Impaired driving charges dropped against former Halifax Mooseheads star

Luke Ettinger · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 27, 2025 3:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: June 27

Charges against the Halifax Mooseheads' career points leader were dropped Friday aft the Crown offered nary grounds astatine trial.

Jordan Dumais, who past suited up for the squad a twelvemonth ago, was charged aft being pulled implicit by constabulary successful downtown Halifax astatine 2:20 a.m. AT connected March 1, 2024.

But connected Friday, the Crown received connection soon earlier they were owed successful tribunal that the investigating serviceman would not beryllium attending.

"As a result, the Crown determined that helium could not proceed without the officer's grounds and offered nary evidence," said Public Prosecution Service spokesperson Melissa Noonan successful a statement.

Dumais, present 21, is from the Montreal area. He was suspended from the Mooseheads for 5 games astatine the clip the complaint was filed.

Defence lawyer Stan MacDonald entered a not-guilty plea connected Dumais' behalf past July. He could not beryllium reached for an interview.

Dumais was a third-round prime of the Columbus Blue Jackets successful 2022. He played for Team Canada astatine the 2024 satellite juniors successful Sweden, but past underwent abdominal country successful Columbus, Ohio, following the tournament.

This season, Dumais played for the Cleveland Monsters successful the American Hockey League, scoring 4 goals and 7 assists successful 21 games for the Blue Jackets' workplace team.

In November 2023, Dumais broke the Mooseheads' franchise constituent record. He ended his 4 seasons with the Mooseheads with 325 points.