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Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story poster

Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story (1998)

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.

Release: 1998-09-16
Runtime: 26 min
Cast
Willie O'Ree
Willie O'Ree
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John Bucyk
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Ferny Flaman
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Doug Mohns
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Don McKenney
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Milt Schmidt
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