Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes-1895-1925

The Colored League was one of the most complex sports organizations ever created and was lead by Baptist ministers and church laymen. 1895-1925

Twenty-five years before the Negro Baseball Leagues in the United States, and twenty-two years before the birth of the National Hockey League, the Colored League would emerge as a premier force in Canadian hockey and supply the resilience necessary to preserve a unique culture which exists to this day. Unfortunately their contributions were conveniently ignored, or simply stolen, as White teams and hockey officials, influenced by the Black league, copied elements of the Black style or sought to take self-credit for Black hockey innovations.

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