Prokop reflects on year sce g out as gay |

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• OPENLY GAY NHL PROSPECT PROKOP SPEAKS OUT AFTER REIMER REF TO WEAR PRI JERSEY
• NHL OUT SUPPORT OF PLAYER WHO BOYTTED HIS TEAM'S GAY PRI {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-MS-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:JTIFY;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:SPACE-BETWEEN;-MS-FLEX-PACK:JTIFY;JTIFY-NTENT:SPACE-BETWEEN;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;}{DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-MS-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:START;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-PACK:START;JTIFY-NTENT:FLEX-START;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:3EM;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1REM;}{BACKGROUND-IMAGE:URL(");BACKGROUND-POSN:CENTER;BACKGROUND-SIZE:VER;BACKGROUND-LOR:#EEE;M-WIDTH:3EM;WIDTH:3EM;HEIGHT:3EM;PADDG:0;MARG:0;BORR-RADI:50%;}{FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;MARG-LEFT:0.75REM;MARG-BOTTOM:0;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#FFF;}}{MARG-LEFT:0;}{FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;CURSOR:POTER;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;} A{LOR:HER;}MAX {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:END;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:FLEX-END;-MS-FLEX-PACK:END;JTIFY-NTENT:FLEX-END;MARG:TO 0 0;PADDG:0;} LI{LIST-STYLE:NONE;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;}{CURSOR:POTER;BORR:NONE;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG:0 0.75REM;-WEBK-PADDG-END:0.75REM;-WEBK-PADDG-START:0.75REM;},{POSN:ABSOLUTE;OPACY:1;-WEBK-ANIMATN:FAOUT 0.5S LEAR 1S FORWARDS;ANIMATN:FAOUT 0.5S LEAR 1S FORWARDS;}@-WEBK-KEYAM FAOUT{OM{OPACY:1;}TO{OPACY:0;}}@KEYAM FAOUT{OM{OPACY:1;}TO{OPACY:0;}}{TOP:-1.5REM;HEIGHT:1REM;WHE-SPACE:NOWRAP;BACKGROUND:#397843;NTENT:'LK PIED!';BORR-RADI:0.25REM;FONT-SIZE:0.625REM;LOR:#FFF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;RIGHT:-1REM;PADDG:0 0.625REM;LE-HEIGHT:1REM;}{NTENT:'';TOP:-0.5REM;WIDTH:0;HEIGHT:0;BORR-LEFT:0.5REM SOLID TRANSPARENT;BORR-RIGHT:0.5REM SOLID TRANSPARENT;BORR-TOP:0.5REM SOLID #397843;RIGHT:0.4REM;}{PADDG:0.0625REM 0.625REM;-WEBK-PADDG-END:0.625REM;-WEBK-PADDG-START:0.625REM;}{FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;LOR:#666666;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;MARG-TOP:0.5REM;MARG-BOTTOM:0;MARG-TOP:0.5REM;}{LOR:BLACK;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#FFF;}}PUBLISHED 1:48, 19 JANUARY 2023 {LOR:#666666;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#72B97D;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{LOR:#666666;}}| LAST UPDATED 1:48, 19 JANUARY 2023 IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;MARG:0 TO 0.5REM;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;WIDTH:100%;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:768PX){{WIDTH:100%;MAX-WIDTH:100%;}}.SK__OPT--THREE {MAX-WIDTH:100%;}{FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;BACKGROUND:#FFF;} IAME{DISPLAY:BLOCK;MARG:0 TO 1REM;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} P{FONT-SIZE:1REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.25REM;OVERFLOW-WRAP:ANYWHERE;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;} A{LOR:#FFF;} A:NOT():NOT(){LOR:#72B97D;} CE{FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1REM;FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;LOR:#666666;DISPLAY:BLOCK;} H2:NOT(){FONT-SIZE:1.5REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.75REM;FONT-WEIGHT:NORMAL;} H3{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;} .TWTER-TWEET{MARG:0 TO;} .STAGRAM-MEDIA{MARG:TO TO 1EM !IMPORTANT;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:430PX){ .STAGRAM-MEDIA{M-WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}} BLOCKQUOTE{FONT-SIZE:1.125REM;LOR:#404040;MARG:1REM;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#FFF;}}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{BACKGROUND:#222222;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{MARG-LEFT:0;MARG-RIGHT:0;}}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:430PX){{MARG-LEFT:0;MARG-RIGHT:0;PADDG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;}}THE NHL HAS CHOSEN NOT TO NMN