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Former Canadian world junior hockey players face sex assault charges

Five former Canadian world junior hockey players are facing sexual assault charges that date back to an alleged incident in 2018 in London, Ontario.
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A close up of a Team Canada hockey player who is leaning on his stick while down on one knee.
The incident under investigation is alleged to have occurred in Halifax during the 2003 world junior hockey championship and involved members of Canada's team. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Front Burner20:48Former Canadian world junior hockey players face sex assault charges

Four NHL players, and one pro European player, are charged with sexual assault, in a troubling story that began years ago. The charges relate to the alleged group assault of a woman in 2018, that took place when the accused were members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

Katie Strang is a senior investigative writer with The Athletic and walks us through these new charges — and whether anything has actually changed in hockey since this scandal first came to light.

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