Okay, so welcoming Rick Westhead to the podcast Rick it's great to have you on normally we do like a huge applause

But of course it doesn't seem appropriate given the the fact that

What we're gonna tackle today is pretty rough

But we do appreciate the fact that you are that you're here

So thanks for coming on. We appreciate it. I think it's a great thing that you guys are rolling to dig into this and

Really happy to join and talk about it

Even though it's a pretty sobering subject. So for anybody that doesn't know

Let's get into what this case is if you could give it to us in a and this is a little unfair

But we've got two hours to kill here and we can figure out

We can figure out the rest of the details

What are the top line details from this case that people need to know about right off the bat

Well for me if I maybe it's best if I just explain kind of how I got into the reporting of this and

There was a radio station in Chicago called WBEZ and they reported in May that a former Chicago Blackhawk player from the

2009-10 season

Had filed the lawsuit against the team a legend that he'd been sexually assaulted by one of the

assistant coaches on the club

former video coach named Brad Aldrich and Brad Aldrich

Had worked at the University of Notre Dame before he came to the Blackhawks

During that championship season he also worked as a video coach for the U.S. Olympic team

He came from pedigree his father has been a trainer with the San Jose sharks for decades

And it was a jarring headline

I was surprised that a head and seen literally any other stories that are reporting on this even in the local Chicago media

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