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By Connor Gunn with files from Canadian Press

Former Hurricane Kyle Beach identified as “John Doe 1” in Blackhawks investigation

Oct 27, 2021 | 4:48 PM

TORONTO, ON – Kyle Beach has stepped forward as one of the alleged victims in the Chicago Blackhawks’ sexual assault investigation.

Beach appeared on TSN’s SportsCentre on Wednesday night to identify himself as the first accuser of former Blackhawks’ video coach Brad Aldrich.

He had been named John Doe 1 in court documents related to the sexual assaults in 2010.

Beach, a former player for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in 2008-2009 was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, 11th overall, in the 2008 NHL entry draft.

As part of this saga, former Blackhawks Head Coach Joel Quenneville is was named in a report citing how the Blackhawks mishandled the allegations.

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A Thursday meeting with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman looms for Quenneville, who will likely learn sometime not too long after that talk if he’ll be allowed to remain with Florida. For a team that is off to a 6-0-0 start, there is now a major source of worry.

Quenneville was brought into Florida to turn around a long-struggling franchise, one that had cycled through 15 coaches in 25 seasons, including five in a six-season span before Quenneville was hired.

Immediately, Florida had hope.

“He’s going to be the coach that’s going to bring us to the Cup,” Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau said when Quenneville was hired in 2019.

Time will tell if Quenneville will have a chance to prove Huberdeau right.

More details to come.

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