Former 2018 Team Canada World Junior players Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote and Michael McLeod were found not guilty of sexual assault in a London, Ontario, courtroom Thursday afternoon.

A Superior Court Justice said prosecutors could not meet the onus of proof for the charges against Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote.

By Frank Pingue (Reuters) -Five former players on Canada's 2018 world junior ice hockey team have been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room that year, a judge said on Thursday.