MONTREAL — A grassroots effort is underway to get professional hockey’s first Black coach, John Paris Jr., inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Hockey Nova Scotia launched a petition dubbed “Paris to Toronto” on Feb. 1, calling on the Nova Scotia-born Paris to be recognized by the Toronto-based hall for his contributions to the game.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Paris said Charlemagne Peloquin, director of sports and recreation for the town of St-Joseph-de-Sorel, approached him in 1969 to coach the local junior team.Article content Paris never returned to Nova Scotia and went on to have a lengthy career coaching in Quebec, living largely in rural areas of the province. He now lives in Texas.
“We were the youngest team when we came out of Quebec. We were considered the underdogs, but we never lost a game,” he said. “But that record still holds: there has not been a team that has gone undefeated in regulation time to win that cup since we did it in 1987.” Paris is still involved in hockey, working as an outside consultant to help some NHL players with their game performance.
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