Report: Organizational Changes Coming For Chicago Blackhawks

According to Mark Lazerus of The Athletic, organizational changes are coming to the Chicago Blackhawks due to the findings from the Jenner & Block investigation.

As we await word on what sources say will be "organizational changes" for the alleged off-ice failings of the Blackhawks, read my story on the on-ice failings of recent seasons:https://t.co/6yOSvH3AQa
— Mark Lazerus (@MarkLazerus) October 26, 2021

The team will be holding a virtual press conference Tuesday afternoon to discuss the investigation. One notable omission from it is general manager Stan Bowman. Instead, Blackhawks owner and chairman Rocky Wirtz and Blackhawks CEO Danny Wirtz will be representing the team for it. Furthermore, the leader of the investigation, Reid Schar, will also be there.

The Chicago Blackhawks are holding a virtual media briefing at 2pm et/1pm ct to discuss the findings of the independent investigation into allegations that a then-assistant coach sexually assaulted two players in 2010: https://t.co/HcxMgAKLLU pic.twitter.com/j3mFi6kTo0
— TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) October 26, 2021

Bowman was the general manager of the Blackhawks back in 2010 when the alleged assaults by former video coach Brad Aldrich took place. When former skills coach Paul Vincent was informed about them that May, he told Bowman, then-team president John McDonough, executive Al MacIsaac and mental skills coach James Gary. When Vincent asked the team to report the allegations to the police, they refused.

Aldrich would later confess to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Michigan high school hockey player in 2013. This was after his time with the Blackhawks.

We will have to wait and see what changes are coming from the Blackhawks.