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Showing posts with label Hockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hockey. Show all posts
Saturday, June 11, 2022

All-Black Hockey Team Competes In Minnesota’s Summer Showdown

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Minnesota’s Summer Showdown is where youth hockey shines in the state, and it draws anyone trying to immerse themselves deeply in the gam...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

House Passes Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s Bill to Award Willie O’Ree Congressional Gold Medal

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Today,the House of Representaives passed Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley's (MA-07) bill to honor hockey legend Willie O’Ree with the Con...
Saturday, July 31, 2021

Senate passes bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree, the first Black NHL player

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The US Senate passed legislation this week to grant Congress' highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to Willie O'Ree, the fi...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Tampa Bay Lightning start three Black forwards for regular-season finale

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The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, a rarity...
Sunday, April 04, 2021

Kelsey Koelzer: The first African American head hockey coach in the NCAA

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It's taken two years but history maker Kelsey Koelzer will make her debut as the head coach of the Arcadia University’s women’s ice...
Saturday, November 30, 2019

Blake Bolden Named National Womens Hockey League Defender of the Year

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NOTE: This award was given to Blake Bolden in March of 2019, but it's definitely a story that went under the radar. It's also a...
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Kelsey Koelzer named coach of Arcadia University’s women’s ice-hockey program

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Kelsey Koelzer has been a pioneer before. An African-American woman in ice hockey, she cut her teeth and several other body parts in b...
Sunday, January 07, 2018

Jordan Greenway: First African-American named to the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team

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Jordan Greenway, a junior forward at Boston University, became the first African-American named to the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

National Hockey League appoints Kim Davis executive vice president

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The National Hockey League announced that Kim Davis has been named Executive Vice President, Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Le...
Sunday, October 08, 2017

National Hockey League player J.T. Brown raises fist during national anthem

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Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Brown raised his right fist during the playing of the national anthem before the team's first road ...
Saturday, November 26, 2016

Two black women embrace their chance to be hockey role models for black girls

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Kelsey Koelzer Three years ago, girls from the Hockey in Newark youth program were invited to meet the Princeton women’s hockey team...