Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Five members of the 2018 world junior hockey gold medal team have been told to surrender to law enforcement in Canada to face sexual assault charges, according to a report.
The five players, who have not been identified, are connected to a 2022 complaint in which a woman, identified only as "E.M.," alleged that she was sexually assaulted by several members of the team in a hotel room following a Hockey Canada gala event held in 2018 to honor their win at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, The Globe and Mail reported Wednesday.
The Canadian flag is raised after Canada defeated Sweden in the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship at Scotiabank Centre on Dec.
31, 2022, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) Two sources told the Canadian newspaper that five members of that team were asked to surrender to police in London, Ontario.