a dominant first half that was only slowed down because of an inadvertent eye poke.
Scottie’s putting on a show at home 👀
Barnes has 19 PTS (8-of-11) and 6 REB as the @Raptors lead the Magic at the break on NBA League Pass. #NBARooks pic.twitter.com/Vmw1rZNTBt
— NBA (@NBA) October 30, 2021
In the middle of those clips was the three dribble one man destruction of basketball which drew up some fun comparisons.
Fred and OG’s emergence in the second half meant less touches for Scottie, but that’s where Suggs gained momentum. He was impressive in his own right, and had a four point play in Orlando’s 11-0 late run which nearly cost Toronto the game.
Not to be outdone in that Orlando-Toronto game, though, Jalen Suggs had by far his best game of the year. 21 points, four assists. Made a couple very deep 3s, but more importantly thought he looked a bit more under control. Had a couple very impressive blow-bys of Anunoby. pic.twitter.com/zIwEENPKB6
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) October 30, 2021
Both Barnes and Suggs finished with 21 points and whether it makes sense or not, a small demographic of Raptors fans have created a rivalry…with themselves?
Scottie and Jalen are boys and Magic fans don’t seem to care about what Barnes is doing, so the whole one sided comparison hype up is part puzzling/lol. Especially when you consider the initial reaction north of the border to Barnes being drafted. All in all their rookie seasons (and careers) will be monitored in comparison for years to come, so this won’t go away anytime soon. Here’s to hoping both are great.
Up next: Indiana, who the Raptors saw a whole three days ago. This time to kick off a three game road trip.
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Braves toss two-hitter, take 2-1 series lead - TSN
ATLANTA (AP) — Ian Anderson had pitched five no-hit innings when Brian Snitker walked up to the 23-year-old and said, “That's it.”
“Are you sure? Are you sure?” the rookie right-hander asked.
“I'm going with my gut right here,” the manager said.
On a night that showed how much baseball has evolved in the Analytics Age, Anderson and the Braves' bullpen took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Austin Riley and Travis d’Arnaud drove in runs and Atlanta beat the Houston Astros 2-0 on Friday to grab a 2-1 World Series lead.
Pinch-hitter Aledmys Díaz blooped a single leading off the eighth against Tyler Matzek that dropped in front of Eddie Rosario, just 232 feet from home plate, for Houston’s first hit as the left fielder pulled up to avoid colliding with shortstop Dansby Swanson.
Alex Bregman grounded a single through the wide-open right side of a shifted infield leading off the ninth against Will Smith, who remained perfect in five save chances this postseason.
Anderson threw 76 pitches, and A.J. Minter, Luke Jackson, Matzek and Smith combined for the last 57 of the 18th two-hit shutout in Series history.
“Obviously you want the chance to compete, especially on the biggest stage like this is,” Anderson said. “But, yeah, I knew he wasn't going to budge.”
Snitker didn't consider giving Anderson a chance to join the Yankees' Don Larsen, whose perfect game in 1956 is the only Series no-hitter.
“He wasn’t going to pitch a nine-inning no-hitter,” Snitker said. “He wasn’t going to have pitches to do that.”
Anderson struck out four and walked three, throwing just 39 of 76 pitches for strikes.
“He was effectively wild,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “Our guys never could zero in on the strikes.”
Anderson is 4-0 in his postseason career with a 1.26 ERA.
“He’s turned into an absolute animal, a beast in the playoffs,” Matzek said.
Complete games are near extinction. The closest Anderson came to a no-hitter in the minors was on June 28, 2019, when he was pulled after seven innings and 102 pitches for Double-A Mississippi against Jackson, and teammate Jeremy Walker finished with hitless relief.
“Luke Jackson didn't know. Minter didn't know,” Matzek said of the no-hit bid. “After I got done with my inning, they went up and said: `Hey, did you know you gave up the first hit?' And I said, `Yeah, I did know. I paid attention.'”
Of the 60 previous times the Series was tied 1-1, the Game 3 winner went on to win 39 times — including six of the last nine.
Riley hit an RBI double in the third on a cutter from rookie Luis Garcia after Freddie Freeman singled, and d’Arnaud added his second Series homer in the eighth, a 437-foot drive off Kendall Graveman that was d'Arnaud’s first long ball at home since September 2020.
Atlanta, which stranded nine runners, improved to 6-0 this postseason at Truist Park, which opened in 2017 and where it has won 11 of its last 12 games. The Braves stopped a five-game home World Series losing streak.
Houston, the top-hitting team in the majors during the season with a .267 average, was limited to seven baserunners.
“We didn’t swing it for one game,” Bregman said. “I think we flush it and move on to the next day and have a short memory.”
Díaz's hit ended the longest no-hit bid in the Series since Game 2 in 1967. Boston ace Jim Lonborg pitched a one-hitter and allowed a two-out double in the eighth to St. Louis’ Julian Javier.
