From rwesthead: OHL’s IceDogs struck secret ‘side deal’ with player, investigation finds. MORE:
A law firm hired by the Ontario Hockey League concluded that the Niagara IceDogs breached the league’s player recruitment rules by entering into a secret “side deal” with a former player, according to a court decision obtained by TSN.On Feb. 15, the OHL announced the IceDogs would be fined $250,000 and lose two first-round draft picks as a penalty for undisclosed recruiting violations.
On March 15, the IceDogs filed an application in Ontario Superior Court in Hamilton asking a judge to set aside those penalties until a claim by the former player regarding an allegedly unfulfilled contract against the IceDogs could be heard in an arbitration hearing. The player, whose name has been redacted in court documents, has alleged that the IceDogs agreed in a secret side deal to pay him thousands of dollars for every year he played with them but reneged on the agreement.That IceDogs’ application, along with an affidavit sworn by team owner Bill Burke, has been sealed by Justice J.A. Ramsay, the judge overseeing the case.
A statement posted on the team’s website the same day the OHL fine was announced says, “All current Niagara IceDogs players and hockey operations staff have no involvement in the sanctions assessed today by the Ontario Hockey League. An appeal will be filed.”Niagara isn’t the first OHL team to run afoul of the league’s recruiting rules.
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