Hockey Culture Wants 'Good Canadian Boys,' Just None That Look Like Me

Anyone who grew up playing hockey in Canada could probably tell you about their first goal. Mine happened in a house league game at a local rink in Ajax, Ont. when I was five or six years old — one of my earliest memories. I don’t remember that goal as much as I do the euphoria of scoring it. But I knew I wanted to chase that feeling for the rest of my life.Reflecting on all those years I was defined by the game, it’s not the championships, the scouting tournaments or the place