“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” — Booker T. Washington
Picture from CBC Article Former NHL player Akim Aliu establishes BIPOC youth hockey team in Toronto
Celebrating BIPOC Players
Unlike other sports, hockey has not always responded well to diversity, inclusion and social change. As a result of positive measures taken over the years by the NHL and Hockey Canada to address the hockey culture and systemic racism, Blacks, Indigenous and people of colour have come to embrace the sport of hockey and achieved success along the way like the following players.
Female Players
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Male Players
