Colored Hockey League
 Coloured Hockey League, 1910 | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
|---|---|
| Continent | North America |
The Coloured Hockey League was an all-black ice hockey league founded in Nova Scotia in 1895,[1] which featured teams from across Canada's Maritime Provinces.[2][3] The league operated for several decades lasting until 1930.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
With as many as a dozen teams, over 400 African Canadian players from across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island participated in competition.[13] The Coloured Hockey League is credited by some as being the first league to allow the goaltender to leave his feet to cover a puck in 1900. This practice was not permitted elsewhere until the formation of the National Hockey League in 1917. In their book Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925, historians George and Darril Fosty also claim that the first player to use the slapshot was Eddie Martin of the Halifax Eureka in 1906.[9][14]
See also
References
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- ^ Wyshynski, Greg, The real roots of hockey, thefourthperiod.com, September 12, 2006
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- ^ a b Drake, Matt (2014-03-28). "Being black in the NHL: From breaking the colour barrier to the Norris trophy - Eyes On The Prize". Habseyesontheprize.com. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ "Black league significant in history | The Chronicle Herald". Thechronicleherald.ca. 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ Joe Lapointe. "On eve of NHL draft, Seth Jones poised to take hockey to new heights". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
- ^ Cecil Harris. Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey. p. 195. Retrieved 2016-10-26.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Martins, Daniel, Hockey historian credits black player with first slapshot Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, CanWest News Service, January 31, 2007
- ^ C. Keith Harrison, Ed.D; Brad Brady, M.A., M.S.; Philip E. Hamilton, B.A.; Alicia Valdez, B.A. "Hockey: Barriers to Crossing the Color Line: the Neglected Story of the Pioneering Players" (DOC). Umich.edu. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
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