Matthew Cornett says his son Ty, a 13-year-old hockey player, has watched the video “about a thousand times.”
When the NHL All-Star P.K. Subban heard from the father of one of Cornett’s teammates on the Plymouth Sting that Ty, who is black, has encountered a lot of racial harassment playing hockey, Subban made a video.
Subban made it Friday, standing behind the bench in Little Caesars Arena before the game between Predators and the Red Wings.
“Ty, this is P.K. Subban, here, with the Nashville Predators,” said Subban, who also is black. “I heard a little bit about you, and what you’re going through.