The NHL lifted its ban on longtime coach Joel Quenneville and executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac on Monday, clearing the way for their return to the league more than two years after they were punished in the fallout from the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal.
"For more than the last two and a half years, these individuals have been ineligible to work for any NHL team as a result of their inadequate response upon being informed in 2010 of allegations that Blackhawks ’ player Kyle Beach had been assaulted by the club’s video coach," the league said, "While it is clear that, at the time, their responses were unacceptable, each of these three individuals ...
"An investigation commissioned by the Blackhawks concluded team officials mishandled allegations raised by Beach during the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010. Quenneville, the former Chicago coach, resigned from his job as coach of the Florida Panthers. Bowman, Chicago's general manager and hockey operations president, left his job as did top team executive MacIsaac.The fallout included $2 million fine of the Blackhawks by the NHL.
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