Sharks forward Evander Kane said the sport of hockey badly needs to catch up to other sports in bringing awareness to racism if it ever hopes to become more diverse and grow acceptance and interest.
Two days after he called out a poster for telling him on Instagram to “Stick to basketball,” Kane, whose father is black and whose mother is white, told TSN Radio in Vancouver on Friday that attitudes in hockey have to change if it wants to draw more interest across a wider cross-section of fans.
“The time is now,” Kane said. “For me, the timing for myself and where I’m at in my career, playing 10 years in this league and kind of seeing what it’s all about.