The NHL has announced the six finalists for the Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award. The award is given to the “individual who, through the sport of hockey, has positively impacted their ...

He was elected as a builder to the Hall of Fame in 2018, and became that same year the namesake of the NHL's Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award, presented annually to a person who harnesses hockey ...

Willie O'Ree, who in 1958 became the first Black player to feature in the National Hockey League, will have his No 22 jersey retired by the Boston Bruins. O'Ree, who entered the NHL a decade after ...