CHICAGO (AP) — First-year Anaheim Ducks coach Joel Quenneville returned to the United Center on Sunday for the first time since details of a sexual assault scandal involving his 2010 Stanley Cup Blackhawks squad were published in October 2021 .

The 67-year-old Quenneville has the Ducks off to a 2-2-0 start almost four years after he was forced to resign as coach of the Florida Panthers. He was banned from the NHL for nearly three years.

“I’m grateful to be back in the game,” Quenneville said before the Ducks faced the Blackhawks. “I’m excited about being back in here in Chicago.”

It’s been a long road for Quenneville, the second-winningest coach in NHL history. His 971 career victories entering Sunday trail only Scotty Bowman’s 1,244.

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