Former Penguins goalie Frank Pietrangelo, who is best known for making “The Save” in the 1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the New Jersey Devils says that a former coach sexually abused him while he was in college.
Pietrangelo tells CBS in Chicago he is one of the many accusing former University of Minnesota goal coach Tom “Chico” Adrahtas of sexual misconduct.
The former Pens goalie says Adrahtas touches his groin and buttocks and would enter the shower to watch men in the shower after practices.
“He was there to look at the guys and check them out and whatever he was doing – in my opinion anyway. And furthermore, how was he never stopped? You know, how was he allowed to come in there every day and do that?” Pietrangelo told CBS Chicago.
Adrahtas is accused of running a ruse in different states around the country for years in which he would tell his teenage players that a woman named “Sheila” would perform sexual acts on them, but only if they were blindfolded.
Several people say it would be Adrahtas himself performing the acts or would bring other men into it as well.
Mike Sacks, a Gophers recruit in the 1980s told the Associated Press that he was also one the victims.
Him and several other people recently filed a lawsuit against Adrahtas and the University of Minnesota on allegations of sexual assault.
Pietrangelo, who played in the league from 1986 through 2001, was selected by the Penguins in the 4th round of the 1983 NHL Draft.