In city centers, a determined effort to diversify hockey

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Minority players in the National Hockey League remain a relative rarity.
But the effort to increase diversity in the sport at the youth level has never been more robust than it is now. The results can be seen in neighborhoods in places like Philadelphia and Detroit where basketball, baseball and football are still the top choices for many.
While just 5 percent of the 778 NHL players are minorities, that number is 70 percent within Snider Hockey, a program that provides