Former Quebec junior hockey players jailed for sexually assaulting teen in hotel in 2021

QUEBEC – Two former Quebec junior hockey players have been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a minor at a hotel in June 2021 following a Victoriaville Tigres championship celebration.

21-year-old Nicolas Daigle was sentenced to 32 months in prison, while 21-year-old Massimo Siciliano received a 30-month prison sentence.

The couple pleaded guilty last October to sexually abusing a 17-year-old girl in the early hours of June 6, 2021, while Daigle also pleaded guilty to two counts of filming the act and showing a video of it.

Former Victoriaville Tigres Junior Major Hockey League players Nicolas Daigle (left) and Massimo Siciliano and their defence lawyer Michel Lebrun (right) leave the courtroom after pleading guilty in Quebec City on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

At the time of the attack, they were members of the Victoriaville team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, and the club was celebrating winning the championship trophy on June 5, 2021.

The victim, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, was an employee of the Quebec City-area hotel where the team was staying during the 2021 playoffs.