Edmonton Oilers release Jake Virtanen after professional tryout
Virtanen was charged in January in connection with an incident in a downtown Vancouver hotel room in September 2017.
He was a right-winger for the Canucks when the allegations surfaced in May 2021. The team placed him on leave and bought out his contract the following month.2:13Former Canuck Jake Virtanen found not guilty of sexual assault – Jul 26, 2022 Virtanen made his NHL debut in 2015 with his hometown Canucks, but he never lived up to the hype that came with being the No. 6 pick in the 2014 draft.
He spent part of the 2021-22 season with Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League, but fled Russia when the war began in Ukraine.
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