stand witness

bella, 20, toronto, john tavares is my dad (multi-team blog)

[matesinskates]

People: god can leafs fans shut the fuck up

Leafs fans:

[theleafscoffeeclub-deactivated2]

[jimmyskjei]

returning from the dead for 10 seconds simply to say SEEYA AV THX FOR NOTHING

[trekronorline]

🤔

[adaptinghoul-deactivated2025101]

I went into some buildings and you heard the boos and the racial remarks but that kinda geared me up. I was called the N-word so many times that I thought it was a compliment, you know (laughs) So I just went out and played. […] They had never seen a black man on the ice. I just told myself: “Just go out and play and try to represent the hockey club at the best of your ability. And if the fans can’t see that then don’t worry about it.” I am a black man. I know when I look in the mirror that I am a black man. Nobody needs to tell me that. — Willie O'Ree, who became in 1958 the first black player in the National Hockey League

[jveseys]

men are so pissed that women like sports and always try to throw the ‘you juST THINK THEYRE HOT’ argument down our throats like yeah bud sometimes i do maybe if you hyped up women’s sports you’d have the same luxury of finding someone attractive while also being impressed with their athletic skill but we all know you’re too dense for that thanks bye 

[travis-dermotts]

Travis Dermott who hasn’t stopped smiling since he scored his first NHL Goal (x)

[jimmyskjei]

fellow derick fan, eh? ;)

of course, who doesn’t love derick?!?? :)

[jimmyskjei]

hi tumblr i missed u, possibly making a comeback next week bc i’ve missed hockey and u all too much !!!!

[erikjohnsons]

9/28/17: Boston Bruins @ Philadelphia Flyers: Patrick and Krejci drop the gloves

[faceoffs-archive]

Joel Ward isn’t ruling out the possibility that he could become the first NHL player to join the protests sweeping through the NFL by taking a knee during the national anthem at an upcoming Sharks game. As one of roughly 30 black players in the NHL, Ward has first-hand experience with racism. He knows what it’s like to be racially profiled by the police and he’s troubled by the rhetoric being used by President Donald Trump toward African American protestors in the NFL and NBA. “It’s definitely something I wouldn’t cross out,” Ward said when asked by the Mercury News whether he’d consider taking a knee during the national anthem at an upcoming Sharks game. “I’ve experienced a lot of racism myself in hockey and on a day-to-day occurrence. I haven’t really sat down to think about it too much yet, but I definitely wouldn’t say no to it.” Ward, a Canadian player who’s the son of Barbadian immigrants, felt the sting of racism the first time he laced up the skates to play in a youth hockey game as a nine or 10-year-old in Toronto. Kids were calling him names and making racial slurs toward him from the stands. “I had no clue what the words meant until my parents educated me about what was going on in my surroundings. I was just a kid who fell in love with the game and picked up a hockey stick. I didn’t really look at it as color,” Ward said. “As I got older and looked across the locker rooms and dressings rooms, I realized I’m the only black kid in the whole arena. “I’ve experienced racism as a kid, as an adult. I think I’ll always experience it.”

Sharks’ Ward, one of NHL’s few black players, may kneel for anthem

(via faceoffs)

[williamnylandersthighs]

a concept: hockey players educate themselves on the political climate outside of white ppl and also figure out what the protest is actually for

[dylansamberg-deactivated2018010]

#Isles’ Josh Ho-Sang glad athletes are speaking their minds, says NFLers’ unity is “amazing” to see | @StapeNewsday https://nwsdy.li/2wUo8sv

[jimmyskjei]

brb changing my url bc auston is cancelled

[jimmyskjei]

hi i’m now jimmyskjei bc my babies are unproblematic

[lightsoutleclerc]

auston matthews: i won’t kneel out of respect for the military

me:

[jimmyskjei]

brb changing my url bc auston is cancelled

[daisiesmakingchains]

aesthetic / / Derick Brassard + happy birthday

22 september 1987