The general manager of the league, Eugene Kolychev, had supported Smereck and criticized the leniency of the penalty by the Ukrainian Hockey Federation. Sometimes people don’t even know I play hockey and they’re asking for a picture. Simmonds said the other day he doesn’t want his kids to go through that, so he doesn’t want his son to play hockey. I tell people all the time my kids would not play hockey. “We need to get more African-Americans and minorities all around involved (in hockey),” Smereck said.

Source: thestar October 02, 2021 21:56 UTC