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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Willie_O%27Ree_Film_Screening_-_49482753538_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Willie_O%27Ree_Film_Screening_-_49482753538_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2094" data-file-height="2793" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">O'Ree in 2020</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Born</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1935-10-15</span>) </span>October 15, 1935<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 89)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Fredericton" title="Fredericton">Fredericton</a>, New Brunswick, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;"> 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Position</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">Winger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"><a href="/wiki/Shot_(ice_hockey)" title="Shot (ice hockey)">Shot</a></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> Left</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Played for</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;">Playing career</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap;;border-top:#ccddee 1px solid;"> 1958–1979</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Eldon O'Ree</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">CM</a></span> <span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_New_Brunswick" title="Order of New Brunswick">ONB</a></span></span> (born October 15, 1935) is a Canadian former professional <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> player from <a href="/wiki/Fredericton" title="Fredericton">Fredericton</a>, New Brunswick. He is widely recognized for being the first <a href="/wiki/Black_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Canadian">black</a> player in the <a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">National Hockey League</a> (NHL), playing as a <a href="/wiki/Winger_(ice_hockey)" title="Winger (ice hockey)">winger</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a>. His accomplishment of breaking the <a href="/wiki/Colour_barrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Colour barrier">colour barrier</a> in the NHL has led him to sometimes be referred to as the "<a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a> of hockey," whom he had the chance to meet when he was younger. In 2018, O'Ree was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a>, and starting that year the NHL has introduced the annual Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award in his honor. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Eldon O'Ree<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was born on October 15, 1935, in <a href="/wiki/Fredericton" title="Fredericton">Fredericton</a>, New Brunswick,<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to Harry,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Civil_engineer" title="Civil engineer">civil engineer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Road_maintenance" class="mw-redirect" title="Road maintenance">road maintenance</a> worker,<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Rosebud O'Ree.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the youngest of nine siblings.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His grandparents were escapees of <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slavery</a> in the United States, moving to Canada through the <a href="/wiki/Underground_Railroad" title="Underground Railroad">Underground Railroad</a>. Fredericton had a small black population during O'Ree's early years, with only two families living in the city at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-canadianencyclopedia_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canadianencyclopedia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nhl_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Ree began <a href="/wiki/Ice_skating" title="Ice skating">skating</a> at the age of three and started playing organized <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">hockey</a> at the age of five.<sup id="cite_ref-Canadian_encyclopedia_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canadian_encyclopedia-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nhl_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhl-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree regularly used the family's backyard rink to play the game, and when the weather allowed, he would skate to school. In the early rinks, skin colour was never a problem, as O'Ree wrote in his autobiography, <i>The Willie O’Ree Story: Hockey’s Black Pioneer</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When O'Ree was 14 years old, he was taught how to <a href="/wiki/Bodycheck" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodycheck">bodycheck</a> by his older brother Richard, with whom he played organized hockey.<sup id="cite_ref-canadianencyclopedia_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canadianencyclopedia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this age, O'Ree also met <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the age of 15, O'Ree participated in the <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Amateur_Hockey_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Association">New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Association</a> <a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">playoffs</a> as a part of the Fredericton Falcons.