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Taffy Abel, Ojibwe, first United States–born Native American player to become an NHL regular, which he did with the New York Rangers beginning on November 16, 1926 [43] [44] [45] George Armstrong , Ojibway , former NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs , four-time Stanley Cup champion, seven-time All-Star , and Hockey Hall of Fame member
In 1953, Fred Sasakamoose was the first Cree NHL player, and the first Canadian indigenous player in the NHL, debuting with the Chicago Black Hawks. On January 18, 1958, Willie O'Ree became the first Black Canadian to play in the NHL. Playing with the Boston Bruins, he was also the first NHL player of African descent. [13]
He recorded his first NHL goal in a 5–4 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks on March 25, 2018. [ 4 ] Bear was the first player to wear a jersey with his name written in Cree syllabics ( ᒪᐢᑲᐧ ; Maskwa ) during an exhibition match against the Calgary Flames on July 28, 2020.
He was one of the first Canadian Indigenous players in the National Hockey League, [3] [4] and the first First Nations player with treaty status. [5] He played 11 games with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1953–54 season ; the rest of his career, which lasted from 1953 to 1960, was spent in various minor leagues.
Henry Charles Boucha (/ ˈ b uː ʃ eɪ / BOO-shay; [1] June 1, 1951 – September 18, 2023) was a Native American professional ice hockey player. Boucha played in both the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1971 and 1977.
1926: Taffy Abel (1900–1964), first non-white and first Indigenous American player in the NHL; 1948: Larry Kwong (1923–2018), first player of Asian descent; 1953: Fred Sasakamoose (1933-2020), first Canadian First Nations player with treaty status; 1958: Willie O'Ree (born 1935), first black player
Tootoo was widely regarded as one of the NHL's best agitators and was able to annoy, fight, and outplay other players to help his team win. At the end of the 2016–17 NHL season , Tootoo had accumulated 65 goals, 96 assists and 1010 PIMs in 723 career NHL games since entering the league in 2003.
[8] [9] He played his first career NHL game on April 5, 2018, against the Edmonton Oilers. [10] He finished the game with a team-best plus-3 in 16:42 of ice time in a 4–3 loss to the Oilers. [ 11 ] Although the Golden Knights qualified for the 2018 Stanley Cup playoffs , Whitecloud was ineligible to be on the roster since he was not on the ...