Ex-NHLer Tiger Williams charged with sexual assault

Former NHL enforcer Dave "Tiger" Williams was arrested Friday after being charged with sexual assault earlier in the week.

The charges against Williams stem from a morale-boosting trip to visit the Canadian Armed Forces in Latvia in December.

"The accused was a passenger on the flight as part of the sanctioned morale visit to deployed Canadian Armed Forces personnel," said Lieutenant (Navy) Blake Patterson, a spokesperson for the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's Office, according to The Canadian Press via TSN.

Williams is facing one count of sexual assault and one count of common assault.

The 64-year-old was arrested by military police but released from custody on the promise to appear in court. Despite the charges being laid by the military, Williams' case will go to civilian court in Ottawa, the city the flight originated from.

As a former NHLer with over 960 career games for such teams as the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks, Williams had been a regular on military morale trips, taking part in celebrity ball hockey games and other morale-boosting events in recent years.