<sup id="cite_ref-canadianencyclopedia_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canadianencyclopedia-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Ree played junior hockey for several teams in Quebec and Ontario before being signed by the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Aces" title="Quebec Aces">Quebec Aces</a> of the Quebec Hockey League (QHL) in 1955. Midway through his second minor-league season with the Quebec Aces, O'Ree was called up to the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> of the NHL to replace <a href="/wiki/Leo_Labine" title="Leo Labine">Leo Labine</a>, who was unable to play due to an illness.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years earlier, O'Ree had been blinded when he was hit in his right eye by an errant puck;<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which would have precluded him from playing in the NHL if the Bruins had known. However, O'Ree managed to keep it secret, and made his NHL debut with the Bruins on January 18, 1958,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-stubbs_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stubbs-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> against the <a href="/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>, becoming the first black player in league history. He played two games that year, with centre man <a href="/wiki/Don_McKenney" title="Don McKenney">Don McKenney</a> and right wing <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Toppazzini" title="Jerry Toppazzini">Jerry Toppazzini</a> as his linemates.<sup id="cite_ref-stubbs_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stubbs-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree played 43 games for the Bruins during the 1960–61 NHL season. An incident occurred during a game from that season against the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Blackhawks" title="Chicago Blackhawks">Chicago Blackhawks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Stadium" title="Chicago Stadium">Chicago Stadium</a>. According to O'Ree, he was called racist names by several of the Blackhawks players.<sup id="cite_ref-Varsity_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varsity-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the game, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Nesterenko" title="Eric Nesterenko">Eric Nesterenko</a> butt-ended O'Ree, knocking out his two front teeth and breaking his nose.<sup id="cite_ref-Varsity_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varsity-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree responded by hitting Nesterenko over the head with his stick, which O'Ree said "almost created a riot".<sup id="cite_ref-Varsity_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varsity-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree remembered that fans called him racist names and that the Blackhawks players were threatening to kill him, and he stated that he was "lucky to get out of the arena alive".<sup id="cite_ref-Varsity_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varsity-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After playing the 43 games for the Bruins during that season, O'Ree was then traded to the Montreal Canadiens. O'Ree described the Canadiens were run by <a href="/wiki/Racists" class="mw-redirect" title="Racists">racists</a> and that he wasn't invited to try out for the team, but was sent to a minor league team in <a href="/wiki/Hull,_Quebec" title="Hull, Quebec">Hull, Quebec</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Varsity_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Varsity-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree scored 4 goals and 10 assists in his NHL career, all in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Ree faced racial taunts throughout his hockey career, including in the NHL, especially in the United States. <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He noted that racist remarks were much worse in the U.S. cities than in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, the two Canadian cities hosting NHL teams at the time, and that "Fans would yell, 'Go back to the <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">South</a>' and 'How come you're not picking <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>?' Things like that. It didn't bother me. I just wanted to be a hockey player, and if they couldn't accept that fact, then that was their problem, not mine."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the minor leagues, O'Ree won two scoring titles in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League_(1952%E2%80%931974)" title="Western Hockey League (1952–1974)">Western Hockey League</a> (WHL) between 1961 and 1974, scoring 30 or more goals 4 times, with a high of 38 in 1964–65 and 1968–69. O'Ree played 50 games for the <a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">American Hockey League</a>'s <a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Nighthawks" title="New Haven Nighthawks">New Haven Nighthawks</a> in 1972–73. Most of O'Ree's playing time was with the WHL's <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Blades_(WHL)" title="Los Angeles Blades (WHL)">Los Angeles Blades</a> and <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Gulls_(1966-74)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Gulls (1966-74)">San Diego Gulls</a>. The latter team retired his number, which now hangs from the rafters at <a href="/wiki/Pechanga_Arena" title="Pechanga Arena">Pechanga Arena</a>, formerly known as the San Diego Sports Arena. O'Ree continued to play in the minors until the age of 43.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg/220px-Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg/330px-Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg/440px-Willie_O%27ReeBostonRed_Wingstrainer_LenJohnyFletcher1961.