Bernice Carnegie remembers Herb Carnegie

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

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