On Oct. 28, Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the NHL's Florida Pantherstwo days after the second-winningest coach in league history was among those implicated for not swiftly responding to allegations by a Chicago Blackhawks player in 2010 of being sexually assaulted by a video coach, The Chicago Tribune reported.
The announcement was made shortly after Quenneville met with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman to discuss his role in what happened in Chicago during the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs, when Hawks prospect Kyle Beach said then-Blackhawks video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him.
Quenneville resigned with about three years and $15 million remaining on his contract with the Panthers.
Beach, a Blackhawks center prospect during 2009-13, revealed himself as "John Doe"the pseudonym used in a negligence lawsuit against the teamduring an interview on Canada's The Sports Network on Oct. 27. He now plays pro hockey in Germany for the TecArt BlackDragons.
Quenneville has said he was unaware of the allegations until this summer, a stance he reiterated as recently as Oct. 27. However, Beach said there was "absolutely no way" the then-Blackhawks coach could deny knowing about the allegations.