Accused of sexual assault in the National Junior Team case: Alex Formenton now works in construction

The case of sexual assaults linked to the 2018 edition of Team Canada Junior will have taken a long time before finally culminating in formal, official charges.

However, since the case finally came to a head, we’ve barely heard a peep from the five (now former) National Hockey League players who were accused in the case.

I’m talking, of course, about Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote and Michael McLeod (the only one charged with two counts).

Since these huge accusations of sexual assault, the five players continue their lives in the shadows, awaiting their trial by jury in September 2025.

For the most part, they continue their hockey careers in the hope that they will one day return to the NHL.

Indeed, Dillon Dubé and Michael McLeod have both signed KHL contracts in Kazakhstan and Belarus, while Carter Hart and Cal Foote have been training hard since the start of the summer in a bid to stay at the top of their game.

However, it’s quite the opposite for the fifth and final defendant in the case, Alex Formenton, who has given up his hockey career and is now working full-time in construction.

Alex Formenton has “‘moved on from a hockey career,’ court documents state, but is working full time in construction.” |@CBCNews https://t.co/o6uv6WEhNO

– NHL News (@PuckReportNHL) September 6, 2024

Indeed, this is what is explained in a recent article by Kate Dubinski for CBC, where we learn that a judge allowed the five defendants to miss the pre-trial legal argument period.

The judge allowed such an accommodation to the five players in order to allow them to simply work or find work in order to live and pay their legal fees.

Note that in his reasons for the accommodation, Justice Bruce Thomas refers to the five defendants, who will all plead not guilty, as “talented junior hockey players”.

Anyway, back to Formenton, he seems to be the only one so far to have given up his hockey career completely.

He’s working full-time in construction in Barrie, Ontario, as mentioned in the article, as well as taking ongoing training in heavy equipment operation and the administrative aspects of his new trade.

In short, the former Ottawa Senators player and second-round pick (47th overall) in 2017) doesn’t seem to be playing hockey anymore, while at 24, he’s turned his career to construction.

Let’s see if letting go of his hockey career will make him look better in front of the jury.

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