A real captain would have used this as a way to rally around Beach and win it for him as a group. Instead the entire organization failed Beach and pretended like nothing happened just to win a cup. Pretty gross behaviour if you ask me.

After he found out the next year, he thought it was fine to not do anything because that monster went to another organization??? And guess what that monster did…he went on to assault a kid. This is absolutely ridiculous.

Kyle Beach was also chasing a dream, Jonathan. When you supposedly "heard" about it at next season's training camp as captain, that was the time to do something- as per club policy.

Toews saying he doesn’t understand why bowman needs to lose everything over this shows that even with all that comes out these guys really don’t care. Bowman and leadership made a critical mistake in their handling of this situation. Any other company you make a mistake of this magnitude you get fired. Shows that nothing has changed. How does a captain not understand accountability? How can you defend Stan bowman? I thought toews was a good guy, I don’t think that’s the case at all

When people say " The truth is", "hindsight is 20/20" or " at the end of the day". They are not telling the truth. He needs to speak less about Stan and Al and more about his concern about Kyle.

Caught this comment on Twitter and it sums up my thoughts “Coaches who turned a blind eye, players who hazed and used the truth or rumours they heard as weapons of bullying and homophobia, management who prioritized PR. You all should never be involved in hockey ever again”.

"Al and Stan make sure that Chicago is a special place to play hockey"..."special" alright

I have lost all respect for Toews. You were the Captain and you chose to do nothing.

He’s lying about finding out the next season. He definitely knew while the jokes were being made, and as the captain of the team he didn’t do anything? Shame on him

Toews is one of my favorite players in the nhl, but he's broken my heart. His captain image is completely gone.

This breaks my heart more than Kane defending Bowman. I loved the way Toews played. I loved his attitude about the game. His workmanlike work ethic. But now…to defend the people that let this happen to Kyle. His jersey is gone from my closet. And I have no regrets about that.

Sad day when you find out your hero is really a villian.

This guy was picked to NHL Top 100 but not Malkin. Duncan Keith too. It is a freaking disgrace.

At the beginning and end of each day for 11 years Kyle Beach wondered how everyone in that Blackhawk dressing who knew or made fun of him, ignored what happened to him. A captain of a team has a pulse on the dressing room. At the end of this day, you made a mistake giving little to no thought about what happened to this kid. At the beginning and end of everyday for 11 years Kyle Beach suffered because the front office leaders have even less class than the teammates that ignored what happened to him, and claim ignorance today.

100% he knew the day after it happened just like the rest of his team-mates who is he trying to fool.....

Exactly what I would’ve expected from this guy. Nothing.

JFC! Yeah, Bowman and the front office guys are the real victims here. Wow. Shameful and absolutely tonedeaf comments.

This is just horrible, I don’t know what to think of John now. I understand that he probably wasn’t involved in any actions towards Kyle verbally or physically but he also knew and didn’t do anything. It’s just sad to see that even in the nhl players feel alone and feel like they can even go to there teammates there brothers for help, if that was my house league hockey team, and I heard of that happening me and all the boys would do anything to help our brother out, just dissapointing

“Doesn’t understand why Stan Bowman has to lose his livelihood”. Pathetic response. It’s just water under the bridge to him.

This guy and Kane are both lying through their teeth. They knew, they all knew.

