Growing up in the 90s, I remember playing on the outdoor rink with all the white kids, but there were hardly any minorities like myself that were into the sport back then. Even when I joined minor hockey later in my childhood, I can probably count on one hand the number of non-white kids that I played with.
Fast-forward a few decades, my beer league team made up of mostly Lebanese and Palestinian Canadians with a few Asian and white guys sprinkled in for good measure have just won our third provincial championship in a row. I'm extremely proud of the guys on my team and what we've accomplished the last few years.
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