On June 20, 2022, Hockey Canada issued a statement correcting information from our original statement that that the complainant had chosen not to speak to the London Police. Subsequently, we learned through her lawyer that she did in fact make a complaint to the police in 2018.

Hockey Canada is deeply troubled by the very serious allegations of sexual assault regarding members of the 2017-18 National Junior Hockey Team. 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.  

The person bringing the allegations forward chose not to speak with either police or with Hockey Canada’s independent investigator and also chose not to identify the players involved. This was her right and we fully respect her wishes.

We have settled this matter and as part of that settlement, we will not be commenting further.