So now the whole world knows what happened to Kyle. And apparently some of his team mates announced that their hearts go out to him….now that the whole world knows, and the risk of their reputations are on the table. But what about when there was no risk of being painted as heartless of character. Who sent their heart out to Kyle way back when they heard about this - even as a rumour? Like, you can’t really act the compassionate humanitarian now. I feel even an attempt to do so at this point in time really works against a person. Because no one believes them, for one. And for two, it just looks like your embarrassed about having - let’s call it what it is - completely thrown a young man, along with all his hopes and dreams, and along with all the emotional turmoil that he must now endure, straight under the bus. That IS what this is. But yet, I do understand that when you are part of an exclusive group and your not even the one in charge, it can be extremely difficult to voice anything that’s against the strong current of what ideals the people who ARE in charge had been wielding. I mean the other players must have been thinking if they speak up, they already know there may be punishment because the higher ups certainly seemed to want to sweep it under the rug. And a player had his own family to think of, wives, fiancé’s, children, etc. Who are counting on them NOT to loose their job, so they can live. And all this must be an insane amount of pressure. I’m not saying it was never completely delusional, but in a world where you’ve been chasing a goal your whole life, and you’ve got others depending on you, it takes a person with a lot of character to go against it. And I’m saying that I wish, and me least of all, that the people who billet these players when they’re developing, along with their own families, would have taught them that the NHL dream is big. Very big. And fame is big. And becoming wealthy is big. But none of its bigger than that unshakable spirit within all people to reach out in compassion to a suffering individual, and seek to end that suffering in the best way one is capable of. Nothing is more pure, or invincible, or healing - for everyone involved - than that most simple and basic of things, which we too often loose sight of when some of these other ‘big things’ show up in our lives. I cannot blame Jonathan Teows, nor any of the other players in this. They were/ are young men, and had not learned the power of compassion yet. But now they have, and I think this is a major transformation experience for all involved and who can fault a human for having a fault. Evolving our souls by the faults we uncover in ourselves is ACTUALLY why we go to earth school. And NHL players are not exempt from class. I would, however, love to see Kyle’s old team mates who knew and said nothing, just go in the media and say, “I actually was a complete self centred asshole - no excuses for my behaviour, and no rationalizing, justifying what I did, or did not do, in any fashion whatsoever. I feel like - I mean, I REALLY REALLY feel like a douche. And because I can now see that my past decisions in this matter were hugely flawed, I’ve am resolved to make an amend toward Kyle, and whatever the situation was.” Because all that would be just perfectly human to have occurred for a player who knew previous about what happened to Kyle. But for this type of flaw, an apology is not good enough. It must be amended in some way for the healing and growth of everyone. If your actions were somehow part of the ruin of a mans life, “sorry” means fuck all, other than to make it known you didn’t give a shit then, and you dont now. “Sorry” at this point means, “I’m deathly worried about my public reputation”. Such a person as this MUST make it right, not just for everyone involved I. This case, but for the potentials of any future case as well. If one doesn’t make an earnest amend here, who would ever think they’d not just do it again the NEXT time some young kid gets preyed upon by people you associate with? Nobody. This is how it stops.

Wow my thoughts on Toews he is a very COLD PERSON just awful

If you say that you didn’t know, why would you have handled things differently? You did know; you were just more concerned about winning than helping. I know it’s such a minor thing but Toews should be stripped of the captaincy.

I used to love this guy

at the end of the day you and teammates chose to ignore this in 2010 and put yourselves and the organization ahead of a person's well being. Reap what u sow. you will lose alot of respect for your choices in the past. and no one is buying that you didnt know till training camp. Sopel said everyone knew in the room....

This guy needs to lose his captaincy, what a coward

Both him and Kane have the same body language reaction when asked “ did you know?” We need to get the Body Language Panel on these guys.

What a cop out !!! Zero respect for Jonathan Toews

Toews needs that Willie Mitchell' s open ice hit again after this interview.

Didn't he literally say he didn't know about it?

Even Taylor Hall who never even knew the guy made a better statement than this knucklehead. How hard is it to just NOT defend the people who let this go on for over 10 years? Strip this clown of his captaincy, he doesn't deserve it after this.

Good people don't cover up sexual assault/abuse and sweeping it under the carpet

Just simply amazing how the desire for Power , Glory , and Money can stunt one's ability to rationalize and think clearly about how to handle a really inhumane situation, to the extend that someone's most basic God given rights are being trampled into the dirt. And not 1 of possibly 20 people had enough courage to stand up and say ... I want no part of this injustice. As a Marine I had a buddy , I went to bat for . I as an E-3 , and my friend as an E-3 , he definitely was more tolerant of stink than I was . An E-5 made him some extravagant promises that he could not follow through on . Long story short I called him on it , as he then proceeded to screw about 8 or 10 others , E-4's included . I looked at 2 corporals and said you both going to stand there and say nothing? Well , screw this , I had a talk with the Sgt , and he just proved by his asinine response that he has no morals or integrity. Went over his head to the Ssgt , and it got me no where. I then used the chain of command and brought the Platoon C.O. into it , ... Yes I had the final say , and the E-5 stood watch as he should have, he wanted to burn me 1st chance he got ... guess what ? Never gave the JO the satisfaction , although I was on latrine duty for 30 days because my moral integrity to lead by example was higher than they wanted out of me. All a man has in the end of the day is his Morals and his word .

You know most NHL players attitide "I want my money and I dont care for others"

Enjoy being in last place the rest of your careers, fellas. You earned it.

You were this guys captain Johnathan, you should have had his back. Being a player in the NHL is a BROTHERHOOD, these are your teammates, these guys sweat and bleed along with you everyday. You should have said somthing.

Rip the “C” coward

"I don't know what to say" I don't know Jonathan, maybe that you support Kyle, and that you hope the truth comes out fully...

Waive Towes, waive Kane. Not like the team is escaping the cellar anytime soon.

So this team had its own Harvey Weinstein basically.

When money talks,everything elses walks.Its a fuckin disgrace in every organizations wheres big bucks plays the leadin part.It seems,that only allowed human act in NHL are,that someone beats shit out for someone.

