Black excellence and innovation in hockey has been around since the sport's formative years. The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes (1895-1930) was the first to allow goalies to leave their feet + was where the slapshot was invented!

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The St. Catharine's Orioles (Est. 1932) were the first all-Black hockey team in Ontario.

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The famous all-Black line of (L-R) Ossie Carnegie, Herb Carnegie and Vincent 'Manny' McIntyre first played together in 1941 in Timmins, ON and would continue to play together in Shawinigan Falls and Sherbrooke, QC.

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Willie O'Ree became the first Black player in the NHL on January 18, 1958. His number 22 will be retired by the Bruins on February 18th.

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Angela James became the first superstar of women's hockey. She dominated the OCAA, COWHL, the original NWHL, and internationally with Hockey Canada.

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