Vanbiesbrouck banner removed in the Soo

[Aarongavey]

https://www.sportsnet.ca/ohl/article...er-in-the-soo/

The right move by the Soo Greyhounds.

A Greyhound from 1999-2003, Daley was described to two white teammates by Vanbiesbrouck using a racial slur on March 7, 2003, while Vanbiesbrouck was coach and GM of the OHL team.

We aren’t trying to make a big deal of it, we just thought it was the right thing to do at this time," Hounds owner Tim Lukenda said in an email to the Sault Star. "Basically, we want to make sure we are creating a welcoming environment for all of our guests, players, former players and families."

A veteran of 19 NHL seasons, primarily with the New York Rangers and Florida Panthers, Vanbiesbrouck replaced Craig Hartsburg as the head coach and GM of the Greyhounds after he ended his goaltending career in May 2002. Vanbiesbrouck played for the Greyhounds from 1980-82.

Since 2018, Vanbiesbrouck has been assistant executive director of hockey operations for Hockey USA, and since late 2021 has been general manager of the U.S. Olympics men's hockey team.

[Harry Lime]

21 years since he said it. Fast as a ... greyhound.

[N-E-B]

In fairness, greyhounds are shockingly lazy dogs when they aren’t running.

Jokes aside, yeah can’t really find a good argument against this. He straight up called his player the n-word. Doesn’t get much more racist than that.