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5780" data-file-height="4670" /></a><figcaption>Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings trainer Len "Johny" Fletcher, 1961</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Impact_on_hockey">Impact on hockey</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Impact on hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After O'Ree's stint in the NHL, there were no other black players in the NHL until another Canadian player, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Marson" title="Mike Marson">Mike Marson</a>, was drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> in 1974. There were 23 black players in the NHL as of the mid-2010s. <a href="/wiki/Art_Dorrington" title="Art Dorrington">Art Dorrington</a> was the first black player to sign an NHL contract, in 1950 with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> organisation, but never played beyond the minor league level. NHL players are now required to enroll in a preseason diversity training seminar,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and racially based verbal abuse is punished through suspensions and fines.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree is sometimes referred to as the "Jackie Robinson of hockey" for breaking the color barrier in hockey.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 1998, O'Ree has been the NHL's Diversity Ambassador,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> traveling across North America to schools and hockey programs to promote messages of inclusion, dedication, and confidence. </p><p>Starting in the 2017–18 season, the NHL has instituted the annual Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award to recognize "an individual who - through the game of hockey - has positively impacted his or her community, culture or society". It is awarded through public voting.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accomplishments">Accomplishments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Accomplishments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Ree was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame">New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame</a> in March 1984.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, O'Ree was working at <a href="/wiki/Hotel_del_Coronado" title="Hotel del Coronado">Hotel del Coronado</a> near <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a>, when the National Hockey League approached him to be the director of youth development for its diversity task force.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force is a non-profit program for minority youth that encourages them to learn and play hockey. As of the mid-2000s, O'Ree lives in <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Ree and <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Weekes" title="Kevin Weekes">Kevin Weekes</a> appeared in the <i><a href="/wiki/Everybody_Hates_Chris" title="Everybody Hates Chris">Everybody Hates Chris</a></i> episode "Everybody Hates Gretzky" in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the afternoon of January 19, 2008, the Bruins and NHL deputy commissioner <a href="/wiki/Bill_Daly" title="Bill Daly">Bill Daly</a> honoured O'Ree at <a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a> in Boston to mark the 50th anniversary of his NHL debut. In addition, The Sports Museum of <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a> located in the TD Garden, established a special exhibit on O'Ree's career, comprising many items on loan from his collection.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Those in attendance included a busload of friends from O'Ree's hometown of Fredericton. Two days earlier, the City of Fredericton honoured him by naming a new sports complex on the North side after him.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around the time of the 60th anniversary of O'Ree's contribution to ice hockey in early 2008, he was once again honoured by the Bruins and the NHL, with a new street hockey rink in Boston named in his honour, one of many accolades with which the Bruins and NHL legend are involved.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 27, 2008, the NHL also honoured O'Ree during the <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Hockey_League_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="56th National Hockey League All-Star Game">56th National Hockey League All-Star Game</a> in <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>. On February 5, 2008, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> did a special on him in honour of <a href="/wiki/Black_History_Month" title="Black History Month">Black History Month</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 29, 2008, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_State_University" title="San Diego State University">San Diego State University</a> presented O'Ree with an Award for Outstanding Commitment to Diversity and Cross Cultural Understanding.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, O'Ree was also inducted by the <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Hall_of_Champions" title="San Diego Hall of Champions">San Diego Hall of Champions</a> into the Breitbard Hall of Fame honouring San Diego's finest athletes both on and off the playing surface.