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but he was also the first Black player to score 20 goals in a major hockey league. He had a 21-goal campaign in 1972-73 split between the New York Raiders and Los Angeles Sharks. That same season ...

Wilie O’Ree, sometimes referred to as “the Jackie Robinson of hockey” became the first Black NHL player in 1958. more than a decade after real Jackie Robinson debuted with the Brooklyn ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Duante' Abercrombie still vividly remembers being a young player attending the second-ever Willie O'Ree ...

The University of Wisconsin junior, who wears the title of “first” proudly, is holding down her place in history as the first Black woman to play for the U.S. Women’s National Hockey Team.

joins Minnesota’s men’s hockey team in fall 2006, he will become the first black hockey player ever to play for the Gophers, providing a much-needed shot of diversity to a sport with a striking lack ...

He became the first Black player not only in the history of the league, but he was also the first Black player to score 20 goals in a major hockey league. He had a 21-goal campaign in 1972-73 split ...