Colorado College senior goalie Kaiden Mbereko is an established star in the nets. He is one of four team captains on this season’s Tigers squad. “We’re all going to have each other’s backs and obviously have our teammates’ backs,” said the 5’11” Mbereko, a business, economics and sociology major from Aspen, Colo. One of the […]
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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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College hockey undergoing ‘significant transformation’
‘Obviously hockey struggles with its diversity numbers.’
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Departing NCHC commish looks back over a productive decade
‘I appreciated people like you asking me questions about diversity, equity, inclusion, because I don’t think that gets asked enough in our sport.’
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Commissioner Fenton transitions from NCHC to Summit League
NCHC Commissioner Josh Fenton will be a special consultant to the Summit League before taking over full-time as its new commissioner on April 11, 2022.
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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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New college hockey task force aims for better-educated student-athletes
The seventh-year, eight-team NCHC has since its inception prided itself on being innovative and groundbreaking, and the Student-Athlete Task Force is another example of this.
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X Games is back with more attractions
X Fest will feature interactive courses, athlete meet and greets and other activities beginning Thursday at 5 pm.
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The color of hockey: Two Black hockey coaches meet in a historic first
The Friday-Saturday NCHC regular season series has no more significance to most fans, media and others than two clubs meeting for the first time this season, but a closer look will show it is much more than that.
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College hockey commitment to racial diversity reaffirmed
“If a player [of color] growing up aspires to be a coach, and they see our conference or other schools that have hired African American assistant coaches as a path and a route for them [to become coaches], we are on board with that.”
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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 […]
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Black fans all but nonexistent at Frozen Faceoff
This column continues the Only One series in which this reporter shares his experiences as the only African American journalist on the scene. It took four walk-arounds inside the downtown Minneapolis arena before we finally accomplished our simple goal: finding a Black fan. “I am very excited to be here,” admitted Isaac Johnson, a sixth […]