No hall of fame for all of them

Bought tickets for my birthday to see the Stars play Chicago in December this year, I partly regret my decision, but I’m sure it will be enjoyable seeing the Stars beat the hell out of this dog shit club.

Everyone speaks about how good of a captain Toews is……….. This is NOT a leader to emulate or hold in high regard.

Fuck this sucks for everyone but i lost all respect for those who knew any didnt do anything

Sorry but you were the captain then. You knew.

Captain Can't Take Him Seriously Anymore

The NHL, and the NHLPA knew about it and did absolutely nothing, People stop glorifying the NHL, all they want is your money. Btw, all those that knew about it, and did nothing, shouldn't be in the NHL, including Bettman and his goon buddies.

Goes to show you that character means so much more than being a good hockey player. Right now I cringed listening to Toews and his weak excuses. He should be stripped of that C on his jersey

Its over Captain Serious!

Aldrich rap3d a kid because these guys didn't want to stand up. Hopefully this sinks in someday.

This guys not telling the truth

“Stan and Al have been nothing but good to me…” well no shit Sherlock, you were the captain of the team - I’m not surprised YOU and all the others were insulated from being sexually assaulted and having it covered up while being bullied over it by teammates, unlike the minor league kid that got called up You and the people you’re defending are complicit in not protecting vulnerable teammates, period. Captain Clueless

The players knew of the claims however they didn’t know the truth.A major difference.

Dude you could have done something different just by speaking up.. And he's a captain!! Smh pathetic 🤔🤔🤔🤔

If Toews doesn't understand why Bowman is out of hockey. Than Toews should be gone as well. As a captain how do you not know the ins and outs of YOUR FUCKING LOCKER ROOM. He had nothing to do with what happened to Kyle, but you know for a fact Toews was okay with the homophobic and racist comments made from his team. This mans a clown and has lost all respect from the hockey community. Chicago has a deep rot.

Tainted. I'll say this in a language he will clearly understand : Ta carrière sera a jamais teinté par ton absence de leadership dans ta propre chambre. Honte à toi. #nohalloffamefortoews

This is so ugly, there should not be respect for Toews as the other players who had known this thing. He was captain of the team, was told about this thing and choose not to come forward about this thing. This really shows what kind of piece of shit he is and other guys who had known about this. How this guys can sleep their nights?

Your lying......

I am not defending Kane or toews but one they were 22 and 21 when this happened and as a hockey player tons of shit gets thrown around in a dressing room and stuff like that so I can see where they might make a mistake in their judgment but they still should have talk to beach after hearing about it again not defending them

Kane, Toews, and Kieth say they didn't know. Brett Sopel, Lalonde and Nick Boynton said everyone knew. He was bullied and taunted about it by players in training camp in the following years. Jonathan Toews is the most disgraceful captain of all time. Change the logo and name of your team and start over. Get rid of Toews and kane.

I think an even. amount of the spotlight should be on Aldrich. Where is he now? Who does he work for now ? Has he done the same to others? In he in a position to do harm to others ? Etc

RIP. THE C. Off His chest ....he is No captian he fells sorry for bowman R I. P. It. NOW

If this was your brother or son who was prayed upon would you still have friendship and respect for the men who did nothing, oh they did something they covered up. All these players should put themselves in Kyles shoes or the teen from Michigan.

This video clip and Jonathan Toews interview define the word: "Clueless".

I don't understand Why are they questioning the players? the situation has nothing to do with them. They are there to play hockey at the highest level, and get paid a premium to do just that. This is strictly managements problem. This falls strictly on management!!

Shame on you. A Stanley cap was more important than a human being’s life.

Asking the players is totally pointless, these guys have all been 16 years old since they have been 16 years old.....most of these guys have a high school education (if that). Just like taking advice from a celebrity on important social issues, their insight is very limited and you cannot expect them to comment on things that are incredibly deep. Some players may have been through sexual abuse themselves or in their families and those are the players who should be interviewed (Theo, Sheldon, etc.) because they actually have valuable insight. Robin Lehner is one of the few players in the league who is clearly very intelligent and has valuable insight on issues the players face, I'll listen to him talk about this but not Jonathan and his "oh, uh, ya, uh the team is a family, uh ya, well, I don't know, uhhhhhhhh these are all stand up guys" bullshit.....and its not even his fault, his insight and other players who were on the team is meaningless, most of the guys on the team didn't even know Kyle Beach, he said that himself. What's next? Are they going to interview Buff for his expert opinion on sexual abuse? Leave the players alone.

The decisions were made by the higher ups that insulated the team from Aldrich’s behaviours.

Not any excuses Johnny Boy!

I lost respect for Toews. Once this came out I wondered if he knew, I think he did. The locker room is a tight family place. Please everyone don't take offense but I think Toews should be wearing #19 anymore. He wears it for his idol- Joe Sakic. I'm just not sure if he deserves to wear it. Can someone advise with your opinion.

