‘Long overdue’: white NHL players find their voice on racism Globe_Sports
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.This Dec. 23, 2019 file photo shows Florida Panthers centre Brian Boyle during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Tampa, Fla. Boyle reached out to Black former teammate J.T. Brown to discuss the death of George Floyd in police custody.Brian Boyle, a 35-year-old grizzled veteran of 13 NHL seasons, grew up outside Boston.
NHL players have no sustained track record of speaking out on societal issues, perhaps part of the reticence that is generally found in hockey. There was no collective outrage after Akim Aliu, Devante Smith-Pelly and Wayne Simmonds joined the list of players who have publicly described their personal experience with racism in hockey.
“We have to be as involved in this as Black athletes,” Winnipeg captain Blake Wheeler said. “It can’t just be their fight.” “I think that’s why people are speaking out. I think that’s why players are speaking out,” Davis said. Since Willie O’Ree broke the NHL’s colour barrier in 1958, hockey has been dotted with examples of racism. Just in the past decade, Simmonds had a banana thrown at him, and P.K. Subban and Joel Ward were subjected to racist social-media posts after scoring playoff game-winning goals. Smith-Pelly was taunted in the penalty box. As recently as April, New York Rangers prospect K’Andre Miller had a video chat during the pandemic hacked by someone who posted a racial slur hundreds of times.
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