NHL embraces Black History Month
The NHL will celebrate Black History Month for the first time, shifting its focus in February from its wide-ranging “Hockey Is For Everyone” campaign to emphasize racial diversity in the sport.
The league and players’ union joint initative includes a traveling mobile museum devoted to the history of minorities in hockey. The museum will debut outside Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.
As part of this, “Hockey Is For Everyone” is expanding to year-round. March will be gender-equality month, and the plan is to add acknowledgement of Hispanic heritage and “First Nations” next season.
There are roughly 20 black players on NHL rosters,.