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Lightning start all-Black forward line Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night. The Canadian Press VIDEO SIGN OUT SUNRISE, Fla. — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Pa...

The Chargers started the all-black route by playing against the Panthers, creating NHL history Daniel Walcott (Daniel Walcott) is already very excited to participate in his first NHL game. When he saw how his debut took place, he became even more excited. On Monday night, the Tampa Bay Chargers started three black forwards in the regular season final against the Florida Panthers, which is rare in NHL history-if not the absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith fought together for the first duel, and they didn’t know they would start the game together until a few minutes before...

Defending champion Lightning make NHL history by starting an all-black forward line as Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper says he hopes 'it will become the norm' The Tampa Bay Lightning started three black forwards in their regular-season finale on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history, if not an absolute first Daniel Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith played together against Florida - likely the first time three black forwards were ever on the same line Roughly 3 percent of NHL players are black, even though hockey and its teams have increased efforts in recent years to add to diversity wi...

A rarity: Tampa Bay Lightning start all-Black forward line By Associated Press AP SHARE SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history — if not an absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith were out together for the openi...

Lynne Sladky/AP SUNRISE, Fla. — Daniel Walcott was already excited to be in his first NHL game. He got even more excited when he got to see how his debut would happen. The Tampa Bay Lightning started three Black forwards in their regular-season finale against the Florida Panthers on Monday night, a rarity in NHL history — if not an absolute first. Walcott, Mathieu Joseph and Gemel Smith were out together for the opening faceoff and didn’t know they would be starting together until just minutes before game time. “First of all, they’re all in the NHL for a reason,” Tampa Bay coach J...