The Carnegie Initiative’s Bernice Carnegie shares stories about her father Herb Carnegie, widely regarded as the best Black hockey player to never play in the National Hockey League:
· The Black Aces Line: Herbie Carnegie, Ossie Carnegie & Manny McIntyre
· Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe offering $10,000 to anyone who could “turn Herb Carnegie white”
· Paving the way for Willie O’Ree, the first black player in the NHL and a fellow member of the HHOF
· Willie O’Ree: “Herbie Carnegie was the one...it should have been him to have broken the colour barrier”
· Habs icon Jean Beliveau: “It’s my belief that Herbie was excluded from the NHL because of his colour”
· The Future Aces Creed
· The Carnegie Initiative www.carnegieiniative.com
· The incredible family experiences around Herb’s HHOF induction week in 2022
· Ownership involvement for our Toronto Six franchise in the PHF
· Updating Herb’s autobiography: A Fly in a Pail of Milk, the Herb Carnegie Story
Learn more about Bernice at www.bernicecarnegie.com
TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum.
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