What they didn’t see were the racial slurs, threats and abuse that the Kitchener Rangers winger, who is Black, endured before and after the incident. “There were threats, physical threats after Game 6,” said Rangers general manager Mike McKenzie. “We took the step to provide security over and above what we would normally do for a game,” he said. “It was a game where he (Smith) had been sent to the room early because he had a misconduct. He’s a true power forward and one of the hardest players to knock off the puck in the OHL.

Source: thestar May 05, 2018 17:07 UTC