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We Need To Be Better

A disgusting gesture in the UHL was made towards American Jalen Smereck… This is embarrassing and pathetic for hockey. @IIHFHockey needs to step up here. pic.twitter.com/cSqxBKVC4k

— World Hockey Report (@worldhockeyrpt) September 26, 2021

We need to be better. Not as a sport. Not as a fan. But as PEOPLE.

Earlier this week in the Ukrainian Hockey league Andriy Deniskin made a blatant, disgusting and horrific racist gesture towards HC Donbass player and American Jalen Smereck. If you’ve been living under a rock in the hockey world and haven’t seen the video, click the link above.