The first Black hockey player to appear in a National Hockey League (NHL) game was recently honored with his own commemorative Canadian stamp. According to NHL.com, Willie O’Ree, who debuted ...

He was the first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL) and has an amazing story. O’Ree was born in the Canadian province of New Brunswick in 1935.

The first Black hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) is being honoured with a stamp by Canada Post. A stamp featuring Canadian Willie O’Ree was unveiled at an event in Edmonton on ...

Diversity in ice hockey isn't new, but it's not widely recognized like in the NFL, NBA, and even among black talent in golf ...

O’Ree made his NHL debut on Jan. 18, 1958 with the Bruins in a game against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first Black player to ever play in an NHL game.

The black players preceding him were all of Canadian descent, making Grier the first bona fide African-American NHL player. Grier made his debut in 1996 with the San Jose Sharks. He currently ...

Saukrates wants it to be 90 seconds that lasts forever. The award-winning Canadian rap artist hopes a tribute song he performs honoring the 11 Black players in Washington Capitals history will ...

Canadians have long defined themselves through the game of ice hockey, some more than others.Despite the NHL success of such Black Canadian players as Grant Fuhr, Tony McKegney, Devante Smith ...

The NHL wouldn’t even sign its first Black player, Willie O’Ree (now an octogenarian and also interviewed here), until 1958. Before that, Herb Carnegie, one of the best players of the 1940s ...

(JTA) — Growing up watching hockey, Jordan Harris knew how rare it was to see a player like him on the ice. Out of roughly 700 players in the NHL, only a few dozen are Black. In 2022, the 23 ...

Today, he profiles Dean Barnes, whose hobby of collecting cards of Black hockey players has expanded into an award-winning podcast, speaking engagements, a spot aboard the NHL’s United by Hockey ...

Hubert Davis’s “Black Ice” candidly and sensitively recounts the experiences of athletes of color in Canadian hockey, and racism endured at the hands of other players, coaches and fans.