"Black Ice": YouTube of ESPN story. Authors George and Darril Fosty have done historical research showing that many attributes of modern day hockey, such as the slap shot and athletic goal tending, were the innovations of the sons and grandsons of African American slaves who settled in Nova Scotia. Their book is Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, 1895-1925.

- tom moody 3-03-2007 6:39 pm




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