Agent questions whether reporter should out members of WJC team accused of assault
A hockey reporter's pursuit of the names of the players involved in some horrendous allegations dealing with the 2018 World Junior Championship is getting questioned by an agent. Ken Campbell has called the agent of every single player with Team Canada, which won the gold medal that year, to ask if their client is involved in a lawsuit settlement from Hockey Canada made public recently. That lawsuit alleges the plaintiff, identified as "E.M." in court records, was repeatedly assaulted while intoxicated in a London, Ont. hotel room in 2018 following a Hockey Canada event honouring Canada's gold medal-winning junior team. The woman, now 24, was seeking $3.55 million in damages. No details of the settlement were released and no names have been mentioned. It was the choice of the plaintiff not to name anyone in the suit. Through the process of elimination, Campbell is attempting to determine who was allegedly involved.
After naming what he has so far, Campbell was called out on Twitter by player agent Scott Norton. Norton, who mostly represents lesser known NHLers, seemed to believe that what Campbell is doing is wrong.
The question is, of course, is it? A lawsuit settlement is not a legal admission of guilt. That can be very different in the eyes of the public, though. Whether or not Campbell is right to out these players is an issue with a lot of debate. That said, his method of determining who it was is pretty clever. It seems that is what Norton is taking issue with.
"Don't get me wrong - what the players in question did is horrific, but I don't feel this is the way to attempt to identify those involved," he responded to one person.
The NHL has opened an investigation into the lawsuit. Some are already NHL regulars, while others remain in the league's system.
2018 Team Canada WJC Roster
Dillon Dube, Jonah Gadjovic, 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, Cale Makar, Dante Fabbro, Kale Clague, Victor Mete, Carter Hart
Colton Point.
| POLL | ||
MAI 30 | 259 ANSWERS Agent questions whether reporter should out members of WJC team accused of assault Should the players involved be publicly named? | ||
| Yes, 100 percent | 144 | 55.6 % |
| No, this is a witch hunt | 78 | 30.1 % |
| I can't decide | 37 | 14.3 % |
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| Mikko Rantanen | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Jake Debrusk | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dylan Guenther | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Connor McDavid | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ivan Barbashev | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jack Eichel | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Clayton Keller | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Anthony Cirelli | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Jonathan Drouin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Roman Josi | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kirill Marchenko | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Kyle Palmieri | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Artemi Panarin | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Sebastian Aho | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Evan Bouchard | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Leon Draisaitl | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Duchene | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
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