Yesterday, in a move very likely timed to have the Toronto media’s focus on Chicago, the results of the independent investigation into the Chicago team was revealed. In June 2021, the Chicago Blackhawks retained lawyers from the firm of Jenner & Block LLP to investigate the team’s own actions responding to a sexual assault in 2010.
The report detailed the way in which the team at the time chose their PR concerns and playoff drive over their responsibility to respond to the report of a crime. GM Stan Bowman resigned in disgrace from the team and from USA Hockey, where he was the GM of the Olympic team.