Former Blackhawk Nick Boynton speaks out on allegations, 'Everyone knew'

Former Chicago Blackhawks player Nick Boynton recently joined a Zoom call with lawyers hired by the franchise to share his recollection of abuse allegations that first came to surface during the team's 2010 playoff run.

Boynton told four attorneys with the law firm Jenner & Block that he remembered how former Blackhawks forward Jake Dowell had first told him during the 2010 playoffs that two of their teammates had been sexually assaulted by Chicago's video coach, Brad Aldrich.

Boynton then went on to tell skills coach Paul Vincent, a former police officer, about the incident, hoping that he could convince management to get Aldrich fired and report the allegations to police. He claims many of Chicago's top players knew about the abuse, including Patrick Kane and Patrick Sharp.

"They asked me who knew and I gave them names, basically everybody on the team,» Boynton told TSN in an interview on Wednesday. "I said everybody f---ing knew about it. I said you can talk to the coaches. I said talk to Torch [former assistant coach John Torchetti]. I called out Brian Campbell, and said talk to Patrick Sharp and talk to Kaner. The training staff knew. I'm sick of this wall of silence."

Dowel disputes this however.

"It's foggy to me," Dowell said in an interview. "I remember after Brad was let go after 2010 we started to hear some rumblings, but I don't know how much truth there was to it."

"For younger players trying to make it in the NHL, [Aldrich] was a good resource," Dowell said. "He'd tell us what the game plan was and who was doing well. He'd watch the video, get intel for us about where we stand with the coaches. That's how I remember him. For me, it was talking about where I stand and if I'll ever get a sniff in the NHL. He was a coach and I was a player."

Boynton said investigators "sounded disgusted" by what he told them and said he's hopeful that the Chicago law firm won't cover up the investigation.

"It sounds like they are going to do the best job they can do," Boynton said. "I got a good feeling from them and I like to hope they do what they're supposed to."

Source: tsn.ca

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