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Bayne Pettger, NHL's first openly gay hockey player agent, says the league's recent cisn to ban teams om donng Pri jerseys uld alienate the queer muny and disurage their participatn and support the game.

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LE PROKOP COM OUT AS GAY AND MAK NHL HISTORY

Le Prokop said feels much longer than a year sce he beme the first player unr ntract to an NHL team to e out as gay. * gay hockey team *

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PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY

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Le Prokop, a prospect for the Nashville Predators, me out as gay on Monday. Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop has e out as gay, beg the first active player unr ntract to an NHL team to do so. High-level female hockey players, such as Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan, have prevly e out as gay, acrdg to the league.

Prokop's announcement ls than a month after Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay. New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn. The New York Cy Gay Hockey Associatn (NYCGHA) is New York’s first and largt LGBTQ+ hockey anizatn.

CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT

The NYCGHA is a member of Gay Hockey Internatnal and is a registered Public Chary unr sectn 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Co. The play-by-play broadster for Uti, the New Jersey Devils' Amerin Hockey League affiliate, publicly me out as gay October 2021, fluenced by Prokop's cisn.

"I want to be the first openly gay player to play the NHL, " he said. Dpe his profsnal succs, however, the 36-year-old says he feared he uldn't be accepted as a gay man the sport. "There was always this fear that I uldn't live my te life — to be accepted as a gay man — and also be a succsful young executive the game.

TEAM TRANS-MADISON GAY HOCKEY ASSOCIATN FRIENDSHIP SERI

The first openly gay NHL agent, Bayne Pettger, dropped by the CBC Victoria stud to share his NHL has always had this stereotype of beg an old boys club, not beg able to grow.

Wnipeg LGBTQ advot disappoted followg NHL's cisn to ban themed jerseysYou are the first openly gay NHL agent, and I know you work wh many players, but you're also iends wh many players this league. Jt keepg foced on the posive, bee we n go down that rabb hole of five players of 700 … that's not a player's boytt of team's Pri night tribute 'disrpectful' to gay muny: agentCan you take back three years ago to what that was like for you on a personal level, given the role you play a huge league like the NHL, to e out? I had a massive fear that I uldn't be succsful hockey and be gay, bee I didn't see anyone before me dog that.

Unwele spotlight falls on NHL team Pri night eventsMy biggt fear was that I uldn't work hockey and be succsful and be gay, but fact 's been que the oppose. If a certa percentage of the populatn is queer, we need to have those seats at the table of Hockey 's Pri nights lli wh LGBTQ+ polil climateEveryone always asked me when we were gog to see the first gay NHL player. There's an agent and a player that are gay and thrivg hockey, so why n't I?

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The Team Trans Friendship Seri would not exist whout the ntued support and ditn of Boston Pri Hockey and the Madison Gay Hockey Associatn. The Palm Sprgs Internatnal Gay Hockey Tournament will feature players and teams om Vanuver, Toronto, Boston, New York, Chigo, Mnota, and Los Angel. The Coachella Valley Roadnners will make s but at the Palm Sprgs Internatnal Gay Hockey Tournament.

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