Madison Biluk Gets 6 Years for Sex Assault of Teen Player

madison biluk was sentenced to six years in prison after admitting to sexually assaulting a teenage player. The former Winnipeg hockey coach had pleaded guilty to luring and sexual assault in a case that began with an inappropriate sexual relationship between 2019 and 2021.

The offences started when the victim was 15. Biluk was in her 20s at the time, and she initially faced 15 charges before the guilty pleas that led to Wednesday's sentence.

Jerilee Ryle Sentences Biluk

Provincial court Judge Jerilee Ryle said Biluk used her authority and influence to groom the player. Ryle also said Biluk caused emotional and psychological harm, and that the ripple effects continue.

The sentence closes the court phase of a case built around abuse of a coach's position over a teenager in hockey. The plea to luring and sexual assault narrowed the case from the original 15 charges to the offences Biluk admitted in court.

Winnipeg Case Leaves lasting Harm

The facts place the sentence against a wider pattern of trust being used inside a sports setting, with the court centering the age gap, the coach-player relationship and the continuing harm described by the judge. Biluk's age in her 20s, compared with a player who was 15 when the offences began, remained part of that record.

For the victim, the sentencing adds a prison term to a case that the judge said has continuing ripple effects. For Biluk, the six-year sentence is the court's final word in a file that began with 15 charges and ended with guilty pleas to luring and sexual assault.