"Hockey is for everyone" is a slogan used by the National Hockey League, but the NHL's highest-ranking Black executive admits that's not always the case. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press/File)CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning spoke with two professional hockey players, both originally from Ottawa, and both of whom have spoken out against anti-Black racism. As hockey players, we're kind of wired to be tough and to not show our emotions. Mark Fraser poses beside a cut-out of Jarome Iginla, another one of very few Black players in the NHL. Everyone's reaching out to their Black friend, their one Black friend, to check in on them, to ask what to do.

Source: CBC News June 15, 2020 18:56 UTC