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Members of Canada's 2018 World Juniors roster will be unable to participate for the national team while an investigation into an alleged group sexual assault proceeds, Hockey Canada announced in a statement to TSN's Rick Westhead on Monday.
According to Hockey Canada, such a decision would have the greatest immediate influence on probable roster options for the 2023 IIHF Men's Hockey Championship, which would be held in Finland from May 12-28.
"Earlier this year, Hockey Canada decided that no players from the 2018 National Junior Team would be considered for Team Canada participation until the investigation and adjudicative process of the alleged incident in 2018 were completed."
In a subsequent interview on TSN's That's Hockey, Westhead described Hockey Canada's choice as a "calculated decision." Westhead feels that it is better to remove all players from participating than to risk a player suiting up for Canada only to be implicated later.
Earlier on Monday, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage overwhelmingly passed a motion asking that Hockey Canada disclose the full findings from the inquiry into the sexual assault accusations conducted by legal firm Henein Hutchison. The firm's examination first began in June 2018 and ended in September 2020. The probe, however, was reopened once news of a lawsuit and settlement surfaced in May 2022. Politicians are criticizing the delay in information dissemination.
The charges suggest that up to eight players were engaged in the assault, while Westhead states that a separate (active and ongoing) investigation by London, Ont., police provided them with "reasonable grounds to charge five players with sexual assault."
Along with Hutchison's business and London police, the NHL is looking into sexual assault allegations leveled against players of Canada's 2018 World Juniors squad.
As you can see from the entire roster below, that squad had numerous NHL players and/or prospects.
2018 Canadian world juniors roster
Dillon Dubé
Jonah Gadjovich
Boris Katchouk
Maxime Comtois
Taylor Raddysh
Tyler Steenbergen
Drake Batherson
Michael McLeod
Brett Howden
Sam Steel
Alex Formenton
Jordan Kyrou
Robert Thomas
Jake Bean
Conor Timmins
Cal Foote
Cale Makar
Dante Fabbro
Kale Clague
Victor Mete
Colton Point
Carter Hart
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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