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I saw a really interesting story about the NHL's first minority player last night on CBC and thought some might like to watch it as well. I had no idea the NHL briefly had an Asian player back in the 1940's.
Depends on what you definition of "minority" is. Cully Wilson, for instance, was born as Karl Erlendson -- he was of Icelandic ancestry. There could be a few Italians or Slavs with anglicized names during the 30s and 40s, I suppose...
There are plenty of Chinese immigrants in Canada now. Too bad they have not expanded or added to the legacy of Larry Kwong. They have done well in other fields like business and academia, but hockey is also important.
It seems to be cultural, they're discouraged by their parents from playing the game. In general children from immigrant communities won't take up the game - iirc, in Toronto enrollment in youth hockey programs have dropped from 10,000 to 1,500 over the last few decades. Things change, that's just the way it is. Hockey essentially marginalized curling as Canada's demographics changed, who says that hockey will not suffer the same fate?
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