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same year, O'Ree received the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a>, the highest civilian award for a Canadian citizen. He was honoured as a pioneer of hockey and a dedicated youth mentor in Canada along with the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 28, 2011, <a href="/wiki/The_Sports_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="The Sports Museum">The Sports Museum</a> at <a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a> in Boston honoured O'Ree with the Hockey Legacy Award at the 10th Annual "The Tradition." Other honourees that evening included <a href="/wiki/Larry_Bird" title="Larry Bird">Larry Bird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Lowell" title="Mike Lowell">Mike Lowell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ty_Law" title="Ty Law">Ty Law</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-boston_museum_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boston_museum-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Sabres" title="Buffalo Sabres">Buffalo Sabres</a> hosted a Willie O'Ree skills weekend in March 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His jersey was retired by the San Diego Gulls on October 16, 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the <a href="/wiki/2016_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2016 Stanley Cup Finals">2016 Stanley Cup Finals</a> were about to start, the <a href="/wiki/San_Jose_Sharks" title="San Jose Sharks">San Jose Sharks</a>' <a href="/wiki/Barbadian_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbadian Canadian">Barbadian Canadian</a> star right winger <a href="/wiki/Joel_Ward_(ice_hockey)" title="Joel Ward (ice hockey)">Joel Ward</a> was preparing to play against the <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh_Penguins" title="Pittsburgh Penguins">Pittsburgh Penguins</a>, and told ESPN that O'Ree was one of his inspirations to play pro hockey, and should have his player number 22 retired by the NHL league-wide, just as <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Robinson" title="Jackie Robinson">Jackie Robinson</a>, the first player of color in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> has been honoured. Ward himself honoured Robinson's legacy through <a href="/wiki/2017-18_San_Jose_Sharks_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2017-18 San Jose Sharks season">his last season</a> in NHL play by wearing jersey number 42 in NHL play; Robinson's player number 42 has been retired league-wide in pro baseball.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 3, 2017, O'Ree was honoured with a banner by the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Thunderbirds" title="Springfield Thunderbirds">Springfield Thunderbirds</a> during a pregame ceremony to commemorate his time with the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Indians" title="Springfield Indians">Springfield Indians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A more personal honour for O'Ree was arranged by John Grzelcyk, father of current Bruins defenseman <a href="/wiki/Matt_Grzelcyk" title="Matt Grzelcyk">Matt Grzelcyk</a>. A long-time member of the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Garden" title="Boston Garden">Boston Garden</a> and <a href="/wiki/TD_Garden" title="TD Garden">TD Garden</a> "bull-gang" team of arena personnel that assists with "changeovers" for different events at each facility, the senior Grzelcyk had saved an original number 22 Bruins uniform jersey worn by O'Ree from the <a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_Boston_Bruins_season" title="1960–61 Boston Bruins season">1960–61 Boston Bruins season</a>, when O'Ree last played in the NHL as a Bruin. Both Grzelcyks personally presented the jersey to O'Ree, to honour him for his time with the Bruins and the NHL.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At about the same time as O'Ree received his vintage Bruins game-sweater, it became known that <a href="/wiki/Madison_Bowey" title="Madison Bowey">Madison Bowey</a>, a then-<a href="/wiki/Washington_Capitals" title="Washington Capitals">Washington Capitals</a> rookie of bi-racial ethnicity, had been taught by his Black Canadian father about O'Ree's importance in NHL history, and selected 22 as his number with the Capitals to honour O'Ree's achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 26, 2018, it was announced that O'Ree would be inducted as a builder into the <a href="/wiki/Hockey_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hockey Hall of Fame">Hockey Hall of Fame</a> later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-Bruins22_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bruins22-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HHOF_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HHOF-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Almost ten months after receiving his original Bruins sweater from the Grzelcyks, on November 1, 2018, O'Ree attended the ceremonial dedication of a <a href="/wiki/Street_hockey" title="Street hockey">street hockey</a> rink named in his honour in the Boston neighbourhood of <a href="/wiki/Allston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Allston, Massachusetts">Allston</a>, as part of the continuing legacy of O'Ree's time with the Bruins.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By early May 2019, following O'Ree's builder honour with the Hockey Hall of Fame the previous year, a bill in the <a href="/wiki/116th_U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="116th U.S. Congress">116th U.S. Congress</a> is authorising the award of the United States <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" title="Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a> for O'Ree's achievements "in recognition of his contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity."<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>O'Ree was named to <a href="/wiki/Canada%27s_Sports_Hall_of_Fame" title="Canada's Sports Hall of Fame">Canada's Sports Hall of Fame</a> on May 27, 2020, in the Builder category.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The formal induction ceremony was postponed to October 3, 2021, due to concerns over <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 12, 2021, the Boston Bruins announced that they would retire O'Ree's number 22 on February 18.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the jersey retirement ceremony was moved to January 18, 2022, by the NHL.