Ex-NHL forward Akim Aliu, 34, last played professionally at the end of the 2019-20 season with Litvinov HC in the Czech Republic's top league. He's pictured ahead of a April 13, 2013 game with the NHL's Flames.
After years of feeling alienated by the NHL and campaigning to diversify the sport, Akim Aliu is getting another shot at playing pro hockey, this time with the San Jose Sharks' American Hockey League affiliate.Ex-NHL forward Akim Aliu, 34, last played professionally at the end of the 2019-20 season with Litvinov HC in the Czech Republic's top league. He's pictured ahead of a April 13, 2013 game with the NHL's Flames.
The 34-year-old Aliu, who plays defence, confirmed the tryout by text to The Associated Press, saying his flight had just landed in California. Aliu last played professionally at the end of the 2019-20 season with Litvinov HC in the Czech Republic's top league and finished with one goal and two assists in three games. He was born in Nigeria to mixed-race parents and then lived in Ukraine before his family eventually settled in the Toronto suburbs, where he picked up hockey.Aliu is a journeyman minor leaguer who is best known for confronting racism in hockey.
Aliu, who was selected in the second round of the 2007 draft by Chicago, spent a majority of his 13 seasons jumping from one minor league team to another. He appeared in just seven NHL games with the Flames split over two seasons.
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