Queneville met on Thursday with NHL Commissioner Gary Bateman, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, Panthers General Manager Bill Zito, and Panthers President and CEO Matthew Caldwell.
The team said that he tendered his resignation after the meeting.
Stan Bowman, the Blackhawks’ president and general manager of hockey operations, and Al McIsaacs, senior vice president of hockey operations, resigned Tuesday after an investigation by law firm Jenner & Block detailed their alleged role in the case.
“Following the release of the Jenner & Block investigation report on Tuesday afternoon, we have continued to review the information within that report, in addition to new information recently available,” Caldwell said in a statement. “It should go without saying that the conduct described in that report is disturbing and unforgivable. It is in direct contrast to our values as an organization and to the Florida Panthers. No one should ever tolerate what Kyle Beach does during Experienced, and long after, his time in Chicago. Quite simply, he failed. We admire his bravery and courage in coming forward.”
Bateman said in a statement that the league agreed with Queneville’s decision to step down. The commissioner said Queneville was among several former members of the team’s top executives who misrepresented Beach’s claim in 2010.
Bateman said, “I admire Kyle Beach for his courage in coming forward, I am amazed that he has received so much poor support in making his initial claim and in the 11 years, and all that he has endured. , Sorry for that.”
On Tuesday, the NHL announced that it had fined the Blackhawks $2 million for what the league described as “the organization’s inadequate internal procedures and inadequate and untimely response.”
The Blackhawks organization apologized to its fans in a letter published Tuesday, saying it did not live up to its own standards.
The 31-year-old Beech now plays professionally in Germany.
The Panthers said an interim head coach would be announced.
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