Longtime Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman was fired Tuesday. | AP file photo
The two most powerful people in the Hawks’ hockey operations are gone following an investigation into their handling of the Bradley Aldrich 2010 sexual assault allegations.
Stan Bowman’s reign as the Blackhawks’ general manager and hockey operations president is over.
Bowman and right-hand man Al MacIsaac, formerly the two most powerful people in the Hawks’ hockey operations, were forced out Tuesday.
Their departures headline an organizational overhaul enacted after releasing the results of an investigation into the handling of allegations that former video coach Bradley Aldrich sexually assaulted two players shortly before the 2010 Stanley Cup championship.
Kyle Davidson will take over as interim general manager while the Hawks — whose regular season continues Wednesday at home against the Maple Leafs — begin a search for a permanent replacement.
Hawks CEO Danny Wirtz said he has informed team lawyers to seek settlements in two negligence lawsuits related to Aldrich that were filed against the team earlier this year and brought the allegations into the public eye.
Reid Schar, a former U.S. attorney who headed the investigation conducted by the Chicago law firm Jenner & Block for almost four months, said the investigation interviewed 139 witnesses.
This story will be updated.
