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Breaking The Ice
The Black Experience in Pro Hockey
- Author:
- By Cecil Harris
- Format:
- Paperback
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- Published: 1st Sep 2005
- ISBN: 1894663802
- Pages: 224
From the Publisher:
Black hockey players from Grant Fuhr to Jarome Iginla speak candidly for the first time about their experiences in the NHL. Since 1958, thirty-seven black men have played in the National Hockey League. Out of the 600 players active today, fourteen are black.
Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey is the first book to tell the unique stories of black hockey players how they overcame or succumbed to racial and cultural prejudices to play Canada's favourite pastime.
Sports journalist Cecil Harris outlines in detail the personal and professional battles as well as the victories of such hockey pioneers as Herb Carnegie and Willie O'Ree men whose determination, skill and sheer love of the game smoothed the ice for black players to follow.
Harris talks to well-known players like Grant Fuhr, the first black goaltender to be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame (2003), and 2001-02 MVP and Olympic gold medallist Jarome Iginla.
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