Five current and former NHL players, all members of Canada's world junior hockey team in 2018, have been charged with sexual assault. The players involved are 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, who currently plays for a Swiss team.
These charges, which have cast a shadow over Canadian hockey for years, have attracted significant attention. Last week, the players' lawyers confirmed that their clients had been charged but asserted that all of them pleaded not guilty. The players turned themselves in to the London police over the past week.
