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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]
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.
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
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.
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. [5]
Paul Oronhyatekha Jacobs (February 23, 1893 – May 1, 1973) [1] was a Canadian professional ice hockey and lacrosse player. Jacobs played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Arenas during the 1918–19 NHL season. Jacobs may have been the first aboriginal ice hockey player in the NHL.
[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 ...
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