Police confirm sexual assault charges against 5 members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team

By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO
AP Hockey Writers

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Police have confirmed charges against five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team accused of sexual assault dating to an incident from that year. London, Ontario, Police Chief Thai Truong says that Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames and former NHL player Alex Formenton are charged with sexual assault. Detective Sergeant Katherine Dann says the investigation was reopened in 2022. It found reasonable and probable grounds to charge the players. Defense attorneys have said their clients are not guilty.