The NHL decided Friday not to discipline former Chicago Blackhawks assistant general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff for his role in the club鈥檚 mishandling of sexual assault allegations made by a player in 2010.
Commissioner Gary Bettman met with Cheveldayoff, now the GM of the Winnipeg Jets, on Friday morning. He concluded based on that conversation and the team鈥檚 investigation that Cheveldayoff was not responsible for improper decisions made at the time.
鈥淲hile on some level, it would be easiest to paint everyone with any association to this terrible matter with the same broad brush, I believe that fundamental fairness requires a more in-depth analysis of the role of each person,鈥� Bettman said in a statement. 鈥淜evin Cheveldayoff was not a member of the Blackhawks senior leadership team in 2010, and I cannot, therefore, assign to him responsibility for the club鈥檚 actions, or inactions.鈥�
Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman and former coach Joel Quenneville, now with Florida, each resigned this week. Chevedayoff is the only person who was present in a meeting about Kyle Beach鈥檚 allegations against video coach Brad Aldrich to still be working in the NHL by the end of the week.
Bettman said Cheveldayoff鈥檚 status as a low-ranking team official and his limited role in that meeting absolved him of authority to address the allegations.
鈥� The Associated Press
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