Donald Fehr, executive director of the NHL Players' Association, recommended the union solicit the services of an outside law firm to evaluate how it handled allegations levied by Kyle Beach, according to ESPN's Emily Kaplan.
In an interview with TSN's Rick Westhead, Beach revealed he was the former member of the Chicago Blackhawks organization who said then-video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him.
The NHL fined the Blackhawks $2 million after the firm of Jenner & Block looked into how the franchise responded when Beach came forward to team officials.
Chicago said in a statement that "the organization and its executives at that time did not live up to our own standards or values in handling these disturbing incidents.