Kyle Beach identified himself as the "John Doe" at the center of the Chicago Blackhawks' sexual assault scandal Wednesday in an interview with TSN's Rick Westhead.

Beach was drafted by the Blackhawks 11th overall in 2008. He was a member of the organization when he says former video coach Brad Aldrich sexually assaulted him in 2010.

Former assistant U.S. attorney Reid J. Schar of Jenner & Block produced the probe's findings Tuesday.

"Yesterday was a day of many emotions. I cried, I smiled, I laughed, I cried some more and my girlfriend and I – we didn’t know how to feel," Beach said in the interview. "We didn’t know how to think, we just held each other and supported each other."

He continued: "And following it, just a great feeling of relief and vindication, and it was no longer my word against everybody else’s. Because a lot of things were made public, a lot of people were interviewed, and I really felt like there was a lot of lies told in the media. And it was very special and important to me to have that truth come out yesterday."

Beach, who had been playing for the AHL's Rockford Ice Hogs in 2010, reflected on the moment he was called up to be a part of the Blackhawks' playoff roster.

"But to be a part of that for the first time besides a training camp, it was an extremely special moment for me and for my family and the next step for me pursuing my NHL dream that I dreamed about and worked for my entire life.

"So unfortunately, a couple weeks after, those memories were tainted, and my life was changed forever."

Beach went on to describe how he felt when Aldrich didn't face any immediate consequences after he informed the team of what happened.

According to the investigation, executive members and coaches in the Blackhawks organization were made aware of the allegations but didn't immediately act. Instead, the team waited until days after winning the Stanley Cup to report them to human resources.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is planning to meet with former Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville - now the head coach of the Florida Panthers - and former Chicago assistant GM Kevin Cheveldayoff - now the Winnipeg Jets' general manager - on Thursday to discuss their roles in the mishandling of the assault allegations.

Beach had the following message for Bettman and the league:

"The NHL is inclusive; the NHL includes everybody. And they let me down and they’ve let down others as well. But they continue to try and protect their name over the health and the well-being of the people who put their lives on the line every day to make the NHL what it is.

"I hope through and through that Gary Bettman takes this seriously and that he does his due diligence, that he talks to not only them, but Stan Bowman, John McDonough, and anybody else that has information to offer before he makes his decision. Because they already let me down, they wouldn’t investigate for me, so why would they now?"

Beach also described his thought process in regard to coming forward when he did.

"It’s a big step for me, my process of recovery, as I process the events that happened and as I truly deal with the underlying issues that I have from them. For me, I wanted to come forward and put my name on this. To be honest, it’s already out there. The details were pretty accurate in the report, and it’s been figured out. More than that, I’ve been a survivor, I am a survivor. And I know I’m not alone. I know I’m not the only one, male or female. And I buried this for 10 years, 11 years. And it’s destroyed me from the inside out. And I want everybody to know in the sports world and in the world that you’re not alone."

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