Stan Bowman stepped down as Chicago Blackhawks general manager, team CEO Danny Wirtz revealed Tuesday.

Bowman vacated his role following the conclusion of an independent investigation into former video coach Brad Aldrich's alleged sexual assault of a Blackhawks player in 2010.

Former assistant U.S. attorney Reid J. Schar of Jenner & Block produced the probe's findings Tuesday. The inquiry determined that the player had a sexual encounter with Aldrich in May 2010, though both people involved disagreed about whether it was consensual.

The Blackhawks named Kyle Davidson interim GM. He was previously their assistant general manager of hockey administration.

Bowman had worked with the Blackhawks since 2001, joining them that year as special assistant to GM Mike Smith. Chicago promoted Bowman to director of hockey operations and then to assistant GM before naming him GM in July 2009.

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