Doxie McCoy, who grew up in Washington, D.C., said she never saw an ice hockey game before attending college. But that didn’t deter John “Snooks” Kelley from recruiting her, figuring her field hockey goaltending skills would translate to the ice. “It seemed kind of crazy, in the sense that, yeah, I was a Black girl out there — I’m not sure whether I was the only Black girl on field hockey, but I know I was the only Black girl out there for ice hockey.” LEARN MORE >

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