A word before we begin today's episode. This story includes a description of and

discussion about sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised. Wearing a serious expression and flanked by lawyers Alex Formington, the former

NHL player and member of Canada's 2018 junior hockey team, surrendered London, Ontario Police Sunday.

Five members of Canada's 2018 World Junior team were told to surrender to police.

The group expected to face sexual assault charges tied to allegations dating

back to that year's world junior ice hockey

championships.

But after a night of heavy drinking by some, then underaged players on the team, sexual assault allegations

emerged, allegations that would quickly be dismissed by the London Police

Service.

Over the last week, more than five years after the night in question, five former players,

now professionals, took leaves of absence from their respective teams after being told to

surrender to that same London Police Department.

E-SPN NHL reporter Kristen Schilton explains the latest developments, looks at the

fallout for Hockey Canada and tells us why it's

taken so long to arrive at this moment.

I'm Clinton Yates.

It's Thursday, February 1st. This is ESPN Daily.

Kristen Shelton, this week, five professional hockey players, four of them on

NHL rosters, were granted leaves of absence from their teams and asked to turn

themselves in to the London Ontario Police Service. Can you take me through the latest developments?

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