WHY ARE THERE SO FEW AFRICAN AMERICAN NHL PLAYERS? By The Numbers.
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2018
- African Americans make up less than 1% of all active NHL Players. And the reason isn't as sinister as you may thing it is.
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I remember a black dude on Twitter was watching a St. Louis Blues hockey game and said he enjoyed it. The team tweeted the guy and I think hooked him up with some gear and tickets. He's been a legit fan ever since. Pretty cool story.
GoodeisSXE @soloucity, i think he has a RUclips channel too
Just because he's black ?
*crickets*
Joe Geez no because he hadn’t watched hockey before and his tweets about the game were awesome
even if it is because he's black, so what? the blues can give tickets to whoever they want for whatever reason. they're just trying to market their team clearly
It’s sad that a hockey is such an underrated sport. As a black dude who loves almost every sport (except golf) , hockey is one most interesting sport in North America. I rarely use my phone to keep me entertained unlike most sports like baseball or basketball.
Underrated?? Most of the professional "basketball" courts are actually built as hockey Arenas, hockey is just as wide spread as soccer and soccer's the biggest sport in the world
Well Jimmy is right in that Hockey is probably the forth biggest sport in the US and soccer is behind hockey. Don't get me wrong my two favorite sports are hockey and soccer. I played both as a kid and always loved them. But they don't get the love the big 3 do in the US.
No dude I'm talking on a larger scale not just one country, fact and opinion are two different things and who said anything about the #4. I love how he says "as a black dude" like it makes a shit fuck of a difference. (as a white dude writing this comment i am in fact............. a white male)
Hockey is nowhere close to as a wide spread as soccer. Hockey extends to the Euro nations and thats about it. Even then only a handful of euro countries produce pro players
Hockey is above soccer but below basketball, football, and baseball in the US. In most European countries, soccer is more popular than hockey
Without watching. Its an expensive ass sport. The gear the lessons the ice time needed the cost of keeping up the ice. Not a popular thing in inner cities 1500 to get started and add some monthly fees vs going to the park and playing pick up basketball
John Miller as a goalie the costs come around 8000 including travel
Deb Dagang yeah I played and saw that most goalies to even get started with just gear is around 2k
Hayden Dale ok how many inner cities kids you know that's gonna drop 5k a year to play a sport.
Yea seriously this. The only schools with hockey teams are the private ones. I think kids can join hockey clubs but that shit is pretty expensive. I'm just basing this off that its lime that for gymnastics.
My sister either had to join a private school or an actual gym in order to compete in gymnastics. Both options were expensive and I know hockey costs even more
Depends on the area. Western PA and eastern Ohio have a lot of high school teams.
Finances play a huge role. Personally, I'm from Detroit and I wanted to play hockey over basketball but my dad didn't want to pay for equipment.
blackspida130 same story for me
That’s true for a lot of people of all ethnicities including me(I’m white). I have to resort my homemade net in the backyard with my run down stick if I want to play. Such a shame that hockey is so expensive.
I coached out in dearborn, you can always come up with a payment plan. doesn't always have to be upfront. and you can always go to Play It Again Sports for used gear.
There is Ice Hockey In Harlem
Just so.
Another factor is the NHL has a lot of international players that come majority white countries (Scandinavian & Slavic countries).
Aramonde Hasashi the moment you realized that Hockey is Native made game it would be better lmao especially since people over look that Natives play hockey too it’s not just whites or blacks. shit one of the best goalies in NHL Cary Price is Native yet you never see any Natives talk about skin colour or race like what whites and blacks do.
@@dn2ze its blacks that talk about race.
Ya don't say!? Maybe colder countries where there tends to be more ice throughout the year? What a coincidence!
Basketball is so much easier to practice too. All you need is a ball and you can dribble on the way to school as a kid. I’m from Canada and you never see anyone stick handling while doing their daily commute lol you can’t just bring your stick anywhere
G20 I did that as a kid haha my lunch breaks involved shooting on a brick wall.
yup, was going to say basketball
I love the sport and if i didnt get a ride to school everyday i would have a ball and a mini stick and practice stickhandling and juggling to school
Gabe Hodge that doesn’t work as well as it sounds unfortunately lol
Same with soccer, you only need the ball
But as a black dude myself, I didn't get into hockey until I saw a Maple Leafs game like 8 years ago and been a fan since
Same, I’m a black guy in LV and didn’t completely get into hockey until the Golden Knights existed
Don't you see, everyone's excited cause your black
There's just as much racism in France as every where else and it's not an issue until you make it one. come on now all of what you said is a bunch of bull shit and i doubt you even know what a blue line is.
