NHL commissioner Gary Bettman publicly apologized to Kyle Beach for what the former Chicago Blackhawks prospect has been through after the player said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010.

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An independent third-party report released last week stated the allegations were largely ignored by the team.

Speaking with reporters during a virtual press conference Monday, Bettman also defended the decision to allow Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville, who coached with Chicago from 2008 to 2018, to be behind the bench for his teamB次元官网网址檚 game last Wednesday after the report was released.

Quenneville met with Bettman on Thursday before resigning.

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Bettman met with Cheveldayoff on Friday.

Blackhawks president and general manager Stan Bowman resigned in the wake of the report, while the club announced Al MacIsaac, another one of its top hockey executives, was no longer with the organization.

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B次元官网网址擩oshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press