Pinch-runner Jose Siri stole second with two outs in the eighth and went to third when d’Arnaud’s throw skipped into center field for an error, but Siri was stranded when Michael Brantley popped out against Matzek.
On a damp 49-degree night, rookie starters matched up in the Series for just the eighth time. Garcia gave up three hits in 3 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and four walks. He threw 72 pitches and came out after getting the first two outs of the fourth with just two pitches.
While Baker (72) and Snitker (66) had the highest combined ages of World Series managers, they lifted their starting pitchers on the timetable triggered by modern metrics — after exactly 18 batters each, not wanting leadoff hitters to face the same pitcher for the third time.
Snitker, in his 44th season with the Braves, knows a few years ago he would have let Anderson stay in.
“The me of old, probably a couple years ago,” Snitker said, “I’m how the hell am I doing this?”
HOME COOKING
In the Series for the first time since 1999, the Braves won at home for the first time since the sixth and final game of the 1995 World Series against Cleveland.
HAMMERIN’ HANK
Major League Baseball held a pregame tribute to Hank Aaron, the former Braves star and executive who died in January. Hank Aaron Jr. threw the ceremonial first pitch, accompanied by mother Billye Aaron and siblings Gaile and Dorinda.
FAMILY AFFAIR
Baker had hitting coach Troy Snitker go to the plate to exchange lineup cards with his dad, the Braves' manager.
UP NEXT
Zack Greinke will start Game 4 on Saturday night for Houston, while the Braves go with the first of consecutive bullpen games in response to losing Game 1 starter Charlie Morton to a broken leg.
“Night shift’s ready,” Matzek said.
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Blackhawks owner asks Hall of Fame to cover Brad Aldrich’s name on Stanley Cup - Global News
Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz wants the Hockey Hall of Fame to cover the name of an assistant coach engraved on the Stanley Cup after the assistant was accused of sexually assaulting a player during the team’s run to the 2010 championship.
In a letter addressed to Hall of Fame chairman Lanny McDonald, dated Thursday, Wirtz writes that Brad Aldrich‘s conduct disqualifies him being included on the Cup, and the team made a mistake by submitting his name.
“I am humbly requesting that the Hockey Hall of Fame consider `x-ing’ out his name on the Stanley Cup,” Wirtz wrote. “While nothing can undo what he did, leaving his name on the most prestigious trophy in sports seems profoundly wrong.”
The Hall of Fame cannot remove a name from the Stanley Cup, but it can decide to engrave a series of X’s to cover it up. In his letter, Wirtz pointed to the case of Basil Pocklington, the father of the former Edmonton owner who had his name engraved on the trophy after the Oilers won the 1984 title, but then was covered at the NHL’s request because Basil Pocklington had nothing to do with the team.
“That decision, among others, reflects the Cup’s storied history of engraving mistakes, misspellings and errors that have ended up enshrined in silver, or been corrected after the fact,” Wirtz writes.
ESPN first reported on the letter. A message was left Friday by the AP seeking comment from the Hall of Fame.
Wirtz and the Blackhawks are picking up the pieces of the franchise’s shattered reputation after it released a report Tuesday detailing how the team’s senior leaders badly mishandled the allegations against Aldrich more than a decade ago.
The independent review by a law firm was commissioned by the team in response to two lawsuits filed against the franchise: one by former first-round pick Kyle Beach alleging sexual assault by Aldrich in 2010, and another filed by a former high school student whom Aldrich was convicted of assaulting in Michigan.
Rocky Wirtz said Tuesday that he and Danny Wirtz, his son and the team’s CEO, were first made aware of the accusations ahead of the May filing of Beach’s lawsuit, an assertion by the owner that also was supported by the report from Jenner & Block.
The AP does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they come forward publicly. Beach spoke with TSN on Wednesday and posted a statement on Twitter on Thursday expressing gratitude for the support he had received in the past couple days.
Stan Bowman, Chicago’s general manager and president of hockey operations, resigned in the wake of the report, and the Blackhawks announced that Al MacIsaac, another one of the team’s top hockey executives, was no longer with the organization.
The NHL fined the team $2 million for “the organization’s inadequate internal procedures and insufficient and untimely response.”
The consequences of what the Blackhawks did in 2010 _ specifically a three-week period during the playoffs when they failed to act on Beach’s allegations, allowing Aldrich to remain around the team while it celebrated the championship _ reverberated throughout the NHL this week.
Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville met with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Thursday and then resigned. Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff talked to Bettman on Friday, and the league announced that Cheveldayoff would not be disciplined.
Quenneville and Cheveldayoff were with the Blackhawks when Beach’s accusations were first reported to team leadership. Aldrich has told investigators the encounter was consensual.
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