00ngedysys FUCK YEAH GOLDEN KNIGHTS.
You chose the wrong team you want to be a Bruins fan
Ed Snider was doing a lot of work in spreading the accessibility of hockey to Philadelphians, I hope that others continue that even after he's died
o diesel I was old that hockey is very popular in philly among blacks
Just like Chris Rock said "As soon as they make a heated hockey rink, we gone take that shit too."
Heated hockey rinks are nothing new. Been around for many decades.
That statement presumes that blacks are superior athletes in general. Typically rediculous statement by CRock. Guess swimming, gymnastics, tennis, soccer, weightlifting, wrestling, volleyball etc, etc, etc are too cold to play as well.
@@ashocck8065 the best gymnast right now is black, the best women's tennis player ever is black, soccer mbappe, weights ronnie colemen
@@Himmyjewett The world's best men's gymnast is currently Japanese. If you mean female, it is certainly not Simone Biles, either now or all time. Best female tennis player is certainly black, however there is lots of info about the fact that both she and her sister have been taking roids since mid-teenagehood. More importantly, when I am talking best, I do mean men's sports, as women athletes are simply all around inferior to men, physically that is. Difficult to call her best when she loses to a half-drunk #200 in the world man and it is not even close. Mbappe is a great player, but Messi and Rinaldo are better, and Messi even at his current age. Ronnie Coleman is certainly in the conversation for GOAT, however I do not consider bodybuilding a sport.
Next.
Ok technically though, Canada is North America so PK Subaan still counts
Madeline Laake Suban
Madeline Laake sorry PK Subban
MarkISeverything thanks bruh
Your understanding of "technically" is very flawed.
And 2 of his brothers
But the real question is, who cares? I just want to see people play hockey, I don't care what color they are.
amen!
drschplatt wise words
Exactly.
What a silly video.
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1. most black people don't care for the cold
2.It isn't easy to pick up for most young black kids because it's a oddity in schools and recreational play
3.Most black people don't live in hockey states
2 & 3 especially. There's not a lot of black people in Minnesota, Michigan, New York, etc compared to southern states that don't play hockey
Liam Mcavoy New York is very diverse
NYC is very diverse, the rest of the state not so much
I live In a hockey country
Emisoccer • I’ve always wondered about that. How cold is it really, in the arena? Down on the ice?
Also, not liking the cold is far from a “black only” thing. A LOT of us Southerners are not well acclimated to it regardless of race.
Love the chance the rapper reference at the end, Lets go do that hockey
Desean Jackson #10HUNNIT #BACKTOPHILLY #COMEHOME So I’m not the only one that noticed
Desean Jackson #10HUNNIT #BACKTOPHILLY #COMEHOME No I do not know what that means nah i'm just playing
I love hockey, but being a Florida boy it's too annoying and prohibitive to play in a league, so I played street hockey as a kid. Oh well it was 83 degrees here today so enjoy your snow.
Indeed it was nice and warm here today
If professional street hockey ever became a thing, who knows how big it could get?
I will enjoy our powder ski days thank you 😉
Ice hockey and street hockey are the same.
its prob because predominantly black neighborhoods have way more basketball courts than hockey rinks thats one of the reasons black baseball player numbers are shrinking too just swap hockey rinks with baseball fields
The answer to the question posed in your title is rather obvious. Most hockey players come from northern countries (Canada, Sweden, Russia, etc.) and northern states (Minnesota, Michigan, New York, etc.), whereas states with the most MLB, NFL, and NBA players tend to be more southernly. A vast majority of African Americans live either in the lower bible belt or up the southern half of the eastern seaboard, states where baseball, football, and basketball are rather large parts of the culture, whereas hockey is not. In your video you even acknowledge that while the MLB, NFL, and NBA had segregated leagues for African Americans, hockey didn't really have any such leagues, or at least to such a degree. You cannot blame the shortage of African Americans in the NHL on racism when there are hardly any of them playing the sport to begin with. I used to play hockey in Chicago, one of the more racially-diverse areas in the north, and I never had an African American teammate. Merely seeing one on an opposing team was rarer than a blue moon.
