Predators' Le Prokop be NHL's first openly gay player
Contents:
- PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
- HOCKEY PROSPECT LE PROKOP: 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE NHL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
- LE PROKOP COM OUT AS GAY AND MAK NHL HISTORY
- PREDATORS' LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, BE NHL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
- PREDATORS PROSPECT TO MAKE HISTORY AS FIRST OPENLY GAY NHL PLAYER
PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
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. * first openly gay nhl player *
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.
HOCKEY PROSPECT LE PROKOP: 5 THGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE NHL’S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
* first openly gay nhl player *
Le Prokop, a prospect for the Nashville Predators, me out as gay on Monday.
LE PROKOP COM OUT AS GAY AND MAK NHL HISTORY
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. The Predators fenseman signed an entry-level ntract wh Nashville December, but perhaps the bigger life event happened for him on July 19, when the 19-year-old me out as gay, beg the NHL's first openly gay player.
Today I am proud to publicly tell everyone that I am gay. I hope that sharg who I am I n help other people see that gay people are wele the hockey muny, as we work to make sure that hockey tly is for everyone. Statement om NHL Commissner Gary Bettman on Le Prokop’s (@leprokop_6) cisn to publicly e out as gay:.
PREDATORS' LE PROKOP OUT AS GAY, BE NHL'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER
I implore everyone to rist the urge to fight wh homophob on the tl. Prokop ma history on July 19, 2021 as the first NHL player — active or retired — to e out as gay. A Nashville Predators’ prospect is set to make history as the NHL’s first openly gay player.
Prokop’s announcement after a siarly historic move last month by Las Vegas Rairs fensive leman Carl Nassib, who me out as the first openly gay player the NFL. Prokop says he had slowly started tellg iends, fay and a few fellow players on the Calgary Hmen, his Wtern Hockey League team, that he’s gay only about a year ago, so havg the support of his new team and cy meant even more. “They didn’t know beforehand that I was gay.