LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Carter Hart, speaking Saturday for the first time since the start of the Stanley Cup Final, called the “no means no” chants directed at him by Carolina Hurricanes fans “just noise.”Hart was one of five players on Canada’s 2018 World Juniors hockey team to be acquitted on charges of sexual assault by the Ontario Superior Court on July 24, 2025. All five players were suspended by the NHL for what the league called “deeply troubling and unacceptable” behavior, regardless of the verdict, in a statement released after their reinstatement.“In relying on both our own investigation, and the conclusions reached by (Justice Maria Carroccia) in her opinion, and the players’ acquittal, the League has determined that the conduct at issue falls woefully short of the standards and values that the League and its Member Clubs expect and demand,” the NHL statement read.Fans at Lenovo Center in Raleigh have intermittently broken out the chant in all three Hurricanes home games, including at least twice during Carolina’s 4-2 Game 5 win on Thursday night.“It’s just noise. I mean, both atmospheres and both buildings have been really loud and just a lot of fun to play in,” Hart told reporters on Saturday. “Yeah, just noise.”