BOSTON — When he stepped onto the ice for the Boston Bruins at the old Montreal Forum on Jan. 18, 1958, Willie O’Ree said he didn’t realize he was the NHL’s Black player.Boston Bruins at the ...

Willie O'Ree, the first Black player to appear in an NHL game, finally had his No. 22 retired by the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. "From a young age, my heart and my mind were set on making it ...

The Willie O’Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act passed 426-0 on Wednesday. The bill, reintroduced by Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina ...

Willie O’Ree played for the Boston Bruins, but his major contribution was as a “builder of the game.” February 13, 2019 Willie O’Ree, pictured in 2017, broke the color barrier in the ...

The National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins will retire the jersey of Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s color barrier with Boston in 1958 as the first Black hockey player in the league.

Willie O'Ree's hockey jersey is retired, 64 years after he broke color barrier "I will never forget how my teammates in the Bruins locker room accepted me as one of their own," Willie O'Ree said ...

Hockey pioneer Willie O’Ree checks the length of the stick of Jeremiah Alvarado, 13, of Buffalo, on March 5, during the 2016 NHL/Willie O’Ree Skills Weekend hosted by the Ed Snider Youth ...

"Willie," the story of Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL, is available on ESPN streaming platforms now, and will premiere on ESPN2 Feb. 17.

There frankly aren’t enough tributes possible to thank Willie O’Ree for the contributions he’s made to hockey and the NHL. But the NHL, its teams and its players have continued to come up ...

Willie O’Ree, the first Black NHL player, to receive Congressional Gold Medal O’Ree’s jersey, No. 22, was retired Tuesday at Boston's TD Garden — the 64-year anniversary of his first NHL game.

Willie O’Ree became the first Black person to ever play in the National Hockey League in 1958. Less than a month ago, his No. 22 jersey was honorably retired by the Boston Bruins.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Willie O’Ree is leafing through archival materials unearthed by the staff at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History at the behest of a documentary crew ...