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 ...

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 ...

O'Ree participated virtually from his home. Bruins; Willie O’Ree honored as Bruins raise No. 22 to TD Garden rafters to honor NHL’s first Black player, ‘I’m thrilled and overwhelmed’ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the Bruins retire O'Ree's No. 22, we spoke to people he has inspired with his story who are continuing to work to make sure hockey truly is for everyone.

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 time in Boston was fairly brief, though his legacy will run forever. A speedy left winger, he played his first couple of games with the Bruins in January 1958, then suited up ...

O'Ree became the first black man to play in the NHL when he debuted with the Boston Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958. Simmonds, 29, believes you can draw a straight line from O'Ree to players like himself.