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Kraken cut ties with Calumet player convicted of sex assault in 2013, organization says

Seattle Times

Seattle — That’s one Kansas City-sized cow pie the Kraken just barely avoided stepping in last week upon announcing their latest minor league affiliate.

Hours after last Thursday’s pact with the Kansas City Mavericks became official, social media was abuzz about the ECHL team last season employing a player, Calumet native and former Michigan Mr. Hockey high school award winner Ben Johnson, once imprisoned for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in a Windsor, Ontario, nightclub bathroom in 2013.