Dean Barnes’ collection of cards featuring Black and biracial players is intended to amplify the contributions those players have made and inspire people of colour
Dean Barnes sits at the dining room table in his Toronto-area home and pores over the hockey cards before him. A few feet away a display case full of others rests against the wall.
In addition, the NHL borrowed cards from his collection as part of a Black history tour that criss-crossed Canada and the United States the past few years. The son of Jamaican immigrants, Mr. Barnes was born in Hamilton and grew up in Burlington. He began to play hockey at seven years old. At the time, there were few Black players for him to look up to.At 10 years old he met Tony McKegney in Buffalo at a hockey camp for kids. The latter played 13 years in the NHL and was the first Black player to score 40 goals in a season.Mr.
Over more than a century, the NHL has had more than 7,700 players but fewer than 4 per cent have been Black.
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