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January 18, Willie O’Ree becomes first Black NHL playerOn Jan. 18, 1958, Canadian Willie O’Ree became the first Black player in the National Hockey League as he made his debut with ...
"Do you remember what it was like when you saw a Black hockey player for the very first time?" Nelson asked Hickman. "I definitely remember," Hickman responded with a smile. "I was watching Peter ...
Wilie O’Ree, sometimes referred to as “the Jackie Robinson of hockey” became the first Black NHL player in 1958. more than a decade after real Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn ...
At the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, Nurse became the first Black woman to win a gold medal in ice hockey at the Olympics ... She was one of the youngest players on the American roster, and she's ...
Former Maple Leafs coach heads up NCAA’s first Div. 1 hockey team from historically Black university
But when Abercrombie was 6, he saw something else he liked: hockey. At 7 he began to play. At 9 he did a book report on Willie O’Ree, the first Black player in the NHL. Now, at 37, he is the ...
Olympics.com takes a look at four men and four women who have left their mark on Canadian Olympic ice hockey since 1998.
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