Willie O'ree for the Boston Bruins in 1958.
Willie O'Ree was the first black player to play in the NHL.
Herb Carnegie had many achievements. His major achievement is problably that he was the best hockey player not to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). He didn't play in the NHL because he was black.
Herb Carnegie had many achievements. His major achievement is probably that he was the best hockey player to not play in the National Hockey League (NHL). He didn't play in the NHL because he was black.
The Chicago Black Hawks play ice hockey in the NHL.
The first black player in the NHL was Willie O'Ree. He played for the Boston Bruins.
There have been 6 black players play for the New York Rangers On Dec. 23 1998 Rumun Ndur became the first black player to play in an NHL game for the Rangers. Art Dorrington became the first black player to sign a contract with an NHL team when he signed with the Rangers in 1950 but never made it to the NHL. The other 5 black players in order of first appearance are: Jason Doig, Sandy McCarthy (yes he's black), Anson Carter, Kevin Weekes and Nigel Dawes
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A photo gallery with stats for evey black player who has been drafted by or played in the NHL is the Black Hockey Players Wall of Fame.
willie o'ree was the first black in the nhl. he played 4 the Boston bruins in 1957. jillian b. wrote this
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