{
  "id": 8591706,
  "title": "Where are the players from the Hockey Canada scandal after acquittal?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/where-are-the-players-from-the-hockey-canada-scandal-after-acquittal",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T02:44:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
    "slug": "winnipeg-free-press",
    "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/2026/09/19/where-are-the-players-from-the-hockey-canada-scandal-after-acquittal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Five former members of Canada's 2018 world junior hockey team — Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote, and Michael McLeod — were acquitted in July 2025 on sexual assault charges stemming from an encounter at a 2018 Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont. Since then, the NHL has reinstated all five, allowing them to play beginning Dec. 1, 2025. Hockey Canada’s appeal board later ruled all five breached the governing body’s code of conduct and extended its ban from national programs for three of the five.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}