Modern-day racial incidents in the NHL come in many different forms; however, the most prominent are player and spectator interactions. According to an interview with Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly, “As a black hockey player, he [Smith-Pelly] knew exactly what they meant by, ‘Basketball, basketball, basketball!’”[15] In this case, the spectators are taunting Smith-Pelly that he is better suited to play basketball, since the majority of the NBA is African American.[20] Smith-Pelly states that this incident was “just ignorant people being ignorant.”[15]
I know it's silly to have cockroach race type competitions as to which major league sport is the most progressive in their respective humongous challenges of battling systemic racism which permeates the society where they are bit players but silly is often fun:
But a high minor league's vote in 1887 against allowing new contracts with black players within its league sent a powerful signal that eventually led to the disappearance of blacks from the sport's other minor leagues later that century, including the low minors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_color_line Whereas, The Coloured Hockey League of the Maritimes began in 1895, as an initiative of black Baptist churches in Nova Scotia.[1] The aim was to increase and retain male membership. The league consisted of teams from Halifax, Africville, Hammond's Plains, Dartmouth, Truro, Amherst and Charlottetown, P.E.I.[1] All games were on an invitational basis with the trophy still residing in a private home in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Historically, they were the first league to allow the goaltender to drop to the ice to stop the puck.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_players_in_ice_hockey
Historic firstsFirst black player to sign an NHL contract: Art Dorrington (August 1950)[30]First black player in an NHL Game: Willie O'Ree (January 18, 1958)First black player to surpass 20 goals in a single season: Alton White, Los Angeles Sharks, WHA, 1972–73 seasonFirst black player to surpass 100 PIM in a NHL season: Bill Riley (1976–77)First black player to surpass 20 goals in a single NHL season: Tony McKegney (1979–80)First black goalie in the NHL: Grant Fuhr (1981–82)First black player to surpass 100 goals in the NHL: Tony McKegney (1982–83)First black player to win the Stanley Cup: Grant Fuhr (1983–84)First black player to surpass 500 NHL Points: Tony McKegney (1987–88)First black player to surpass 200 NHL Wins: Grant Fuhr (1988–89)First black player to win the Frank J. Selke Trophy: Dirk Graham (1990–91)First black player to win the William M. Jennings: Grant Fuhr (1993–94)First black player to surpass 200 PIM in a NHL season: Donald Brashear (1995–96)First black player to earn 20 shutouts: Grant Fuhr (1996–97)First black player to surpass 1,000 PIM in the NHL: Donald Brashear (1997–98)First black head coach in the NHL: Dirk Graham (1998-99Chicago Blackhawks)First black player to surpass 400 NHL Wins: Grant Fuhr (1999-00)First black player to surpass 50 goals in a single NHL season: Jarome Iginla (2001–02)First black player in the Hockey Hall of Fame: Grant Fuhr (2003)First black player to surpass 2,000 PIM in the NHL: Donald Brashear (2005–06)First black player to surpass 500 goals in the NHL: Jarome Iginla (2011–12)First black player to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy: P. K. Subban (2012–13)
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