Ex-Quebec Junior Hockey League Players Plead Guilty to Sexual Assault of Teen

Former Victoriaville Tigres junior major hockey league players Nicolas Daigle (L) and Massimo Siciliano, follow defense lawyer Michel Lebrun (R) as they leave the courtroom in Quebec City on Oct. 11, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Two former Quebec junior hockey players pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a minor in June 2021 as their team celebrated a championship win.

Massimo Siciliano and Nicolas Daigle, both 21, pleaded guilty to sexual assault, while Daigle also pleaded guilty to two charges of filming and exhibiting a video of the act.