The reason there are so few African American NHL players is because there are so few African Americans interested in the game or taking up the sport,take a look at an NHL game and look at the crowd,there's no African Americans in the crowd,until more African Americans take up the game there will be very few African American NHL players. Bob.
They are African Canadians though
diversity does not mean which league has the most black people
Love your hockey vids FPG keep up the good work!
More black people should start playing hockey cause the ones in the show already are having pretty good careers so far
Yup
NO NO, GHETTO MEETS HOCKEY NEVER.
@@badtortoise3338 YOU ARE INSANE 😭🤚🏽💀💀
I'm a black hockey player, I've never questioned diversity in hockey. Hockey is more popular in northern regions that are predominately white, simple as that. I always chuckle when people try to turn hockey into a subject on race.
I don't believe you are a black hockey player one bit. Nice try though.
@@purpleaki7135 kind of convenient to your argument to ignore people’s experiences no?I’m black too, I’ve played hockey my whole life.
No one says anything about professional sports that are majority black… the white savior complex is real.
@@StephenADrip where did you play? Answer me that choc-ice.
@@StephenADrip nah, the dude is just a troll. It actually makes sense too… it’s like asking “why don’t white people rarely ever make it into Japanese universities compared to the Japanese?” but it could simply be answered with “the number of Japanese people to white people is disproportionate… there’s a far larger population of Japanese people than there are to white people. They’re naturally gonna be prominent when it comes to statistics” (Hence, why there are terms like “majority” or “minority”)
@@purpleaki7135 Michigan AAA
Lol I live in a city in Canada with 30k population, the most rinks in an American state is 1 per 25k. I have 4 rinks for our 30k people. Every city in Ontario has at least like 2 rinks
Actually, I saw this stat once where I saw Canada had ten times more indoor ice rinks than the rest of the world combined.
Cmaniac15 I live in a town of 6k ppl and have 2 rinks in B.C.
My 20k people town has a rink lol, well and a roller hockey rink. So technically 2 in BC
I have 5
Hey nice video. I don't think about this fact, but the reasons make sense. Nice design at the end, DAM SON
Choice vid man! Love all the hockey content...! I'll be sitting around the dumpster fire next week!
We shouldn’t think we NEED racial diversity for new hockey players. We should instead want the best players possible regardless of race.
James Hughes racial diversity would increase ridership and awareness of the sport and well why not have more people love the game. Really the goal should be to make anyone be able to have a chance at playing the game
ammar ally Of course the goal is to expand the game to everyone. That means the game will and should be spread to different races all over. However I do not believe that we should complain about a lack of diversity as this could lead to forced diversity in hockey leagues like the NHL. We should only want the best, and if that means everyone is African because they’re the best, then so be it. My point is that while we want to spread the game to minorities we shouldn’t focus on race when it comes to the players who play hockey like in the NHL.
But that doesn't happen if all races aren't playing.
But is that happening, or are talented African Americans not getting a chance to play?
What are you talking about lmao it's not like the NHL is turning down all these black players. They aren't interested in hockey period it's not rocket science or racism, black people just aren't into hockey get over it lmao.
I was always interested in hockey as a kid thanks to the Mighty Ducks & Wayne Gretzky. Tho i never thought I’d be able to get into it since I never herd of youth hockey or anything where I grew up.
I think culture is honestly such a huge part of it. For example, I'm hispanic and I got into hockey when I was a teen. (about 6 years ago). And by all my hispanic and black friends I was told the same thing. "LOL a hispanic hockey player", "Hockey is a white sport", "Hockey's mad racist", ect. But by hockey fans and players I was welcomed with open arms. No one cared about the color of my skin. I was treated like any other player. But still a lot of minority communities(In my experience) act like hockey is a white only thing.
Cool video but what's that music in the background? I could barely hear it with what theme?
PK Subban is one of my favorite players
Trust the process baby
Yessir
What literally no one understands is that the NHL is THE MOST diverse league out of the big 4 in North America. It’s not even close
correct in terms of nationality
Emisoccer • diversity isn’t just black and white
Well he's taking about race so
Even in terms of race, NHL has a lot of Asian, Indian, Middle Eastern and Native American players while the NBA that is 90% black is somehow considered more diverse?
@@jokerofmorocco to be fair all those races you mentions are mixed. You know the suzuki's right? The high draft picks? They dont even look asian unless you look really hard
now do why are there so many african american nba players or nfl players
Nevermore Less pricey to get into those sports and a lot less equipment. I love basketball for this reason and many more
Because they’re bigger and stronger
No PK Subban isn't African American. He's African Canadian. African American is not synonymous to black.
