NHL postpones Willie O’Ree’s number retirement to 2022

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The Boston Bruins will wait another year to retire Willie O’Ree’s jersey number so that fans will be able to honour the trail-blazing Hall of Famer. The ceremony, originally scheduled for Feb. 18, has been pushed back to Jan. 18, 2022 – 64 years to the day after O’Ree became the first Black player in […]

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