Five players from the 2018 world junior hockey team face charges of sexual assault. (Hockey Canada)

By Canadian Press

Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team facing sexual assault charges

Jan 24, 2024 | 2:05 PM

Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken leaves of absence from their professional hockey clubs amid a report that five members of that roster have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges.

Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils and former NHLer Alex Formenton, who is now playing in Switzerland, all have been granted indefinite leave over the past four days.

The Globe and Mail, citing two unnamed sources, reported the pending charges are connected to an alleged group sexual assault of a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room.

The incident is alleged to have occurred following a Hockey Canada gala in June 2018.

Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General says no charges relating to the 2018 incident have been filed in court, and The Canadian Press has no information that connects the NHL players’ leaves of absence to the investigation.

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