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1998

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story

Directed by Errol Williams

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story is a documentary on the triumphal life story of the first Black player in the National Hockey League. Like Jackie Robinson in professional baseball, O'Ree faced many obstacles to achieving his dream; but unlike Robinson, his achievement would go unnoticed for forty years.

Duration

0h 26m

Released

September 16, 1998

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Cast6

  • Willie O'Ree
  • John Bucyk
  • Ferny Flaman
  • Doug Mohns
  • Don McKenney
  • Milt Schmidt

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