The Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday announced that goaltender Carter Hart will be joining the organization.

Hart became eligible to sign with an NHL team after he was one of five players acquitted of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in 2018 when they were members of Canada’s World Junior Championship gold-medal team.

The NHL ruled the players — Hart, forwards Dillon Dube, Michael McLeod and Alex Formenton, and defenseman Cal Foote — were eligible to sign an NHL contract no sooner than Oct. 15, and eligible to take part in games no sooner than Dec. 1. McLeod has since signed with Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

“Following the reinstatement decision agreed on by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association, goaltender Cart

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