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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 ...

O’Ree, who had broken the NHL’s color barrier as its first Black player with the Boston Bruins in 1958 (a decade and a half before another would arrive in the pros) became a goal-scoring ...

O’Ree played just two games, both on the road against the Montreal Canadiens, before the Bruins sent him back to the minors. He didn’t return to the NHL until 1960, when he appeared in 43 ...

In 1958, Willie O’Ree stepped onto the ice for the Boston Bruins, making history as the first black player in the NHL. Sixty years later, O’Ree is being honored for his historic accomplishment.

O'Ree broke hockey's color barrier with the Bruins in 1958, when he became the first Black man to play in the NHL. And he did it while keeping a secret: He could only see out of one eye.

On Wednesday evening, Toronto’s William Nylander and Chicago’s Patrick Kane are expected to be the first NHL players to wear the custom O’Ree skates during warmups for their respective games.

O'Ree was featured in three minor league sets, including a card with the Quebec Aces in 1957 and a WHL set in 1960. O'Ree also appears on the Boston Bruins team picture card in the 1960-61 Topps set.

Forwards Patrick Kane (Chicago) and William Nylander (Toronto) ... O’Ree, who grew up in Fredericton, New Brunswick, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a builder in 2018.

Color of Hockey: Fitzhugh honored to be O'Ree's voice in 'Willie' NHL's first Black team broadcaster excited to do audiobook of Hall of Famer's autobiography By William Douglas ...

William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles Willie O'Ree and Bob Dawson ...

Nov. 13 (UPI) --William O'Ree, who broke the NHL color barrier in 1958 as the league's first black player, has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. O'Ree and Gary Bettman were inducted in the ...