Hockey Canada is investigating an “alleged group sexual assault” they say involved members of the 2002-03 world junior hockey championship team.
The allegation, which Hockey Canada shared publicly in a Friday press release, comes at a time when the organization is already under fire for its handling of an alleged 2018 sexual assault involving eight unnamed players who were on that year’s men’s junior hockey team. Read more: Hockey Canada: A timeline of how the agency handled 2018 sexual assault allegation In its press release, Hockey Canada says its staff heard a rumour two weeks ago about “something bad at the 2003 World Juniors.” The organization said it was given no details of “any sort” with regards to those rumours.
The organization said that on Thursday evening it was contacted by a CTV reporter, Rick Westhead, who they say had “disturbing details” of the alleged incident.
Hockey Canada said it had also recently spoken with Conservative MP John Nater who had “similar information” about the allegations. “The details in Mr.