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, as a celebration of <a href="/wiki/Black_History_Month" title="Black History Month">Black History Month</a>, all NHL players wore a commemorative helmet decal honouring O'Ree from January 16 to February 28.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act. The bill awarded O'Ree a Congressional Gold Medal, the U.S. Congress' highest honour, for his contributions to "hockey, inclusion and recreational opportunity." O'Ree is the first player in NHL history to receive the honour.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Canada Post released a commemorative postage stamp on October 30, 2023, honouring Willie O'Ree.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honours">Awards and honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>WHL Second All-Star Team (1969)<sup id="cite_ref-legends_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legends-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame (1984)<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lester_Patrick_Trophy" title="Lester Patrick Trophy">Lester Patrick Trophy</a> (2003)<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_New_Brunswick" title="Order of New Brunswick">Order of New Brunswick</a> (2005)<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Willie O'Ree Place (Fredericton arena, dedicated 2008)<sup id="cite_ref-50th_Anniversary_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50th_Anniversary-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Canada" title="Order of Canada">Order of Canada</a> (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breitbard_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Breitbard Hall of Fame">Breitbard Hall of Fame</a> (2008)<sup id="cite_ref-:2_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Hockey Hall of Fame (2018)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Gold Medal (2019)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (2020–21)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>His #<b>22</b> <a href="/wiki/Number_(sports)" title="Number (sports)">Jersey</a> was retired by the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> on January 18, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regular_season_and_playoffs">Regular season and playoffs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_O%27Ree&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regular season and playoffs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#e0e0e0;"> <th colspan="3" style="background:#fff;"> </th> <th rowspan="100" style="background:#fff;"> </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Regular_season" class="mw-redirect" title="Regular season">Regular season</a> </th> <th rowspan="100" style="background:#fff;"> </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">Playoffs</a> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0;"> <th><a href="/wiki/Season_(sports)" title="Season (sports)">Season</a> </th> <th>Team </th> <th>League </th> <th>GP</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Goal_(ice_hockey)" title="Goal (ice hockey)">G</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Assist_(ice_hockey)" title="Assist (ice hockey)">A</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Point_(ice_hockey)" title="Point (ice hockey)">Pts</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Penalty_(ice_hockey)" title="Penalty (ice hockey)">PIM</a> </th> <th>GP</th> <th>G</th> <th>A</th> <th>Pts</th> <th>PIM </th></tr> <tr> <td>1950–51 </td> <td>Fredericton Falcons </td> <td>NBAHA </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td>1951–52 </td> <td>Fredericton Merchants </td> <td>YCHL </td> <td>6</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>14</td> <td>2 </td> <td>8</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>15</td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951–52 </td> <td>Fredericton Jr. Capitals </td> <td>NBJHL </td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td>1952–53 </td> <td>Fredericton Jr. Capitals </td> <td>NBJHL </td> <td>12</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>18</td> <td>6 </td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1952–53 </td> <td>Fredericton Capitals </td> <td>NBSHL </td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td>1953–54 </td> <td> </td> <td>NBSHL </td> <td>23</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>18</td> <td>15 </td> <td>25</td> <td>15</td> <td>10</td> <td>25</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954–55 </td> <td>Quebec Frontenacs </td> <td>QJHL </td> <td>43</td> <td>27</td> <td>17</td> <td>44</td> <td>41 </td> <td>17</td> <td>7</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356_OHA_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1955–56 OHA season">1955–56</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitchener_Canucks" title="Kitchener Canucks">Kitchener Canucks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ontario_Hockey_Association" title="Ontario Hockey Association">OHA</a> </td> <td>41</td> <td>30</td> <td>28</td> <td>58</td> <td>38 </td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>7</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1956–57 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Aces" title="Quebec Aces">Quebec Aces</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quebec_Hockey_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Quebec Hockey League">QHL</a> </td> <td>68</td> <td>22</td> <td>12</td> <td>34</td> <td>80 </td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_NHL_season" title="1957–58 NHL season">1957–58</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boston_Bruins" title="Boston Bruins">Boston Bruins</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a> </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957%E2%80%9358_AHL_season" title="1957–58 