Today, he profiles former NHL forwards Emerson Etem and Chris Stewart, who have joined a small but growing group of Blacks in hockey ownership at all levels.
“I’m a really hands-on person where I went door-to-door seeking sponsorships when I was coaching and in Missoula last season,” he said.
Etem and Stewart are among the small but growing group of Black people in hockey ownership from junior levels to the NHL.
“It’s historic,” said Richard Lapchick, director of The Institute for Diversity & Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.
Steward, a tech industry giant and one of 13 Black billionaires worldwide, according to Forbes; he has a minority stake in the St.
Former NHL forward Jarome Iginla, who was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in June 2020, co-owns Kamloops of the Western Hockey League with four other former NHL players.
“Hockey should be open to everyone with open arms. Me being Black, it’s made me stronger, the camaraderie, and everything as a whole that it’s done for me and my family.
He became a majority owner of the Minnesota Hockey Camps in November 2020, which was co-founded by Herb Brooks, who coached the ‘Miracle on Ice’ United States team in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics and later coached in the NHL, and Chuck Grillo in 1976.
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