Javon Moore is making history in Gopher hockey as the program’s second Black men’s player while building toward an NHL future.
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St. Thomas hockey transfer likes being closer to home
Before the 1970s, hockey uniform numbers typically ranged from 1 to 31 or so, rarely past number 35. Nowadays they are like a Jackie Wilson song: They’ve gone higher and higher. Charlie Schoen wears No. 82, the highest number on St. Thomas men’s hockey team this season. After the team’s first-ever game at Lee & […]
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Only two Blacks in this season’s NCHC
Two Black hockey players, Kaiden Mbereko and Zaccharya Wisdom, are contributing to Colorado College’s success in the NCHC, while also advocating for diversity in the sport.
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Number of off-ice Blacks in new PWHL League: Zero
The PWHL is the first women’s hockey league to treat its players as true professionals, and is working to increase diversity on the ice and off it with the help of broadcaster Saroya Tinker.
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Color of Hockey: Greenway, Grier honored by Boston University
Sponsored content by Wild forward, Rangers adviser part of legacy celebrated for 100th anniversary of men’s hockey program William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of the NHL celebrating […]
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NCAA hockey group aims to change the sport’s White culture
A new group of 27 NCAA Division I hockey players, coaches and administrators have been formed in an effort to improve the sport’s diversity and overall culture. College Hockey for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion officially came together last September and has been meeting regularly twice a month. It represents the 11 Division I hockey conferences, […]
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The color of hockey: Diversity on the rise in women’s pro hockey
On the surface, this isn’t unusual, but in Bolden’s and Johnson’s case, the two female pucksters are among the small handful of Black hockey players.
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The color of hockey: The current state of diversity in a traditionally ‘White’ sport
Hockey is still seen as a White sport. Some believe it should stay that way forever.
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‘If they made it, so can I!’
Black hockey players see themselves as role models Two conferences were represented earlier this month in this year’s NCAA Frozen Four in St. Paul. Eventual champion Minnesota Duluth (NCHC) and Notre Dame (Big Ten) played for the 2018 title. This was the first time since 2005 that three schools in the same conference – Notre […]