Hockey Canada suspensions remain for four players on 2018 junior team
August 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM ET|Comments (1)
from Sportsnet,
An independent appeal board has ruled that five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team acquitted last year of sexual assault breached the Hockey Canada code of conduct.
Hockey Canada said in a release Wednesday that it accepted the board's recommended continued suspensions and reinstatement dates for Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Carter Hart, Dillon Dubé and Michael McLeod.
The five were acquitted in July 2025 on sexual assault charges stemming from an encounter with a woman known as "E.M." at a 2018 Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont., celebrating the national junior team's world championship gold medal.
But the three-judge appeal board -- John Laskin, Katherine Swinton and Thomas McEwen -- recommended continued suspensions from Hockey Canada-sanctioned programs for four of the players.
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