Nick L in Canada he’s just Canadian since Blacks tends to stand out more in Canada here’s something blacks of America don’t know about Canada, and why it’s diverse it’s because Canada is made up by 3 major ethnic groups Natives aka First Nations, Inuits aka Eskimo and Métis aka Mixed Natives. That’s why it has nothing to do with skin colour in fact black skin in Canada just means you’re not from North America just like whites. Black skin means nothing in Canada among these 3 major ethnic groups
Hockey is extremely popular in Sweden tho
Too many rules and the game is too complicated to keep their attention. The most overrated event in sports, a 7’-2” man, putting a ball in a hoop by jumping 3” off the ground, and the whole demographic jumps around and runs cheers like they just saw something incredible
This is like expecting a polar bear to live in the Sahara desert....
Even MLS draws more black athletes comfortably. Hockey is popular in majority white regions and on ice, black people ain't really from there are they...
Hi Bro
My wife asked me the same question
My answer was similar, location location location
Great vid as always; I'll quote your wise words when we go see our UK ice hockey team, the Belfast Giants, twice at the weekend
She loves hockey - how damned cool is that 🏒
Keep these coming Sir, damn fine collection of vids
thanks brother!
Now we should really be talking about Indian football players
Love the new video
Great Video. Played as a youth in Amherst, Mass early 70s have been a big fan ever since.
It was 40 degrees today in Minnesota
Minnesota sports fan
It was 80 degrees in Florida
Why are they so many African Americans in Basketball?
You haven’t heard! White men can’t jump.
I think it's better when people stop looking at the color and instead look at the playing ability. Typically, not a lot of african-americans play hockey in the first place, for whatever reason, and that realistically is all that needs to be talked about.
Unfortunately, we haven't reached that level yet. I used to think we have, but we still see fans displaying racist attitudes and even owners letting it slip out once in awhile.
The only reason is the accessibility of hockey. It’s expensive for equipment and ice time, and with weather in some areas, it’s even harder
This year i know of 3 black players being drafted. In the first or 2nd round that is
ZhangtheGreat Not in cities like; Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas.
I can only think of 1 black punter, Marquette King, and I can’t think of a single black place kicker. Always thought that was weird.
Reggie Roby
FivePoints Vids Jesus you know so much lol. I️ bet if I️ asked like
How many hits does every mlb player with over 3000 hits have?
You’d be able to answer it
Quasi Terrible does former UCF kicker Donald De La Haye count? He isn’t in the NFL
I think place kicker would be a much better spot to play. You get more thrills kicking game winners, and a lot less damage than a running back or wide receiver. I googled black nfl place kickers because I honestly couldn’t think of one, and I know lots of dumb football trivia like the most points scored in one game by a single player Ernie Nevers with 40, and it turns out there has been more Swedish place kickers than Black place kickers. There has been 4 in NFL history according to google. And I don’t think they counted that time Chad Johnson kicked it.
If anything the NHL is more diverse than the NBA.....I know black people from the Midwest and northeast that love the sport or even like to play it.....whites in the south dont like hockey too much, I haven't met one yet.....just a regional thing
Kommander Kool
yeah, the south is football all day.
More diverse looking at what exactly?
www.nba.com/article/2017/10/17/nba-international-players-2017-18-season-record-countries
i don’t know a single black hockey player
Why does this matter?
I did play street hockey growing up on the west side of Chicago, but ice time is hard to find. Unless you play high school and college team you cannot play and find them in my area was hard, and the cost of everything is high.
Really interesting
Lit music at the end of the vid lol
Why are there so few Asians, Indians, Native Americans, and Afghanis in the NBA?
NBA is so uninclusive and racist!!
*NBA fanbase triggered beyond comprehension*
Why does nobody ever mention that Larry Kwong played in the NHL ten years before O'Ree?
LordBitememan honestly idk, it's probably because black people are more publicly oppressed in American and the media loves to cover black social problems and Asians always seem to get left behind. It's also doesn't help that there are very few people of Asian decent in the NHL. Also the fact the black players like P.K , Simmons and Jones are top players in the league it is shinning more light on them. It's also black history month so that helps too.
@MetalCrow448 STFU you twat
@@lilturbo2657 TOP PLAYERS LOL THATS CALLED COMEDY RIGHT?
