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Michael Ferland, Cree, NHL player for the Vancouver Canucks; Theoren Fleury, Métis, former NHL player for the Calgary Flames and 1989 Stanley Cup champion; Brady Keeper, Pimicikamak Cross Lake First Nation, NHL player for the Vancouver Canucks; Dwight King, Métis, former NHL player for the Los Angeles Kings and two-time Stanley Cup champion
Val James was the first African American player to play in the NHL, called up by the Buffalo Sabres in 1982. [14] His stints with the Buffalo Sabres and Toronto Maple Leafs were short-lived and he eventually retired in 1987 due to injury. [14] The number of black NHL players was 26 by the end of the 20th century and sat at 32 in 2016. [9]
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.
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.
The Golden Knights reached the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals, with Whitecloud one of two indigenous players in the series, alongside Mohawk defenceman Brandon Montour of the opposing Florida Panthers. [18] The Golden Knights defeated the Panthers in five games, and Whitecloud hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time. [19]
This Women's World Cup was the first hosted by two countries. FIFA, led by a panel of six Indigenous women, worked with both countries to make sure the Australia's First Nations and New Zealand's ...
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.
Global soccer governing body FIFA has agreed to requests from Australia and New Zealand to display Indigenous flags at the Women's World Cup, the co-hosts said on Friday. The Australian Aboriginal ...