Blackhawks locker room celebration photo reveals homophobic diss at Chris Pronger

Earlier this year, an unidentified player from the 2010 Stanley Cup-winning Chicago Blackhawks sued the organization for ignoring his claims that he and another player were being sexually assaulted by an assistant coach, and that the team did nothing to stop it.

The player, only previously known as "John Doe", has been revealed to be Kyle Beach who made his identity known during an exclusive television interview last night. 

Beach was drafted by the Blackhawks in the 1st round (11th overall) in the 2008 NHL Draft. His time within the Blackhawks organization was spent with the AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs. However, his experiences occurred during the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs when he was called up by the team as a reserve.

The report states that in May of 2010, which would have been during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, team video coach Brad Aldrich “turned on porn and began to masturbate in front of” Beach. Additionally, the report says that Aldrich sent “inappropriate text messages” to Beach and threatened to “physically, financially and emotionally” harm him if he “did not engage in sexual activity". The lawsuit stated that Beach reported the incident to James F. Gary, the team's mental skills coach, following the incident. Meanwhile, the report that was recently published also includes allegations from Beach that several Blackhawks players would subsequently taunt him with homophobic slurs during the following season's training camp. 

And for those who may still be casting doubt on Beach's story, take a look at one of the whiteboards that was in the Blackhawks locker room that was captured in a photograph during their Stanley Cup celebration shortly after their deciding OT win over the Philadelphia Flyers: 

Still think that Beach is exaggerating or making his story up? I sure don't.