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2022-02-08

John Paris Jr. – the first Black coach and general manager in pro hockey

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Windsor, NS, native John Paris Jr. was the first Black coach and general manager in pro hockey. Paris was the first Black person to coach a pro hockey team, when he coached the Atlanta Knights of the International Hockey League. The following season, he was named coach and general manager of the Central Hockey League […]

2020-08-01

Murray “Moe” Smith – a Windsor NS hockey legend

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Murray “Moe” Smith was a legend in Windsor hockey. He was a member of the Nova Scotia champion Windsor Academy Juvenile team of 1942, and is best known for his decades long coaching tenure. Smith died in 2014 at the age of 87. John Paris Jr. writes in his book They Called Me Chocolate […]