On Thursday the NHL finally joined other sports leagues in North America in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake and postponed all games scheduled for Thursday and Friday. The Hockey Diversity Alliance leading by Matt Dumba and Evander Kane has become an initiator of this movement by requesting to postpone all playoff games for two days.
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk has become one of the players who reached out to the Hockey Diversity Alliance to initiate a discussion, later it led to a large group call, including about 100 players across the league.