Note: This story was published in October 2020 and is being republished with minor updates for Black History Month.Willie ...

Willie O'Ree's ... In 1996, not long after O'Ree turned 60, NHL executive Bryant McBride recruited him to the league's diversity outreach program; in the days before search engines were prevalent ...

By Sal Barry, Puck Culture and contributing writer. 1. WILLIE O’REE. 1997-98 Pinnacle Beehive #75 & 1961-62 Topps #20. When ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins honored the legacy of the organization’s Black players and veteran Black hockey player Willie O’Ree with a portrait by Pittsburgh visual artist Ashanté Josey after the ...

As Black History Month wraps up, the hockey world has given praise to very deserving names from the past and present, ...

Adeniye is a protege of Willie O'Ree, the NHL's first Black player ... best 29-7-5 record and a first-place share with Huntsville after a weekend in which the Rivermen took two of three games ...

A commemorative game will be played Monday in Ottawa honoring the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes' inaugural year of 1895.

In time for Black History Month, Bison players Bryce Montgomery and Thomas Stewart share their thoughts on growing up as ...

before the late 1950s, there were no Black hockey players in the NHL. Willie O'Ree was the first to skate in an NHL game when he suited up for the Boston Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958, 11 years after ...

When Nikki Petrich left to play hockey for Shattuck-St. Mary’s School in Faribault, Minnesota, her mother told her she could ...