Dad of Canucks’ Linden Vey charged in family murder conspiracy

Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Dion Phaneuf (3) skates over Vancouver Canucks forward Linden Vey (7) during third period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Dec. 6, 2014. (Nathan Denette/AP Photo/The Canadian Press)

A drama is playing off the ice for a member of the Vancouver Canucks.

The father of right-winger Linden Vey will be in court later this month on charges he conspired to murder his wife.

Curtis Vey was charged in 2013 in Saskatchewan, along with a woman named Angela Nicholson.

RCMP allege Vey was having an affair with Nicholson, and the pair were plotting to kill their partners.

After the charges were laid, Nicholson’s husband, Jim Taylor said he was informed of the plot after Vey’s wife, Brigette, recorded her husband and Nicholson discussing murder.

Brigitte told police she overheard the accused discussing a plot in which she would die in a house fire and Taylor would die of an overdose on Halloween.

A police investigation found a will stating Nicholson would inherit Taylor’s farm, but he said he planned on leaving his land to the couple’s two grown daughters and had yet to write up a will.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

Curtis Vey and Angela Nicholson will be in court on May 24th.

Canucks General Manager Jim Benning said Linden Vey has "shown great courage and resolve" through the investigation.

"He has always had the full support of our team and as circumstances continue to evolve we know that his strength of character, friends and family will help him to see this through," Benning said in a statement to CTV News on Wednesday.

The statement said the team will "continue to be in his corner" throughout the trial.

With files from CTV Saskatoon