Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story
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.
Country: CA
Genre: Documentary
Release: 1998-09-16
Director: Errol Williams
Production: NB Filmmakers Co-op
Cast: Willie O'Ree, John Bucyk, Ferny Flaman, Doug Mohns, Don McKenney
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