AHL season">1957–58</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Springfield_Indians" title="Springfield Indians">Springfield Indians</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Hockey_League" title="American Hockey League">AHL</a> </td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td>1957–58 </td> <td>Quebec Aces </td> <td>QHL </td> <td>57</td> <td>13</td> <td>19</td> <td>32</td> <td>43 </td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>6</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958–59 </td> <td>Quebec Aces </td> <td>QHL </td> <td>56</td> <td>9</td> <td>21</td> <td>30</td> <td>74 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1959%E2%80%9360_EPHL_season" title="1959–60 EPHL season">1959–60</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kingston_Frontenacs_(EPHL)" title="Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL)">Kingston Frontenacs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Professional_Hockey_League_(1959-1963)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Professional Hockey League (1959-1963)">EPHL</a> </td> <td>50</td> <td>21</td> <td>25</td> <td>46</td> <td>41 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_NHL_season" title="1960–61 NHL season">1960–61</a> </td> <td>Boston Bruins </td> <td>NHL </td> <td>43</td> <td>4</td> <td>10</td> <td>14</td> <td>26 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1960%E2%80%9361_EPHL_season" title="1960–61 EPHL season">1960–61</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hull-Ottawa_Canadiens" title="Hull-Ottawa Canadiens">Hull-Ottawa Canadiens</a> </td> <td>EPHL </td> <td>16</td> <td>10</td> <td>9</td> <td>19</td> <td>21 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_EPHL_season" title="1961–62 EPHL season">1961–62</a> </td> <td>Hull-Ottawa Canadiens </td> <td>EPHL </td> <td>12</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>18 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1961%E2%80%9362_WHL_season" title="1961–62 WHL season">1961–62</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Blades_(WHL)" title="Los Angeles Blades (WHL)">Los Angeles Blades</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Hockey_League_(1952%E2%80%931974)" title="Western Hockey League (1952–1974)">WHL</a> </td> <td>54</td> <td>28</td> <td>26</td> <td>54</td> <td>57 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962%E2%80%9363_WHL_season" title="1962–63 WHL season">1962–63</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Blades </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>64</td> <td>25</td> <td>26</td> <td>51</td> <td>41 </td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1963%E2%80%9364_WHL_season" title="1963–64 WHL season">1963–64</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Blades </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>60</td> <td>17</td> <td>18</td> <td>35</td> <td>45 </td> <td>12</td> <td>4</td> <td>8</td> <td>12</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1964%E2%80%9365_WHL_season" title="1964–65 WHL season">1964–65</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Blades </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>70</td> <td>38</td> <td>21</td> <td>59</td> <td>75 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1965%E2%80%9366_WHL_season" title="1965–66 WHL season">1965–66</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Blades </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>62</td> <td>33</td> <td>33</td> <td>66</td> <td>30 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1966%E2%80%9367_WHL_season" title="1966–67 WHL season">1966–67</a> </td> <td>Los Angeles Blades </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>68</td> <td>34</td> <td>26</td> <td>60</td> <td>58 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1967%E2%80%9368_WHL_season" title="1967–68 WHL season">1967–68</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Gulls_(1966%E2%80%9374)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Gulls (1966–74)">San Diego Gulls</a> </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>66</td> <td>21</td> <td>33</td> <td>54</td> <td>54 </td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1968%E2%80%9369_WHL_season" title="1968–69 WHL season">1968–69</a> </td> <td>San Diego Gulls </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>70</td> <td>38</td> <td>41</td> <td>79</td> <td>63 </td> <td>7</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1969%E2%80%9370_WHL_season" title="1969–70 WHL season">1969–70</a> </td> <td>San Diego Gulls </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>66</td> <td>0 </td> <td>0</td> <td>69</td> <td>50 </td> <td>6</td> <td>6</td> <td>3</td> <td>9</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_WHL_season" title="1970–71 WHL season">1970–71</a> </td> <td>San Diego Gulls </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>66</td> <td>18</td> <td>15</td> <td>33</td> <td>47 </td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1971%E2%80%9372_WHL_season" title="1971–72 WHL season">1971–72</a> </td> <td>San Diego Gulls </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>48</td> <td>16</td> <td>17</td> <td>33</td> <td>42 </td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_AHL_season" title="1972–73 AHL season">1972–73</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Haven_Nighthawks" title="New Haven Nighthawks">New Haven Nighthawks</a> </td> <td>AHL </td> <td>50</td> <td>21</td> <td>24</td> <td>45</td> <td>41 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373_WHL_season" title="1972–73 WHL season">1972–73</a> </td> <td>San Diego Gulls </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>5</td> <td>11</td> <td>18 </td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>5</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1973%E2%80%9374_WHL_season" title="1973–74 