Im basically a casual hockey fan you have to admit Hockey is more diverse by way of nationality compared to other sports maybe not baseball but still
Baseball has Americans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and fairly recently Japanese and Koreans. Not very Diverse.
True but more diverse than football at least by country
yeah that's true.
NBA is the least diverse league, with mostly just black people from America and the occasional white American. NFL is more white Americans, but the same 2 groups. NHL is more diverse than those two with Americans, Canadians, Finnish, Swedish, Russian players. MLB has white Americans, black Americans, Dominican Republic, Japanese, Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Korean. So the NBA should be trying to be more inclusive.
MadShepherd The NBA has people from China, Spain, and a couple other European countries. The NFL has only Americans. Also if we want to talk about the diversity of a sport as a whole American Football is the least diverse with Leagues in only America and Canada. Basketball has various leagues in Europe, the same with Baseball in Asia.
RIP Ray Emery
HE SUCKED ANYWAYS.
I'm black and I'm been a fan of the game since the Golden Knights been in the league 😂
Going way back I see :)
That just means your a bandwagon suck fuck
B L A C K E R W A V E fuck yea golden knights
I'm black. And I love NHL
Ahhh snuck in a little SNL at the end there I see. ;)
Do a video on bills mafia pls
TBH I dont think getting more black people into hockey the "most important" thing for diversity in american sports. I think if you count all the leagues in the US, black people are are way more active in professional sports than other ethnicites. Having said that, I think you shouldnt care about peoples ethnicity, put the best players on the pitch and maybe promote sports in certain communities that have a low % of active athletes. Black people in the NFl is not the problem, I dont know the numbers but I would guess the % of arabs, whites and eastern asians (not counting people from the islands) are way lower than their % of population. I might be wrong on all of his, havent done any number crunching at all :D
Also would like to add that I am not from the US, I am a white boy from Sweden that is interested in all the american leagues except for the MLB and MLS.
really good report. i am trying to expose and promote hockey with some educational videos like yours. good job
The question should be "Why are there mostly African Americans in most sports?"
Why are there so few African American NHL players?
Because it's all African Canadians
I live in the DFW area but got a lot of family in Detroit. I would visit and it would be lit bc the Red Wings were stomping boys out year after year. It got me into hockey. It helped around that time I really got into it the Stars moved here from Minnesota. Oh yeah and watched Gretzky on that cartoon Pro-Stars with MJ & Bo Jack. Who remember that 😂😂😂
In DFW also. The Stars winning the cup in '99 really made everyone aware that hockey was here and it was exciting. Its a shame we can't win another one though.
Yup Michigan loves their hockey.
Depending on the locations, but most schools I guess here in the States don't have hockey for sport. I'm from Washington and I have yet to see or hear of a high school hockey match. Since Seattle new NHL franchise will start in the 2021-2022 season, maybe schools around the state will pick up the idea.
Growing up in the Toronto Area Both me and my brother wanted to play Hockey. But it was Pretty Expensive. So I kind of lost interest in wanting to play around age 11 or so. And by the time I was interested again in High School. It was too late to really try and make it in a Legit league. There was a Black guy around my age who played in a Rep League. And from what I remember he was pretty good too. Can't remember his name tho...
1:34 "The Most boring league Ever" LMAO XD
Great Video FPV
No hockey fan but i know Wayne Simmonds ...and i just looked up he's Canadian
reasonablenotions two did you ever hear him he doesn’t sound black at all
AND HE'S TRASH...TERRIBLE THESE DAYS.
I'm a simple guy. When there's a Five Points video or stream notification, I click.
Declan Olson is this comment from 2009?
YES THANK YOU I MISSED THE NHL FROM YOU and btw rumun ndur is one boom gottem I only know that cuz he grow up in Hearst with is we're Giroux comes from and me
The biggest reason Canada dominates hockey is simple, largest number of kids playing it. In Canada every neighborhood has an outdoor rink and every town has an indoor rink. It's cultural more than anything. Yes, it is expensive, but there are ways to mitigate that. You said there are 21 rinks in Florida, there's more than that in Esmonton.
Olaf kolzig is technically African, does that count?
I thought he was from Germany.
Edward Schmidt he was born in South Africa, there’s a lot German influence
He was born to German parents in South Africa, and was raised mostly on Vancouver Island after moving a lot during his early childhood (with stops in Denmark). He never applied for a canadian citizenship.
Godzilla was born in Johannesburg. But neither of his parents were African and he didn’t grow up there
EJ hahahaha Go Caps!
