The NHL is evaluating how it can try to head off another such situation in the future. "There are a number of things our players go through and we want to make sure there is support for them here and we have certainly discussed that and will continue to discuss that." "That's something we try to stay on top of, on a number of matters, not just pertaining to this particular (subject)," Blashill said.
… I hate to see it happen, but hopefully it's a reckoning and it helps us moving forward."īlashill said the Wings have established hotlines for any matters players would want to discuss. "You want to see accountability for the things that have happened. "We commend his courage and it obviously took a lot for him to get to this point and it's just something you never want to see somebody go through. "You feel for Kyle Beach and, obviously, stand with him and everything he's gone through," Wings forward Sam Gagner said. The NHL Friday said current Winnipeg GM Kevin Cheveldayoff, then an assistant GM with Chicago, was not responsible for the actions of the Blackhawks.īeach has received support from peers around the league for his courage and strength. More: Growing confidence, maturity spurring Red Wings' strong start Several front-office employees of the Blackhawks, including general manager Stan Bowman, have been dismissed by the organization. From a personal perspective, we all have great sympathy for what those two have had to go through and any others." they'll have to deal with that for the rest of their lives. "That's not something that's going to go away. "My heart goes out to Kyle Beach, and to John Doe in Houghton, Michigan (an unidentified Aldridge assault victim), and what they've had to have gone through at the hands of a predator," Wings coach Jeff Blashill said after the morning skate. Quenneville was the head coach of the Blackhawks in 2010 when a team investigation found Quenneville ignored forward Kyle Beach's claim that assistant coach Brad Aldridge assaulted Beach.
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