Hockey coach charged with offences against player worked for multiple sports teams, school divisions
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The hockey coach charged by Winnipeg police with 15 offences, including sexual assault and sexual exploitation, worked for multiple sports teams and in at least two Manitoba school divisions.
Madison Biluk was charged earlier this month in connection with what police called a sexually exploitative relationship between her and a player from 2019 to 2021.
Police said Biluk coached within the Hockey Manitoba organization from 2018-23, but would not provide further details about what teams she worked with and when.
The Winnipeg School Division confirmed Tuesday that Biluk worked as a sessional on-ice instructor at the Churchill Hockey Academy in October and November 2022.
A spokesperson for the division said while working in this position, "they were under the direction and programming of a teacher at all times."
CBC News reported last week that Biluk returned to Manitoba to work in 2022, after spending the 2021-22 season as head coach of the U18 AA Rocky Mountain Raiders, based in Okotoks, Alta.
Biluk only coached for one season with that team.
CBC obtained a complaint letter from six families outlining coaching concerns that season, including some of Biluk's behaviour.
In one case, the letter says, "during initial team overnight trip, Madi took players on fast food runs at 1 a.m. … and then set her alarm to take other players at 5 a.m."
The letter also says Biluk was contact with players on FaceTime.
The Okotoks Oilers Athletic Association and the Okotoks Minor Hockey Association have not responded to emails from CBC.
However, on Tuesday, the Okotoks Oilers Athletic Association posted a message online saying the complaint letter is in the hands of Hockey Canada's independent third party.
"All information that the OMHA and OOAA have received regarding Madison Biluk, the former U18AA Raiders 2021-22 coach, including the parent complaint letter received after the season March '22, has been submitted to the independent third party (ITP), the body that conducts investigations for Hockey Canada," the message said.
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