If you ever asked yourself the question, “Who was the first black player for the Montreal Canadiens?,” you wouldn’t be wrong if you answered Donald Brashear. He was the first to play a regular-season game for the storied franchise, during the 1993-94 season.
But you would have to go back nearly 20 years to answer the question more accurately as to who was the first black player in the organization. The answer can be found in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft when the Canadiens selected Mike McKegney in the fourth round.
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