Current:Home > NewsNHL teams cut ties with four players charged in 2018 sexual assault case -FutureProof Finance
NHL teams cut ties with four players charged in 2018 sexual assault case
View
Date:2025-04-15 19:38:55
NHL teams have cut ties with four players who were charged earlier this year in a 2018 sexual assault case.
Philadelphia Flyers goalie Carter Hart, Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube, and two New Jersey Devils players, forward Michael McLeod and defenseman Cal Foote, didn't receive qualifying offers by Sunday's deadline for NHL teams to retain their restricted free agents.
Those four, along with former Ottawa Senators player Alex Formenton, were charged in February with sexual assault. McLeod faces two charges and the others face one charge.
Police say the assault occurred in London, Ontario, after a 2018 Hockey Canada gala honoring the gold-medal-winning world junior championship team.
"After the event, the accused and several teammates met the victim at a downtown bar and later invited her to a hotel room, where the sexual assault by the individuals now charged took place," London police chief Thai Truong said in a February news conference.
The four NHL players had requested and were granted indefinite leave from their teams. Lawyers for Hart and for the other players said they would fight the charges in court.
The London Free Press reported in June that no trial date has been set.
The four NHL players now become unrestricted free agents. Formenton played in Europe last season.
Contract buyouts
Sunday was also the deadline for teams to buy out players' contracts.
Buffalo Sabres forward Jeff Skinner is a free agent after the team bought out the remaining three years of his contract.
The Edmonton Oilers said they were taking steps to buy out goaltender Jack Campbell, who was sent to the American Hockey League this season following a disappointing one-plus seasons for the 2022 free agent signee.
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Nate Schmidt (according to TSN) and Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Adam Boqvist also will be bought out.
Dallas Stars defenseman Ryan Suter (for a second time) and Flyers forward Cam Atkinson were bought out earlier.
veryGood! (7)
Related
- IRS recovers $4.7 billion in back taxes and braces for cuts with Trump and GOP in power
- Dick Van Dyke becomes oldest Daytime Emmys winner in history at 98 for 'Days of Our Lives'
- Olympic rings mounted on the Eiffel Tower ahead of Summer Games
- Pat Sajak takes a final spin on Wheel of Fortune, ending a legendary career: An incredible privilege
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Back-to-back shark attacks injure 2 teens, adult near Florida beach; one victim loses arm
- Overnight fire damages or destroys about 15 boats at a Nevada marina
- Sacramento mass shooting suspect dies in jail cell, police and attorney say
- How to watch new prequel series 'Dexter: Original Sin': Premiere date, cast, streaming
- Floor It and Catch the Speed Cast Then and Now
Ranking
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Taylor Swift pauses Scotland Eras Tour show until 'the people in front of me get help'
- Princess Kate apologizes for missing Irish Guards' final rehearsal before king's parade
- Taylor Swift congratulates engaged couple: 'Thanks for doing that at my concert'
- 'Vanderpump Rules' star DJ James Kennedy arrested on domestic violence charges
- Nike drops 'Girl Dad' sneakers inspired by the late Kobe Bryant. See what they look like
- Nevada has a plan to expand electronic voting. That concerns election security experts
- Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders, who took famous 'Earthrise' photo, dies in plane crash
Recommendation
NHL in ASL returns, delivering American Sign Language analysis for Deaf community at Winter Classic
If Mavericks want to win NBA championship, they must shut down Celtics' 3-point party
Taylor Swift performs Eras Tour in Edinburgh, Scotland: 'What a way to welcome a lass.'
Massive chunk of Wyoming’s Teton Pass crumbles; unclear how quickly the road can be rebuilt
Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
Massive grave slabs recovered from UK's oldest shipwreck
Mortgage closing fees are in the hot seat. Here's why the feds are looking into them.
Man convicted for role in 2001 stabbing deaths of Dartmouth College professors released from prison