WHL season">1973–74</a> </td> <td>San Diego Gulls </td> <td>WHL </td> <td>73</td> <td>30</td> <td>28</td> <td>58</td> <td>89 </td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td>1974–75 </td> <td>San Diego Charms </td> <td>SoCal-Sr. </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975–76 </td> <td>San Diego Charms </td> <td>SoCal-Sr. </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#f0f0f0;"> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978%E2%80%9379_Pacific_Hockey_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978–79 Pacific Hockey League season (page does not exist)">1978–79</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Hawks" title="San Diego Hawks">San Diego Hawks</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Hockey_League" title="Pacific Hockey League">PHL</a> </td> <td>53</td> <td>21</td> <td>25</td> <td>46</td> <td>37 </td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>—</td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0;"> <th colspan="3">WHL totals </th> <th>785</th> <th>328</th> <th>311</th> <th>639</th> <th>669 </th> <th>55</th> <th>25</th> <th>28</th> <th>53</th> <th>52 </th></tr> <tr style="background:#e0e0e0;"> <th colspan="3">NHL totals </th> <th>45</th> <th>4</th> <th>10</th> <th>14</th> <th>26 </th> <th>—</th> <th>—</th> <th>—</th> <th>—</th> <th>— </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>Source:<sup id="cite_ref-legends_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-legends-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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The Color of Hockey<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 31,</span> 2016</span>. <q>Joel Ward has an idea for the National Hockey League to honor the history and growing impact of black players in the sport: Retire the number 22 Willie O'Ree wore with the Boston Bruins when he became the league's first black player in 1958."I definitely think Willie should be recognized for sure," Ward told ESPN Sunday, the media day before his San Jose Sharks face the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. "It's a no-brainer. Without Willie, it would be tough for me to be sitting here today. I definitely think Willie should be a big part of this."<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=colorofhockey.com&rft.atitle=Joel+Ward+thinks+the+NHL+should+honor+Willie+O%27Ree+by+retiring+his+number&rft.date=2016-05-30&rft.aulast=Douglas&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcolorofhockey.com%2F2016%2F05%2F30%2Fjoel-ward-thinks-the-nhl-should-honor-willie-oree-by-retiring-his-number%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillie+O%27Ree" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.masslive.com/thunderbirds/2017/10/springfield_thunderbirds_to_ho_2.html">"Springfield Thunderbirds to honor hockey legend Willie O'Ree at "Hockey Is For Everyone" Night on Nov. 3"</a>. <i>masslive.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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National Hockey League<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 6,</span> 2018</span>. <q>The sweater had been hanging in the Grzelcyk house for years, just another jersey from the Boston Bruins, a castoff. It had been found abandoned by a trainer, John Grzelcyk believed, perhaps 35 years ago, long after its useful life, and given to him...At some point, Matt Grzelcyk, John's son and a Boston Bruins defenseman, had started to suspect the history of the small-ish black jersey from the early 1960s, No. 22, that hung in the back of a closet...On Jan. 17 [2018], the sweater finally made its way back to its rightful owner, 60 years after Willie O'Ree made his barrier-shattering debut in the National Hockey League, as the first black player to play in the League.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=nhl.com&rft.atitle=O%27Ree+warmed+by+gift+of+old+sweater+from+Bruins%27+Grzelcyk&rft.date=2018-01-25&rft.aulast=Benjamin&rft.aufirst=Amalie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhl.com%2Fnews%2Fwillie-oree-gets-old-boston-bruins-jersey-back%2Fc-295254506&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWillie+O%27Ree" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDougherty2018" class="citation news cs1">Dougherty, Jesse (January 18, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capitals-insider/wp/2018/01/18/capitals-rookie-madison-bowey-honors-nhl-pioneer-willie-oree-by-wearing-no-22/?noredirect=on">"Capitals rookie Madison Bowey honors NHL pioneer Willie O'Ree by wearing No. 22"</a>. <i>The Washington Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 10,</span> 2018</span>. <q>Madison Bowey always wore No. 22 on the baseball field growing up, but it was taken whenever he joined a hockey team...That was the case as the defenseman turned himself into an NHL prospect and joined the Capitals' system as a second-round pick in 2013. The number was taken again as he proved himself in the American Hockey League. But No. 22 was available when he was called up to the Capitals at the start of this season..."It's pretty special to be in the NHL and playing my first NHL year on the 60th anniversary of Willie O'Ree," Bowey said Thursday. 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Boston Bruins. June 26, 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 26,</span> 2018</span>. <q>The Hockey Hall of Fame announced today, June 26, that they will induct Bruins legend Willie O'Ree into the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2018. O'Ree was selected as part of the "Builder" category, which is defined by "coaching, managerial or executive ability, or ability in another significant off-ice role, sportsmanship, character and contributions to his or her organization or organizations and to the game of hockey in general." 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