CHICAGO (AP) — First-year Anaheim Ducks coach Joel Quenneville returned to the United Center on Sunday night for the first time since details of a sexual assault scandal involving his 2010 Stanley Cup Blackhawks squad were published in October 2021.

The 67-year-old Quenneville has the Ducks off to a 2-2-1 start almost four years after he was forced to resign as coach of the Florida Panthers. He was banned from the NHL for nearly three years.

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