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3 years ago
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NHL.com
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Read Time: 3 minutes 10 seconds
Color of Hockey: Payne debuts, only Black men's pro coach in N. America
Akil ThomasWilliam Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles Jason Payne, the only Black coach in North American men's professional hockey.
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3 years ago
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The SPHL
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Read Time: 3 minutes 20 seconds
Macon popular hub for developing Black hockey coaches
Winger (ice hockey)By William Douglas @WDouglasNHL / NHL.com Staff Writer Leo Thomas said he was surprised to learn that he was the first Black coach in the Southern Professional Hockey League when Macon hired him May 23, 2018. He was more surprised to discover that he wasn’t the first Black coach to lead a team from...
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