Kraken Forward Alex Wennberg Makes a Statement Regarding His Harassment

In what might be the most bizarre hockey incident of the year, Seattle Kraken forward Alex Wennberg is facing harassment from a particular faction within the hockey community. The situation escalated after Wennberg's wife issued a statement, and now the player himself has taken to social media to voice his concerns.

LINK: Statement from Wennberg's Wife

As someone who's been media trained my whole career I've been taught to bite my tongue and to leave it instead of making a statement. But it has gone too far for me to stay quiet when people post vile comments on my wife's instagram and on photos of our child.

The reason my wife said something and not me is simply she does it better and more bravely than me.

I'm all for the booktok community to write books and fiction about hockey but the aggressive language about real life players is too much. It has turned into daily and weekly comments on our personal social media.

This is not something we support or want our child to grow up with. All we ask for is a little respect and common sense regarding moving forward.

We can all take a joke and funny comments but when it turns personal and into something bigger that affects our family we need to tell you that we have had enough.

Enough of sexual harassment, and harassment of our character and our relationship.

Thank you for understanding