Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story

Name: Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998
Duration: 26 min
Cast: Willie O'Ree, John Bucyk, Ferny Flaman, Doug Mohns, Don McKenney

1998

26min

Documentary

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Overview

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball, O'Ree faced many obstacles to achieving his dream; but unlike Robinson, his achievement would go unnoticed for forty years.