St. Petersburg, April 22, Sergey Yaremenko. Lokomotiv President Yuri Yakovlev said that the Yaroslavl hockey club could not even theoretically know that forward Reed Bush was involved in a story of sexual violence. In February, Lokomotiv terminated the contract with the American striker. Boucher had previously pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. The incident occurred in 2011, when the American was 17 years old. On January 31, a closed hearing was held in the court of Wastino County (Michigan), the hockey player was sentenced to one year in prison on probation with a probationary period of four years. «For us, Boucher's story came as a complete surprise. 11 years ago, something happened. We could not know about it even theoretically. The leading trio was built on it. It was unpleasant to lose it,» Yakovlev said at a press conference.
