"They don't know what to expect, so they just don't even want to try it out." From there, people become hockey fans and hockey families very quickly." Kids in Kensington who know LeBron James and Steph Curry are less likely to know about black hockey players like P.K. Snider Hockey exemplifies that in Philadelphia, which is more than 40 percent black. Rudd and Snider Hockey coaches have honed their message at schools and churches to try to reach more kids like Malakye Johnson, whose friends still don't play hockey.

Source: The Express Tribune March 15, 2019 07:15 UTC