Assistant coach Marc Crawford was placed on leave by the Chicago Blackhawks Monday evening, pending an investigation into allegations of physical abuse against forward Sean Avery when Crawford coached the Los Angeles Kings in 2006. “The Blackhawks will be conducting a thorough review of Marc based on the recent allegations that have been made regarding his conduct with another organization,” a team statement said. “He kicked me after a too-many-men-on-the-ice call I took,” Avery said. “He didn’t have me serve it, we got scored on, and he let me have it. Crawford, who won a Stanley Cup as head coach with Colorado in 1996, came back to the NHL a couple of years ago after coaching Toronto superstar Auston Matthews in Zurich, Switzerland.

Source: National Post December 03, 2019 02:37 UTC