Three award finalists have been selected from submitted nominees, and final voting is underway. After a public voting period and votes from Willie O’Ree, NHL Executives, and Discover Executives ...

The NHL has announced the six finalists for the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. The award is given to the “individual who, through the sport of hockey, has positively impacted their ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. --Duante' Abercrombie still vividly remembers being a young player attending the second-ever Willie O'Ree All-Star Game at United Center in Chicago in 1997. "I remember it like it ...

Wearing a black fedora and a black pea coat, Willie O’Ree watches young hockey players skate on the ice inside Malvern Community Recreation Centre. “We didn’t wear helmets back in the ‘60s,” said the ...

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball ...