>The weekly hockey column in today's Cincinnati Enquirer had a couple
>columns on MiamiU goalie Eustice King, and mentioned that he is one of
>only 2 African Americans playing in Div1 hockey, along with Mike Grier.
>Is this the case? I'm sure there are others(Anson Carter comes to
>mind-though he may be Canadian of birth).
>
>My questions are: Is this guy wrong? and do Canadians refer to "persons
>of color" as African-Canadians?
 
I can think of a few guys playing in the CCHA (sorry, can't help you with
the other conferences). Mike Peron with Illinois-Chicago is from Newmarket,
Ont. I know Lake Superior has a black guy playing for them (I hesitate to
say African-American because I'm pretty sure he's from Canada). King is
from Evanston, Ill. Anson Carter is from Scarborough, Ont. Jamal Mayers
from Western Michigan is from Mississauga, Ont.
 
Now, I don't know any of these guys personally (but I have met most of them
and seen them play), so if one or more of them isn't really black, I hope
no one gets offended. I'm just going by looks.
 
John
 
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