On Monday morning the New York Rangers released a statement acknowledging allegations made in Russian media by a former coach against star forward Artemi Panarin.
Panarin is taking a leave of absence from the team as he deals with these allegations.
Andrei Nazarov, who was his coach while with Vityaz, claimed to Russian media that Panarin beat up a female in a hotel bar more than ten years ago. The comments from Nazarov were translated and broken down on Twitter on Monday morning.
In short, Nazarov has claimed that Panarin, who was 19 at the time, was involved in an altercation with an 18-year-old female in December 2011.