Amanda Forrester / [email protected] Howell Challenge Camp founder Sarah Dunkel-Jackson has been named as the 2025 Willie O’Ree ...

“I'm looking at this now, I can't believe how many young Black kids, diverse kids, girls, are here playing hockey,” Laraque, ...

Dodginghorse wins O'Ree Community Hero Award in Canada Co-founded program to promote greater respect, understanding, appreciation for fellow hockey players ...

Hockey’s influence is expanding beyond arenas and scoreboards. The 2025 Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award finalists reflect this shift, showing how the sport is being used to uplift communities.

The Pittsburgh Penguins honored the legacy of the organization’s Black players and veteran Black hockey player Willie O’Ree with a portrait by Pittsburgh visual artist Ashanté Josey after the ...

Mark DeMontis, the founder of the Canadian Blind Hockey and a member of the Canadian National Blind Hockey team, has won the Canadian Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award.

For Jerry DeVaul's work with Colorado Sled Hockey, the 39-year-old Colorado Springs resident is a finalist for the NHL's Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. The honor is presented annually to an ...

Young hockey players from around the country attending the Willie O’Ree Skills Weekend pose for a photo with the event’s namesake, right, Willie O’Ree, 88, ...

Willie O’Ree still dedicated to growing hockey, advocating for social change Ahead of Tuesday’s game between the Ducks and Kings, a diverse collection of players from all over North America ...

Canada Post unveiled its stamp honouring Fredericton’s Willie O’Ree on Saturday. O’Ree is credited with breaking the colour barrier as the NHL’s first Black hockey player.

EDMONTON - Canada Post is issuing a stamp to honour Willie O'Ree, the NHL's first Black player ...