The Record.
A finding aid to the people who appear in the Hockey Canada trial record and the reporting around it. It is an index, not a verdict of our own: every entry leads with the documented disposition and links back to its source.
Last updated: October 27, 2026
How to read this: Inclusion here means a person appears in the court record or public reporting on this story. It is not an accusation.
Acquitted means a court found the person not guilty.
Not charged means exactly that. Statuses for Hockey Canada officials describe when they left the organization, not any finding against them.
The accused
5Charged with sexual assault. Did not testify. Acquitted of all charges.
Charged with sexual assault. Did not testify. Acquitted of all charges.
Charged with sexual assault. Did not testify. Acquitted of all charges.
Charged with sexual assault. Testified in his own defense. Acquitted of all charges.
Charged with sexual assault and, separately, with being a party to the offense. Did not testify. Acquitted of all charges on July 24, 2025.
Witnesses & others named in evidence
9Named by teammate Tyler Steenbergen as among those he saw when he entered the room. Was never charged.
Placed in Room 209 by teammate testimony (paras 209, 228). Was never charged.
Placed in Room 209 by teammate testimony (paras 209, 228). Was never charged.
Received messages entered as evidence; was not placed in the room and was never charged.
Testified that Dubé phoned him and asked him to “leave his name out of things” (para 241). Howden testified that Cal Foote made “essentially the same type of call” but that he could not recall the details (para 241). In cross-examination, he said he had no current memory of the call, adopted his 2022 statement to Hockey Canada investigators that Foote asked him to leave out something he had not seen, and denied the suggestion that the call never happened (para 259). Separately, the court found the June 26, 2018 group chat reflected the participants’ honest recollections, not a concocted false narrative (paras 566, 570).
Teammate Taylor Raddysh testified that Katchouk and McLeod came to his door and that he went with them to McLeod’s room. Was never charged.
Testified for the Crown. Was never charged in connection with the case.
Named by teammate Tyler Steenbergen as among those he saw when he entered the room. Was never charged.
Testified for the Crown. Said he was in Room 209 for an estimated 10 to 15 minutes and described what he saw. Was never charged.
Hockey Canada
8In August 2026, the three-member board confirmed that all five players breached Hockey Canada’s code of conduct, and Hockey Canada accepted its recommended suspensions. Hockey Canada did not publish the board’s reasons. The finding applied Hockey Canada’s own code, was separate from the criminal case, and does not affect the acquittals.
The Hockey Canada executive who oversaw the 2018 team and, players testified, phoned them about the organization’s investigation. Not accused in the case.
The full board resigned in October 2022 amid parliamentary scrutiny, sponsor withdrawals, and the freezing of federal funding.
Became Hockey Canada’s president and CEO in 2023, leading the organization through its post-scandal reforms.
A former Hockey Canada president and CEO who appeared before the House of Commons heritage committee during its 2022 hearings into the organization’s handling of the case.
The independent investigator Hockey Canada retained to look into the 2018 allegations; she interviewed players that year.
Interim board chair during the 2022 parliamentary hearings, where she defended the organization’s handling of the settlement. Stepped down with the board in October 2022.
Left Hockey Canada in October 2022 as the sponsorship and funding crisis peaked. His departure came the same month the organization’s board stepped down.
League
1In a statement on September 11, 2025, the NHL said the five players could sign with NHL clubs no sooner than October 15, 2025, and play no sooner than December 1, 2025.
Government & oversight
1As federal sport minister, froze Hockey Canada’s federal funding and ordered an audit in 2022 after the settlement became public.
Police & investigators
4Led the original London Police investigation and closed it without charges in February 2019. At the 2025 trial he testified to investigative steps not taken, including never reviewing bar surveillance video he had obtained, never sending seized clothing for forensic testing, and never obtaining texts between the players.
The detective assigned in 2022 to review the department’s first investigation after the settlement became public. She led the reopened investigation and was the last witness to testify at the trial.
London Police chief who, as the charges were announced publicly on February 5, 2024, apologized to the complainant and her family for the years it took to lay them, and declined to explain why the original investigation had been closed.
As London Police chief, began a review on July 20, 2022, after Hockey Canada’s civil settlement became public; police announced the reopened investigation on July 22.
The court
1Presided over the judge-alone trial and delivered the verdict on July 24, 2025, finding the complainant’s evidence not credible or reliable and the Crown’s case unproven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Counsel
7Represented E.M. Outside the courthouse after the verdict, she said the justice system “must do better.”
Represented Alex Formenton, with Hilary Dudding.
Represented Dillon Dubé, with Julie Santarossa.
Prosecuted the case for the Crown, with Heather Donkers.
Represented Cal Foote, with Lauren Crawford.
Lead defense counsel for Michael McLeod, with Anna Zhang.
Represented Carter Hart, with Riaz Sayani.
Complainant
1Identity protected by a court-ordered publication ban. Referred to in the ruling only as E.M. No further identifying detail is published here.