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.
Contents:
- LE PROKOP COM OUT AS GAY AND MAK NHL HISTORY
- PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
- CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT
- TEAM TRANS-MADISON GAY HOCKEY ASSOCIATN FRIENDSHIP SERI
- PALM SPRGS INTERNATNAL GAY HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
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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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.
PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
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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
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PALM SPRGS INTERNATNAL GAY HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
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