The event aims to be more than just a ball hockey championship, but a chance to support diversity, equity and inclusion in sport.
There were two feature games ahead of this year’s championship: the first was filled with community leaders with the second made up of WHL and NHL alumni., the first player to be openly gay under an NHL contract.
“That’s something I wish I had growing up,” Prokop said. “I wish I could’ve looked on TV and, you know, seen a guy playing in the NHL and say, ‘Hey, that’s me.’” Despite taking place during Pride month — Edmonton held its Pride celebrations this weekend — the event hopes to spread its message year-round, a sentiment reinforced by one of its biggest partners, Pride Tape.“Pride month is wonderful and we get a lot of attention and thanks goes out to a lot of wonderful organizations that believe in what we are doing and our message of inclusion. But it doesn’t stop at the end of the month,” proclaimed Jeff McLean, cofounder of Pride Tape.
“Visibility matters and it’s important that — with too many young people dropping out of the sport early on — we keep them in the sport that they love,” McLean said. “It’s important that the sport loves them back.”
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