Posted on 10/30/2021 2:40:23 AM PDT by Libloather
The Blackhawks have requested that Brad Aldrich's name be removed from the Stanley Cup. The news was first reported by ESPN's Emily Kaplan.
Kyle Beach, a former Chicago first-round pick (No. 11 overall) in 2008 who recently came forward as John Doe in the lawsuit against the Blackhawks, alleged that former video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The findings of the independent investigation were released publicly on Tuesday.
Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz sent a letter to Hockey Hall of Fame chairman Lanny McDonald, asking for Aldrich's name to be stamped over. Here's the full letter:
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The investigation revealed that the team's video coach had a sexual encounter with a player during the 2010 season. While the behavior of our front office staff who were alerted to this incident was inexplicable and wrong, the behavior of the video coach was unforgivable, and led to his removal from the Blackhawks organization.
Three years later in 2013, that video coach, Brad Aldrich, was convicted in Michigan of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 16-year-old minor. He was sentenced to nine months in jail and is currently listed on Michigan's sex offender registry.
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Do not remove the name. Once you start down this road, the whole cup becomes meaningless.
” convicted in Michigan of 4th degree criminal sexual conduct involving a 16-year-old minor.”
So he chose a future Democrat political career over hockey
When Jimmy Saville was exposed as a sex offender they took away his British Knighthood, wiped his name from everything they could and reburied him in an unmarked grave. No comment from Jimmy since he was already dead having molested hundreds of minors while the BBC covered for him when he was alive. But there was a bright side. The BBC promised to be more vigilant in the future.
Wait until they try to remove rapist Bill Clinton’s name from everything.
So...they'll finally wash the blue dress?
how does a hetero 16 year old get into a homo relationship with an older man? I never understand how these coaches entice a hetero young man into sex.
I’m serious. I am female but if an older lesbian teacher /whatever had approached me at 16, I would have gotten the hell out of there.
No comprende.
Same as any cult. Make the person feel worthwhile, give them status, “love”, understanding. Listen to them and respond to their weaknesses.
okay, but still at 16 you’d know you don’t “go” that way.
Maybe alcohol was involved.....
We who read this article in whatever media we're now reading, are the choir.
WE'RE the ones that see this shit and rebel against it, but .... Gen Lee is still removed (and in storage ... hopefully)
It won't change until we stop indoctrinating children in government indoctrination centers
How do these things happen?
Little kids grow up to be adults that get into powerful positions and act out their thoughts.
EVERY human difficulty is because someone decided to act out in some particular way
Saville was quite the b@st@rd. He specialized in assaulting children in hospital.
As a Chicago area resident who up until recently had been a Blackhawks fan since 1977, I agree with you.
I'll also say this: the cover-up that happened here for years has cost the Blackhawks a fairly significant portion of their fan base.
Had this been dealt with immediately as it should've been, no fault could be found with the Blackhawks organization, Coach Q, etc.. But they completely failed to act. Coach Q was "too busy" winning a Stanley Cup to deal with it and failed to act when he became aware. Same thing with Wirtz.
That's just unacceptable, period.
The other story about all this making the rounds here in the Chicago area sports news is that the team itself (Kane, Toews, etc..) knew what had happened, and gave Beach sh*t about it. If true, what an awful statement that itself makes.
It's called grooming. Young children and teenagers are especially susceptible to it.
i know about grooming- and it still makes no sense.
If you’re not inclined to be homo, why would you?
You’re 16- not 6.
You can’t undo history. Pete Rose played a great game and no one could ever take that away from him. Babe Ruth wasn’t perfect but you can’t undo his achievements.
bump
How did Joel Quenneville get wrapped up in this one? He was just forced out of the Florida Panthers organization over this. The world has gone mad.
Because he admitted he knew, and did nothing about it. That’s why.
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