Alex Galchenyuk is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program after he was arrested last week, he said in a statement posted to social media on Tuesday.

The 11-year NHL veteran also issued an apology to police for his "deeply disrespectful and despicable behavior," according to ESPN's Emily Kaplan.

The Arizona Coyotes terminated Galchenyuk's contract Thursday - 12 days after signing him as a free agent - after learning he was arrested for a hit-and-run incident in Scottsdale, Arizona, on July 9.

Galchenyuk was arrested on several charges, including private property hit-and-run, disorderly conduct, failure to obey, resisting arrest, and threatening or intimidating. No injuries resulted from the hit-and-run, only property damage.

Police say Galchenyuk used racial slurs toward an officer and threatened to have two officers killed. He cited connections in Moscow while stating, "I'm gonna chop you, your wife, your daughter ... one phone call, and you're all dead, your whole family, your bloodline is dead," police said in the report.