Same time who thought Kane was a good leader and symbol for the team. Go figure.

Guaranteed Toews used slurs. “I don’t remember anyone saying those things.” Your former teammates in Nick Boynton and Brent Sopel remembered you all using the slurs Toews. Stop lying.

Criminal charges coming soon...

Completely gutless. Hindsight means he had knowledge of it. I don't know what else to say. How about sorry. You should be ashamed wearing the C.

obviously jonathan isnt perfect. yea dont get me wrong but where is this hate towarda aldrich?

Hahahaha Screeèeeeeeeeeeeeeew You Tube. I wrote a comment calling this guy out for non action. No swearing, no hoorible crap, just my opinion, and they decided it was too bad to post. Oh no. Was I going to hurt the wittle hockey players feewings?,

The biggest issue here is that 3 other players outside of Beach have corroborated his accounts. Nick Boynton, Brent Sopel, and Shawn Lalonde all say that EVERY player knew as soon as it was reported. They also say that there Beach was also harassed. None of them have anything to gain. Toews, Kane, other players...they're lying.

Hope toews and Kane play in traffic

Toews didn't know what happened until long after Aldrich left as explained on page 53 of the report. FYI, Beach was a Black Ace who never practiced with the main roster where Toews was as explained on page 22, how would you like Toews to be supposed to "speak up" for someone he barely knows and with whom he rarely ever practiced with? Also, if you look at Beach's twitter you'll notice he liked a tweet in March commemorating the anniversary of Toews' first career hat trick, which means they're in contact. I wonder how Beach would react if he knew people were going after Toews for what happened to him knowing he seemed to like him pretty well. Blame the coach who assaulted Beach and not Toews who did absolutely nothing wrong and who must probably feel guilty enough today to make it worse. Mind your own business and stop pretending you're a good person if you can't even tell right from wrong and lies from reality. Blaming Toews for what happened would be like me blaming you for not standing up for someone at your school who was being bullied because I saw you walking past that person in the hallways instead of me blaming the bully himself. Turn on your brain and do some research, it won't hurt you.

Everyone saying he is a bad person but he obviously is being told not to say anything. Not being biased cause I’m a nucks fan and I despise the hawks

At the end of the day u still take home youre millions and your cup rings and laugh at this guy .just like u did while it was transpiring .stoic cpt canada just reading like he was told to do

Put yourself in toews shoes, one u here about this 4 months after if happened, 2 u didn’t get full details about it and thought that brad getting fired was his punishment, 3 he barley knew this guy and probably thought it wasn’t as gruesome as it was. And I don’t give a shit what you people would say if the management didn’t do anything about you wouldn’t do anything about it. I hope Kyle is doing well and I support him but don’t shit on the players shit on the management

Why are you all so quick to jump on Toews? I understand the severity of the situation and the cancel culture of the world. But the higher ups in the organization knew the exact details and dismissed it themselves. Kyle Beach spent a few training camps and was a black ace in a playoff run, the players weren’t close to him or the situation. The players are not at fault for what happened, blame Aldridge and the people running the organization if your going to wave your fingers. The same “hero’s” in these comments sections are the same people who wouldn’t stop a mugging in progress, a fight on the street that ensues, derogatory catcalling, you walk right by a homeless person in need. It’s hypocrisy at its finest but it’s always so easy to be a hero behind a screen and point blame. I’m not saying this situation has no severity, it’s grotesque, but Jesus Christ lay off the players.

At the end of the F -ing day !!!!! Holy get a new grasp on the English language Jon lol --he must have repeated “ AT THE END OF THE DAY 45 X

Lol while yall can get upset with Kane toews Keith or even Crawford ... The whole damn roster if you want.. focus your attention on the management and Kyle ... How bout y'all might as well go check up on your coworkers, friends , and family and see if they are victims of anything and go call the local news station and say something.

Wow, worst captain in the league.

These comments are hilarious. Lets not act like we know what Toews knew at the time. None of us were there.

Brutal

The sad truth is anyone can just make up a story. The players can choose to support one another but you are doing so on hearsay alone. I mean It can dangerous to blindly trust someone as well. People’s lives are ruined everyday by false accusations. That’s why there’s due process. It’s the coaching staff and PA that failed Beach here by not investigating this to its fullest extent.

Just a question…how does a 6’3” 200 lbs dude allow himself to be sexually assaulted? I’m asking this candidly. Brad Aldrich looks weak. Was this a case of quid pro quo sexual assault?

What a wussy captain

Captain 'not so serious'

No "team" in Toews....wow

this Kyle beach thing is a money grab a guy with a mean streak let himself get touched by a little video coach give me a break

This guy isn't a babysitter to a grown man.