The National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins will retire the jersey of Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s color barrier with Boston in 1958 as the first Black hockey player in the league.

The Boston Bruins have raised the No. 22 jersey of Willie O'Ree, the National Hockey League's first Black player, to the rafters at TD Garden.The retirement of O'Ree's Bruins jersey happened ...

Willie O’Ree may have played just 45 games with the Bruins, but soon he will forever ... after playing the next night in Boston, he was sent back to Quebec. He didn’t get recalled again ...

Willie O’Ree, the first Black player to appear in an NHL game will have his Boston Bruins No. 22 retired next month. O’Ree, who broke the sport’s color barrier in 1958, will be honored ...

Boston Bruins legend Willie O'Ree, the National Hockey League's first Black player, will be honored on a new stamp issued later this month by Canada Post.O'Ree broke the NHL's color barrier on Jan ...

The National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins will retire the jersey of Willie O’Ree, who broke the NHL’s color barrier with Boston in 1958 as the first Black hockey player in the league.

The Boston Bruins have retired jersey number 22 in honor of Willie O’Ree, the first Black player to compete in the National Hockey League. “I never expected, when I started playing hockey ...

The Boston Bruins will retire Willie O'Ree's No. 22 and raise it into the rafters this season, honoring him for being the NHL's first Black player. The Bruins will celebrate O'Ree in a ceremony on ...

O’Ree became the first Black player to compete in an NHL game on Jan. 18, 1958, when he dressed for the Bruins against the Montreal Canadiens, despite being legally blind in one eye.