The Islanders have not said why changed course on Wiseman within a month of hiring him, but a 1996 case in which he was acquitted of sexual assault came to the surface in July.
The Sharks announced Friday they have hired Brian Wiseman as an assistant coach just weeks after a strange twist involving him and the New York Islanders.
Wiseman, in an introductory video conference with Bay Area media Friday, said he had not officially signed a contract with the Islanders and that after further discussions, he and the team “decided to go in separate ways.”that sexual assault charges Wiseman faced in the 1990s factored in his departure from the Islanders. Wiseman, now 51, was acquitted in a 1996 trial, but reports of the case surfaced shortly after the Islanders announced his hiring in July.
Asked later if the Sharks knew about the case, a team representative relayed the following statement from general manager Mike Grier: “The Sharks organization takes accusations of this nature extremely seriously and the type of behavior described would not be tolerated. In this instance, based on the results of the legal process following the accusation in the mid-1990s, in addition to our own additional diligence and fact-finding, we felt comfortable with the results that came back.
Wiseman played at Michigan from 1990 to 1994 and was a 12th-round draft choice of the New York Rangers in 1991. Wiseman played pro hockey from 1994 to 2000, including three games with the Toronto Maple Leafs in December 1996.
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