On Monday, Willie O’Ree will be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in a ceremony in Toronto, and tonight, the 2018 inductees will be honoured before the Leafs meet the Devils on the ice. On Sunday, Grant Fuhr will captain one of the teams in the HHOF Alumni game. He’ll have Angela James on his team.
“When I went to Quebec (Frontenacs of the Quebec Junior Hockey League) the first year (1954-55), Phil Watson was the coach. He said, ‘Willie, you know there are no black players in the NHL. You could be the first.