Hockey has one issue that is not about racism, it is a very seclusive sport. That is the reason why you would have certain families just kept on producing NHL players.
Lmfao hockey costs alot more to play then other sports, and there's no Air Jordan skates
In a sport where the top players make $12M a year (hockey) versus a sport where the top players make $50M a year (basketball), what sport do you think will draw the black players? Basketball, football, baseball, soccer and even golf all make more money than hockey players. I think this is a huge factor in what sport they are drawn to.
Why is diversity even a question for the NHL, or for that matter, in all other walks of life?
Surely what matters is results, irrespective of creed, race, nationality,... and gender.
Surely the NHL should open up its doors to women because they are 50 per cent of the population.... someone tell me why women do not play in the NHL please from the diversity perspective...?
The NHL was made at a time when women were barley consider people, also the men get payed millions more and are trained by the best in the world, while the players in the women's hockey league would be better off work at McDonalds full time, the biggest women's contract is only $25,000 per year so unless your on a national team your need a job in the offseason.
This Canuck wants to see everyone play hockey. Everyone. I guess it isn't an issue of diversity for me, but one of integration.
I'm not super warm to gender segregation. But what reason is there for black people to not play hockey? Accessibility is a legit temporary reason alright but there's no reason it should remain. And in Canada at least, outside of competitive levels, black people do play hockey like everyone else because, you know, Canada. So more black people in the NHL is very likely to happen in the near future.
good troll man! women don't play because men would dominate and overpower them in a coed hockey league. However black men are on the same strength level of all other men so its alright for them and not women. The nhl should try to appeal to more groups of people to grow the game.
Diversity matters because racism still exists. Without the aim to become more diverse, leagues can easily unintentionally let racial practices slip in. I used to believe we're beyond that in sports now, but as we see from countless examples (fans booing players for their race, owners being openly racist, etc.), that's not the case at all. Players can be as gifted and talented as they are, but if the owner is racist or the fan base has racial feelings that are allowed to foster and dictate the direction of the team, talent suddenly takes a back seat.
In case you didn't know there is a WNHL
Being from a non hockey state, while not being black or minority. I often get sideways glances from people when I tell them that it’s my favorite sport. Its even funnier whenever they ask if there are any good black players. I just say P.K., Simmons, or Kane and their faces become even more comical.
Daniel Robertson Kane is a bitch tho
Nicholas Turnbull Evander Kane. Not Patrick Kane
Your mic came a long way homie
Does BLF count as a rink for IN? The ice played there when they were a thing
Here's another question: What about Latinos and Hockey? The only players that I can come up w/ that are in both the NHL and the NWHL are Alec Martinez [LA Kings] and Meghan Huertas [Connecticut Whale] who [at least] have a last name that is Latino/Hispanic. Probably less than the 1% of all active players in the NHL [and the NWHL if you want to include that].
EDIT: I wrote this comment prior to playing the video, and after watching the video, it makes total sense that this can also apply to the Hispanic/Latino demographic. I do know this: if Charles Barkley is a fan of hockey, that I can have some sort of hope that more blacks/African Americans and more Latinos/Hispanics would give hockey a chance because hockey is definitely a unique sport: a sport where we could suffer a heart attack after a bad call that a ref would make.
Wow i never thought of it from that angle.
Auston Matthews is Latino, just doesn’t have the Hispanic name
:o Oh, I didn't know that. Thx for giving me the heads up, @Jordan Lacoste.
Manuel Hernández Auston Mathews and Max Pacioretty are half Mexican
Former San Jose Shark and current Colorado Avalanche Matt Nieto and Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo are Hispanic
Seriously?
Wanting more diversity in a sport dominated by whites?
But if I said I want more diversity in the NBA and NFL.
Which are 78% and 66% African American according to this video. I want more whites in the NBA and NFL. That statement would label me as a "racist" yet its perfectly acceptable and encouraged to do the exact same with African American diversity in the NHL.
yeah the difference is white people have the opportunity to play football and basketball. if they only built football fields and basketball courts in black neighborhoods (and then didn't let white people live in those neighborhoods) then your statement would make sense. also 90% of the NHL is not owed by blacks, like the NHL and NBA owned by whites.
Is it because they can’t swim?!
C’mon, that’s some funny shit.
Nice work, my man!
