Disgraced former NHL coach Joel Quenneville gained’t be again teaching anytime quickly.
In an interview with ESPN’s Jeremy Schaap Friday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman stated he doesn’t know if Quenneville will make a return to professional hockey.
The previous coach resigned final October because the Florida Panthers head coach when an investigation discovered that Quenneville’s former workforce, the Chicago Blackhawks, mishandled sexual abuse allegations referring to Kyle Seaside.
“That’s one thing I’ll have to deal with with him straight,” Bettman advised ESPN.
Quenneville was concerned in conferences about former Blackhawks video coordinator Brad Aldrich sexually assaulting Seaside. However the former Blackhawks coach reportedly stated he needed to concentrate on successful the Stanley Cup on the time.
The NHL commissioner stated Quenneville “let the sport down” by mishandling the allegations.
Quenneville, who's the second-winningest coach in NHL historical past and gained a title with the Blackhawks through the time the sexual abuse allegations passed off in 2010, stated in a press release to TSN that he failed Seaside.
Bettman advised ESPN that Quenneville might return to working for the NHL, however it could “require a gathering upfront so as to decide the suitable circumstances beneath which such new employment may happen.”
“[Quenneville] has indicated that he would, on the acceptable time, prefer to be a part of the sport once more,” Bettman stated. “I don’t suppose that is the time. However we’ll see what occurs sooner or later.”
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