Black NHL Player Joel Ward: 'Hockey Is For Everybody'

The WSJ's Lee Hawkins talks to Washington Capitals winger Joel Ward about his ongoing effort to encourage more black youths to play hockey and a series of racist tweets sent out by some angry Boston Bruins fan after Ward scored a game-winning goal in overtime to knock the Bruins out of the race for the playoffs.

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[leesdroidaccount harbin]

I'm black and I grew up in Minnesota. Add 2+2 together.

[MrCoasterkid577]

Hockey is for everyone . I'm a true Blues fan. I am a Black male and i look up to Black hockey players. It's truely an instaration. Sure theres always going to be racist people but hey you gotta shake it off and get hype as hell on the Ice #2013#LGB

[MalfoyHatesIslam]

So white people have to hear the news reporting on how "racist" we are yet white people are getting assaulted on a mass scale everyday in AMerica because they are white.

Look at the Transit systems in most cities, whites hardly use them because it is full of minorities who target you because you are white....yet we have to hear about "racist tweets."

[MalfoyHatesIslam]

Really? News bringing up "racist" tweets? You can find racist/whatever kind of tweets for almost any event or person.....how fucking ridiculous.

Gj white people, keep getting pussified.

[PsychoNinjaPirate]

Forget those white people, if those lazy racist chums are so superior than why aren't they up on the hockey court?

[leesdroidaccount harbin]

Wild. The North Stars were mismanaged throughout their existence.

[20somthingdrifter11]

Your a Minnesotan so I'm guessing you like hockey, the real question is given the choice between Wild or North Stars who would you rather have as the NHL team in Minnesota?

[TheMoneyTeam MayweatherPromotions]

Mike Marson was the second black player ever and so happened to play for the Capitals!!!!

#Ironically.Again

[TheMoneyTeam MayweatherPromotions]

Yet Willie O'Ree was the 1st black player who so happened to play for the Boston Bruins!!!!!!!

#Ironically

[thenightspot]

so hockey's polo now?

[Boy Wonder]

Sports aren't segregated today. Anyone can play. That's not the point. The point is that sports have different cultures. Hockey is one of those sports where the culture is different. It also happens to suck. Why waste your time playing it when you can just do bball/football?