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Black hockey hero awaited Sport searching for its own Tiger Woods; WHO ARE THEY? There are 41 black hockey players in the six major professional hockey leagues, according to the leagues, who were the sources for this list: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Calgary: Jarome Iginla RW Edmonton: Mike Grier RW Montreal: Donald Brashear LW Phoenix: Jason Doig D St. Louis: Grant Fuhr G INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Detroit: Darren Banks LW Grand Rapids, Mich.: Pokey Reddick G Houston: Graeme Townshend RW Kansas City: Ian Boyce C LW, Dale Craigwell C Manitoba: Fred Brathwaite G San Antonio: Shawn Reid D AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Carolina: Kevin Weekes G, Craig Martin RW Hamilton, Ontario: Sean Brown D, Joaquin Gage G, Georges Laraque RW Hershey, Pa.: Paul Jerrard D Kentucky: Fredrik Oduya D Philadelphia: Bruce Coles RW Portland, Maine: Anson Carter C Rochester, N.Y.: Rumun Ndur D Saint John, New Brunswick: Doug Bonner G, John Craighead RW Springfield, Mass.: Reggie Savage C Syracuse, N.Y.: Ian McIntyre LW Worcester, Mass.: Jamal Mayers C CENTRAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Macon, Ga.: Reggie Brezeault LW COLONIAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Dayton, Ohio: Cosmo Clarke LW Muskegon, Mich.: Kevin Hill RW Port Huron, Mich.: Akil Adams D Quad City, Ill.: John Batten D, Mark McFarlane RW Thunder Bay, Ontario: Jason Firth D EAST COAST HOCKEY LEAGUE Dayton: Jason Downey D Mississippi: Roger Maxwell RW Mobile, Ala: Craig Johnson LW Pensacola, Fla: Kahlil Thomas F Raliegh, N.C.: Maurice Hall C Richmond, Va.: Darren Meek D South Carolina: Marc Tardif LW
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Hockey is still searching for a black hero.
A diversity-minded National Hockey League waits with open arms.
It wants a player with an aura like golfer Tiger Woods. It wants to
introduce more blacks to the game and more minorities in general.
Yet the track record for numbers of blacks in professional hockey is
far from overwhelming. Currently, there are 41 black players in the
six major hockey leagues. That covers 106 franchises.
"A kid is going to emerge who is the Michael Jor...
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