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Evander Kane helps to form Hockey Diversity Alliance

June 9, 2020, 10:05 AM ET [2 Comments]
Ben Shelley
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San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane has helped to create the Hockey Diversity Alliance.

Kane will be a co-head of the group as well, sharing those responsibilities with Akim Aliu. The executive group will also feature Detroit Red Wings defenseman Trevor Daley, Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba, Buffalo Sabres forward Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia Flyers forward Chris Stewart and retired NHL forward Joel Ward.



The group’s goal is to end racism in hockey and will work to do this by promoting diversity “at all levels of the game through community outreach and engagement with youth” and "educating the hockey community about the racism issues confronting the sport," as noted in the statement. The group will be independent of the NHL but does hope to work with the league.

At the end of May, Kane also spoke about the death of George Floyd in an interview with ESPN, while last month, co-head Aliu wrote an article for The Players’ Tribune titled “Hockey Is Not for Everyone,” in which he shared his own experiences with racism and called for change in the game. Both are linked below:





Matt Dumba also released a statement of his own last week.




As Kane spoke about in his interview, hopefully we do continue to see more and more hockey players speak out against racial injustices. Jonathan Toews, Blake Wheeler and others have posted statements but as Kane said, we need more athletes with platforms speaking out to create change.
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