Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story

September 16, 1998 | 26 min

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.

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Naomi Scott

Willie O'Ree

Naomi Scott

John Bucyk

Naomi Scott

Ferny Flaman

Naomi Scott

Doug Mohns

Naomi Scott

Don McKenney

Naomi Scott

Milt Schmidt

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