Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after
Sexual Assault probeNHL hits club with $2m fine for failure to respond to allegationsStan Bowman was also GM of
USA men’s Olympic hockey teamThe
Chicago Blackhawks mishandled allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player during the team’s Stanley Cup run in 2010, according to an investigation commissioned by the franchise that cast a shadow over the NHL on Tuesday.
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Stan Bowman, the general manager and president of hockey operations, resigned in the wake of the findings by an outside law firm, and the NHL fined the team $2 million for “the organization’s inadequate internal procedures and insufficient and untimely response”. Al MacIsaac, one of the team’s top hockey executives, also is out.