Willie O'Ree's surname, the four letters that changed hockey for the better when ... "Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player," in 2020 with author Michael McKinley.

Willie O'Ree, a Hockey Hall of Fame member and the first Black player to make it to ... Team USA's Brady Tkachuk left Monday's game against Sweden. The Americans were already playing short on ...

Black player to skate in the NHL. He appeared in two games for Boston that season and another 43 in 1960-61. O’Ree was pictured on a Beehive photo that fans could mail away for as well as a pair of ...

BOSTON — Willie O’Ree has experienced many honors during his lifetime, from becoming the NHL's first Black player in 1958 with the Boston Bruins to being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame ...

The award goes out to an individual in Canada and in the United States who has positively affected their community, culture ...

When Willie O’Ree debuted with the Bruins on Jan. 18, 1958, he was the first Black player ... card when In The Game included him in its 1972 The Year In Hockey set, which spotlighted the best ...