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The University of Ottawa has turned to a former university hockey star once honoured for his achievements in academics and the community to reboot its varsity men’s hockey program, derailed in March 2014 by allegations of sexual assault.
Patrick Grandmaître, 36, was introduced Wednesday as the new head coach of the Gee-Gees hockey team. He will spend the next year recruiting players to assemble a competitive team by September 2016, when the team is slated to return.
Grandmaître is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, where he was captain on the men’s hockey team, which won the 2004 Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship. The team also made it to the national championships in 2001 and 2003, winning silver both times.
The Hull native received the 2005 Atlantic University Sport award for a men’s hockey player who demonstrates outstanding qualities in sport, in academics and in the community.
Patrick Grandmaitre is the new head coach of the University of Ottawa GeeGees men’s hockey team.
At Wednesday’s press conference, he made it clear that he will be focusing as much on the character of the players he recruits as their level of hockey skill.
The university suspended the men’s hockey team for the remainder of the 2013-13 season and all of the 2014-15 season after allegations surfaced of an alleged sexual assault while the team was in Thunder Bay for two games in February 2014.
Following a six-month investigation by Thunder Bay police, sexual assault charges were laid against team captain David Foucher and assistant captain Guillaume Donovan, both 24. Their cases remain before the courts.
The university announced in early June that it had begun a search for a new coach to replace Réal Paiement, who was fired after an internal review found he knew about the alleged incident within hours but failed to notify university authorities.
The university formed a committee that included Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder to provide advice on the relaunch of the team.
Leader said Wednesday that Grandmaître will participate in the Senators’ rookie camp this September as a guest coach. Former Senators coach Jacques Martin, who served on the five-member committee that selected Grandmaître, will act as a consultant and adviser to the new coach.
The university also implemented the recommendations of of task force on respect and equality and a sports services review to help prevent similar incidents in future.
Sports teams must now agree to abide by behaviour guidelines that are consistent with the university’s harassment and discrimination policies.
Athletes must participate in sessions that cover hazing, anti-doping and alcohol use and full-time coaching staff will receive additional training on dealing with sexual violence.
The university must still deal with a $6-million class action lawsuit filed by former player Andrew Creppin on behalf of himself and 21 teammates who were not implicated in the alleged sexual assault.
In the lawsuit, Creppin alleges that the university and its president, Allan Rock, tarnished the reputations of all the team’s players when it suspended the team without due process or the completion of an investigation.
In June, the university argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed. But while Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips threw out part of the suit in June, he ruled last month that the rest of it could proceed.
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Patrick Grandmaître, 36, was introduced Wednesday as the new head coach of the Gee-Gees hockey team. He will spend the next year recruiting players to assemble a competitive team by September 2016, when the team is slated to return.
Grandmaître is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, where he was captain on the men’s hockey team, which won the 2004 Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championship. The team also made it to the national championships in 2001 and 2003, winning silver both times.
The Hull native received the 2005 Atlantic University Sport award for a men’s hockey player who demonstrates outstanding qualities in sport, in academics and in the community.
Patrick Grandmaitre is the new head coach of the University of Ottawa GeeGees men’s hockey team.
At Wednesday’s press conference, he made it clear that he will be focusing as much on the character of the players he recruits as their level of hockey skill.
The university suspended the men’s hockey team for the remainder of the 2013-13 season and all of the 2014-15 season after allegations surfaced of an alleged sexual assault while the team was in Thunder Bay for two games in February 2014.
Following a six-month investigation by Thunder Bay police, sexual assault charges were laid against team captain David Foucher and assistant captain Guillaume Donovan, both 24. Their cases remain before the courts.
The university announced in early June that it had begun a search for a new coach to replace Réal Paiement, who was fired after an internal review found he knew about the alleged incident within hours but failed to notify university authorities.
The university formed a committee that included Ottawa Senators president Cyril Leeder to provide advice on the relaunch of the team.
Leader said Wednesday that Grandmaître will participate in the Senators’ rookie camp this September as a guest coach. Former Senators coach Jacques Martin, who served on the five-member committee that selected Grandmaître, will act as a consultant and adviser to the new coach.
The university also implemented the recommendations of of task force on respect and equality and a sports services review to help prevent similar incidents in future.
Sports teams must now agree to abide by behaviour guidelines that are consistent with the university’s harassment and discrimination policies.
Athletes must participate in sessions that cover hazing, anti-doping and alcohol use and full-time coaching staff will receive additional training on dealing with sexual violence.
The university must still deal with a $6-million class action lawsuit filed by former player Andrew Creppin on behalf of himself and 21 teammates who were not implicated in the alleged sexual assault.
In the lawsuit, Creppin alleges that the university and its president, Allan Rock, tarnished the reputations of all the team’s players when it suspended the team without due process or the completion of an investigation.
In June, the university argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed. But while Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips threw out part of the suit in June, he ruled last month that the rest of it could proceed.
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