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The NHL has more than 20 black players on team rosters this season, an all-time high for the league. The Atlanta Thrashers alone boast five black players - defensemen Dustin Byfuglien and Johnny Oduya (pictured, November 14, 2010) and forwards Evander Kane, Anthony Stewart and Nigel Dawes - another record. In addition, the Thrashers have four other black players in its minor league and draft systems. (Chuck Myers/MCT)
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Kevin Weekes, a former goaltender who played for the Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and all three New York-area NHL franchises in his 11-year career, called the growing number of black hockey players "a reflection of the evolution of the sport." (Handout/MCT)
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The Hockey Hall of Fame became more diverse last November when former Canadian national team player Angela James and Cammi Granato, a former U.S. women's Olympic hockey team captain, became the first women inducted into the hall. James, pictured, regarded as Canada's female Wayne Gretzky during her playing heyday in the 1990s, is the first black woman and second black player- former Edmonton Oilers goaltender Grant Fuhr was inducted in 2003- to be enshrined in Torontoês hall. (Adrien Veczan/Seneca College in Toronto/MCT)
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The NHL has more than 20 black players on team rosters this season, an all-time high for the league. The Atlanta Thrashers alone boast five black players - defensemen Dustin Byfuglien and Johnny Oduya and forwards Evander Kane (pictured, December 21, 2010), Anthony Stewart and Nigel Dawes - another record. In addition, the Thrashers have four other black players in its minor league and draft systems. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
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The NHL has more than 20 black players on team rosters this season, an all-time high for the league. The Atlanta Thrashers alone boast five black players - defensemen Dustin Byfuglien (pictured, November 14, 2010) and Johnny Oduya and forwards Evander Kane, Anthony Stewart and Nigel Dawes - another record. In addition, the Thrashers have four other black players in its minor league and draft systems. (Chuck Myers/MCT)
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The Hockey Hall of Fame became more diverse last November when former Canadian national team player Angela James and Cammi Granato, a former U.S. women's Olympic hockey team captain, became the first women inducted into the hall. James, pictured, regarded as Canada's female Wayne Gretzky during her playing heyday in the 1990s, is the first black woman and second black player- former Edmonton Oilers goaltender Grant Fuhr was inducted in 2003- to be enshrined in Torontoês hall. (Seneca College in Toronto/MCT)
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The NHL has more than 20 black players on team rosters this season, an all-time high for the league. The Atlanta Thrashers alone boast five black players - defensemen Dustin Byfuglien and Johnny Oduya and forwards Evander Kane, Anthony Stewart (pictured, December 21, 2010) and Nigel Dawes - another record. In addition, the Thrashers have four other black players in its minor league and draft systems. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
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