Willie O'Ree's surname, the four letters that changed ... New Brunswick. It was there as a child that he listened by radio to Hockey Night in Canada. He idolized Maurice Richard, and Foster ...

Willie O'Ree, who in 1958 became the first Black player to feature in the National Hockey League, will have his No 22 jersey retired by the Boston Bruins. O'Ree, who entered the NHL a decade after ...