Ryan Reaves said growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, few of his fellow hockey players looked like him.
So the Golden Knights forward was honored when the NHL asked him to take part in a video as part of its celebration of Black History Month. The clip, which was released on the league’s YouTube channel Monday, features Reaves visiting the Las Vegas barbershop Haircutz Don’t Lie and discussing how to make hockey more popular in the black community.
“It’s obviously something that we need to talk about,” Reaves said. “I don’t think growing up in black communities, you’re watching hockey.