{coyotes} Accused hockey trio attend counseling, not camp

The three forwards for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds who were charged with sexual assault aren't at their Ontario Hockey League club's training camp.

Flyers 2011 third-round draft pick Nick Cousins, Phoenix Coyotes draft pick and Sicklerville, N.J., native Mark Petaccio instead are attending a "confidential behavioral wellness program."

All three men were charged with sexual assault after an incident Friday night at one of the players' houses. A woman, who claims to know all three players, filed a report Saturday morning and each player turned himself in later that day to Sault Ste. Marie authorities.

In a statement on the Greyhounds' website, general manager Kyle Dubas clarified that the three players aren't suspended. Each of the teens will attend the program with his own consent in order to "help each young man prepare, mentally and emotionally, to deal with living their lives and dealing with the issues and resultant stress, in a stable manner, as this court case works it's way through the legal process."

All three players are due in court on Oct. 1. Cousins and Fritsch were released by the Sault Ste. Marie police on Sunday. Petaccio, a U.S. citizen, was released Monday. No information was made available as to the conditions for the players' releases, such as travel restrictions.

Cousins was scheduled to attend the Flyers training camp in September, if it's not delayed by a lockout.

"Once the players complete the behavioral wellness program, we will reassess the situation with the intention being that the players will rejoin our hockey club," Dubas said in the release. "As this program is confidential we will not comment on timelines, nor will we comment on the program directly. We ask that everyone respects the privacy of each of the three young men as they go through it."

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