Senators suspend assistant GM Randy Lee a week ahead of NHL draft
OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have suspended assistant general manager Randy Lee, who is facing a harassment charge from an incident during the NHL’s pre-draft scouting combine in Buffalo earlier this month.
General manager Pierre Dorion announced Lee’s suspension in a statement Friday afternoon. Dorion said the suspension is effective immediately and applies to work with the Senators as well as the club’s American Hockey League affiliate in Belleville, Ont.
The move comes a week before the NHL draft in Dallas.
Lee is charged with second-degree harassment after allegedly making lewd comments and rubbing the shoulders of a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver in Buffalo on May 30. He has pled not guilty and is due in court on July 6.