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 ...

The Boston Bruins have a new number hanging over their home ice after Willie O'Ree's No. 22 was lifted to the rafters Tuesday night. O'Ree broke hockey's color barrier with the Bruins in 1958 ...

SAN DIEGO --Willie O'Ree had his number retired by the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. A banner with O'Ree's name and No. 22 was hoisted to the rafters of TD Garden, 64 years to the day he became the ...

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 ...

More than 60 years after he broke the NHL's color barrier, Willie O’Ree will soon add another milestone to his career. The Boston Bruins announced Tuesday that O'Ree will have his No. 22 jersey ...

The league’s statement read: “The National Hockey League celebrates the historic decision by the Boston Bruins organization to retire Willie O’Ree’s number 22 among those of some of the ...

New Brunswick hockey legend Willie O'Ree was honoured Tuesday evening when his number was retired by the team with which he made history. Jersey No. 22 was retired by the Boston Bruins ...

BOSTON (AP) — Hockey pioneer Willie O’Ree was honored in Boston on Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the Bruins forward breaking the NHL’s color barrier. At a news conference at the TD ...

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.

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.

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 ...