Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz asked to have the assistant coach’s name removed after Brad Aldrich was accused of sexually assaulting a player in 2010.
Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz asked the Hockey Hall of Fame to „X“ out the name of an assistant coach that was engraved on the Stanley Cup, the Associated Press reported. The assistant coach, Brad Aldrich, was accused of sexually assaulting a player during the NHL team’s 2010 championship run. Wirtz wrote in a letter to Hall of Fame Chairman Lanny McDonald that Aldrich’s alleged actions should exclude him from inclusion on the Cup. „I am humbly requesting that the Hockey Hall of Fame consider ‚x-ing‘ out his name on the Stanley Cup,“ Wirtz wrote. „While nothing can undo what he did, leaving his name on the most prestigious trophy in sports seems profoundly wrong.“ While an engraved name can’t be removed from the trophy, the Hall of Fame is able to overlay a name with a series of X’s to cover it up. Wirtz noted in the letter when the Hall of Fame decided to „X“ out Basil Pocklington, the father of the former owner of the Edmonton Oilers, whose name was engraved and later covered up because he had nothing to do with the team, AP reported.
