Frame of lower half of two hockey players with sticks on ice, facing off. Player one in mostly black jersey and player two in mostly white jersey.

Guest Post: Holding onto Hope for Heated Rivalry, Hockey, and Hockey in Heated Rivalry

Jordan O’Dell, PhD student (he/him) is a Black, Mad (PDDer and OCPDer), pan, cis-man interdisciplinary scholar-activist-practitioner working in the municipal sector and studying in Brock University’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. When not working, he enjoys engaging in the leisurely little pleasures of life: streaming a good show, sharing a good laugh, and savouring authentic…

Val James: The first African-American to play in the NHL

You might recognize the names Willie O’Ree and Herb Carnegie but what about Val James? Val(more) James became the first black American to skate in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres in 1982, twenty-four years after Canadian, Willie O’Ree would officially break the “colour-barrier.” For the majority of his career he was an AHL enforcer…