While an investigation continues into an alleged group sexual assault, members of Canada’s 2018 World Juniors roster will be ineligible to play for the national team, Hockey Canada said in a statement to TSN’s Rick Westhead on Monday.
As Hockey Canada noted in that statement, such a decision would have the most immediate impact on potential roster choices for the 2023 IIHF Men’s Hockey Championship, set to take place in Finland from May 12-28.
“Earlier this year, Hockey Canada made a decision that until the investigation and adjudicative process of the alleged incident in 2018 are complete, no players from the 2018 National Junior Team will be considered for participation for Team Canada.