I love hockey probably as much as I do basketball but the thing is it’s really expensive and living North Carolina it doesn’t get cold enough for outdoor rinks other than artificial rinks or the hurricanes arena, if I had the money I would definitely play hockey.
Florida has MANY rinks..and it's FLORIDA
Where is the white players in NBA?
James Millwood kristaps porzingod
I’m not racist but not a racist statement. That’s why I said where’s the white people in nba. Because has one or 2% of white people in NBA and not the coaches players.
on the bench mostly
Porzingod Hayward Love
DAVID CUNNINGHAM Yeah and 50s had slaves or servants not really slaves but you know. It’s funny, every professional sports has 80% of the players is black. But hockey and golf has a lot of white players in that pisses a lot of people off. That is racist, right? I live in college town and I hate college kids but I will not choose to say white kids or black kids. I hate every college kids. A lot of people now is so sensitive and thinking “I’m so special”
Lebron James couldn't play hockey. The dude got carried off a basketball court because he got a cramp. Meanwhile, hockey players are breaking their leg blocking a shot, and still standing out there to block passing and shooting lanes until the puck is cleared from the zone. That dude isn't mentally strong enough to deal with pain that NHL players often go through.
lol. hockey players so mentally tough that they want to fight people when they are losing a game.
If it could inspire their team to perform better, absolutely. Hockey is a game of momentum, and a fight could absolutely swing momentum.
Chris M
or maybe LeBron would run them the fuck over and they'd be carried off.
Chris M
it's not dick sucking it's logic. you mean to tell me a guy at 6-8 240 lb isn't going to run over a guy at 6 ft in 200 lb? he'd be like Chara but more athletic. don't make it seem like all hockey players are tough guys especially with the direction that the NHL is going. it's some pussies on the ice too.
I don't see a single guy going down with a cramp and having to be carried off the ice. Mental toughness, Lebron doesn't have it.
When we took the kids to a game one of them noticed this and at age 9 said "I guess because there is no ice in Africa"
theplayboymaster I know. Right😀He was just 9 and not being racist....I was actually kinda proud of the kid😀 Geography and shit😉
Many of my younger black friends started to play ice hockey because of the Mighty Ducks movies. So, maybe, it’s just a matter of exposure.
Do you know what African American is?
A *Bleep* Key.
I want hockey to grow as a sport and entertainment business so I'm all for these growth programs that the NHL is running in non-traditional markets and communities. The larger the talent pool the better the competition and the sport
NHL owners dont want what happened to basketball and football to happen to hockey 😂😂😂
Was that an SNL joke at the end
nigga 93-0?
Skylinx Gaming Not cool
Why aren't many Latinos in the NFL. I mean, I already know the reason, but why not make a video about it anyway?
AndrewLuis CrespoDeMoura fuck, why aren't there asians in the nfl. Of course we know why, it is genetics, but still.
Marziano Mellow Is that the reason?
AndrewLuis CrespoDeMoura are genetics the reason races do different things? Rightamundo
I don't know any black Americans in the NHL, but I know of several black Canadians in the NHL like Trevor Daley (Detroit Red Wings) and the Subban brothers (P.K. (Nashville Predators) and Malcolm (Vegas Golden Knights)).
Shortest and most truthful answer is, "genetics"
John DoeE huh
There is no African American hockey players because they all play basketball
Why? Because there is no dad and not as much financial help when they are growing up. Hockey is an expensive sport, and a lot of black people cant afford it. Lets not get mad at the truth people
To quote Chris Rock " They don't feel the need to dominate yet another sport " a skit on SNL
This gives me an idea for an NHL 18 video for my channel. I'll give you credit.
If their were blacks in hockey...imagine how all the fights would look like. Somebody would get killed LOL
Hell I can’t even name a white hockey player 🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
Bro me to
Fac Driven don’t be a bitch
Hutch I’m from Canada and i can’t name any player either!! Hockey is pretty dumb tbh
Hutch u stupid
Experimentblack then why u watching the video🤔🤨
Mike Greir has had a long carrier in the NHL from BU to NHL in 96 to a assistant coach in NJ today .
HE WASN'T VERY GOOD THOUGH. JUST ANOTHER AFFIRMITIVE ACTION GUY OUT THERE WHO TOOK JOBS AWAY FROM MORE DESERVING WHITE PLAYERS. NO THANK YOU.
I remember MIke in the NHL. Good hands and not a guy you would want to mess with.
it’s because it’s difficult to get into because you have to go so far to get to a rink