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    Stan Bowman hired as new Oilers GM 3 years after Blackhawks sexual assault scandal

    Bowman, along with Al MacIsaac and Joel Quenneville, were reinstated by the NHL on July 1.

  • The Canadian Press

    Former Quebec junior hockey players released as they appeal sentences for sex assault

    QUEBEC CITY, Que. — Two former Quebec junior hockey players have been released as they appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres championship win. Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam today granted Nicolas Daigle and Massimo Siciliano permission to appeal their sentences, which were for 32 and 30 months, respectively. The ex-players were each ordered to put up $2,000 bail and were released on various c

  • The Canadian Press

    Former Quebec junior hockey players sentenced for sex assault to appeal sentences

    QUEBEC CITY, Que. — Two former Quebec junior hockey players will appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres championship win. On Monday, Quebec court Judge Thomas Jacques sentenced Nicolas Daigle to 32 months in jail and Massimo Siciliano to 30 months. A lawyer for Siciliano, 21, filed a motion to have his client instead be given a suspended sentence and bail while he awaits a decision. A lawyer for Daigle,

  • The Canadian Press

    Former Quebec junior hockey players jailed for sex assault of teen at hotel in 2021

    QUEBEC CITY, Que. — Two former Quebec junior hockey players were handed prison sentences Monday for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 in the aftermath of a Victoriaville Tigres championship celebration. During a hearing in Quebec City, Nicolas Daigle, 21, was sentenced to 32 months in jail, and Massimo Siciliano, 21, was given a 30-month sentence. The pair pleaded guilty last October to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in the early hours of June 6, 2021; Daigle also plead