IVAN PROVOROV AFTER THE PHILALPHIA FLYERS STAR REFED TO TURN UP TO HIS TEAM'S WARM-UPS FOLLOWG YET ANOTHER PRI JERSEY BATE.PROVOROV CID TO BOYTT PHILALPHIA'S PRACTIC AFTER HE DISAGREED WH THE TEAM'S CISN TO HAVE S PLAYERS WEAR RABOW-LOURED JERSEYS SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQIA+ {CLEAR:BOTH;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:767PX){{MAX-WIDTH:100%;}}{LOR:#666666;MARG-TOP:0.25REM;TEXT-ALIGN:LEFT;FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.125REM;}CRED: ALAMYGIVEN THE PH-BACK ABOUT THE JERSEYS, THE FLYERS END UP SWCHG BACK TO THEIR NORMAL KS AND PROVOROV SUBSEQUENTLY {DISPLAY:BLOCK;MARG:0 TO;MARG-BOTTOM:1REM;M-WIDTH:300PX;MAX-WIDTH:335PX;M-HEIGHT:90PX;PADDG:0.5EM 0 0.1EM;WIDTH:-WEBK-F-NTENT;WIDTH:-MOZ-F-NTENT;WIDTH:F-NTENT;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{DISPLAY:NONE;}}{MARG:0 TO 1REM TO;M-WIDTH:300PX;MAX-WIDTH:335PX;WIDTH:-WEBK-F-NTENT;WIDTH:-MOZ-F-NTENT;WIDTH:F-NTENT;BACKGROUND:#EEE;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:1024PX){{M-HEIGHT:90PX;}} IAME{MARG-BOTTOM:0 !IMPORTANT;}{POSN:RELATIVE;} {BORR:4PX SOLID BLACK;}{BACKGROUND-LOR:TRANSPARENT;M-HEIGHT:188PX;}"I RPECT EVERYBODY AND I RPECT EVERYBODY'S CHOIC," THE 26-YEAR-OLD SAID AFTER THE GAME."MY CHOICE IS TO STAY TE TO MYSELF AND MY RELIGN. THAT'S ALL I'M GOG TO SAY."{MARG-BOTTOM:1REM;WIDTH:100%;POSN:RELATIVE;}@SUPPORTS (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{ASPECT-RAT:16 / 9;}}@SUPPORTS NOT (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{MARG-BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;}}{OVERFLOW:HIDN;BACKGROUND-LOR:#EEE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;MARG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;}@SUPPORTS (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{ASPECT-RAT:16/9;}}@SUPPORTS NOT (ASPECT-RAT:16/9){{MARG-BOTTOM:0;HEIGHT:100%;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.25%;}}{BACKGROUND:LEAR-GRADIENT(90G,#EEE,#FAFAFA,#EEE);BACKGROUND-REPEAT:NO-REPEAT;HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;-WEBK-ANIMATN:SHIMMER 2S EASE--OUT FE;ANIMATN:SHIMMER 2S EASE--OUT FE;}@-WEBK-KEYAM SHIMMER{0%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);}100%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);}}@KEYAM SHIMMER{0%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(-100%,0,0);}100%{-WEBK-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);-MS-TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);TRANSFORM:TRANSLATE3D(100%,0,0);}}DPE TO GET MORE OUT OF HIM, REPORTERS POKED AND PRODD BUT PROVANOV REFED TO FOLD.TO ONE JOURNALIST HE REPLIED: "LIKE I SAID, THAT'S ALL I'M GOG TO MENT ON THAT. IF YOU HAVE ANY HOCKEY QUTNS I WOULD ANSWER THOSE."ADVERT10AND TO ANOTHER REPORTER HE RPOND: "DID YOU NOT HEAR WHAT I JT SAID? CAN YOU RPECT THAT?" .TWTER-TWEET{BORR-LEFT:0.25REM SOLID #55ACEE;PADDG:PADDG-TOP:0.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.5REM;PADDG-BOTTOM:0.5REM;PADDG-LEFT:0.5REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.375REM;}“I RPECT EVERYBODY AND I RPECT EVERYBODY’S CHOIC. MY CHOICE IS TO STAY TE TO MYSELF AND MY RELIGN.”FLYERS FENSEMAN IVAN PROVOROV ON REFG TO WEAR A RABOW JERSEY FOR WARM UPS DURG “PRI NIGHT” DUE TO HIS RSIAN ORTHODOX FAH. — GREG PRICE (@GREG_PRICE11) JANUARY 18, 2023PROVANOV, A VOUT RSIAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN, ALSO RECEIVED THE SUPPORT OF THE NHL.HOCKEY'S ERNG BODY SEEMGLY BACKED HIS ACTNS, RELEASG A STATEMENT SAYG: "PLAYERS ARE EE TO CI WHICH IATIV TO SUPPORT, AND WE NTUE TO ENURAGE THEIR VOIC AND PERSPECTIV ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ISSU."ADVERT10FLYERS HEAD ACH JOHN TORTORELLA ALSO ME OUT FENCE OF HIS PLAYER, ADDG: "IT'S ONE THG I RPECT ABOUT PROVY. HE'S ALWAYS TE TO HIMSELF. AND, SO, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WH THAT."HOCKEY IS FOR EVERYONE. ❤️?????#ANAVSPHI | #FUELEDBYPHILLY — PHILALPHIA FLYERS (@NHLFLYERS) JANUARY 17, 2023THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A PRI JERSEY WAS MET WH A MIXED RECEPTN OM FLYERS FANS WH SOME LIKG AND OTHERS SEEMGLY ANGERED BY THE MOVE.PRR TO THE OCSN, THE ANCHISE SAID: "THE PHILALPHIA FLYERS ANIZATN IS MTED TO CLIVY AND IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ+ MUNY. MANY OF OUR PLAYERS ARE ACTIVE THEIR SUPPORT OF LOL LGBTQ+ ANIZATNS, AND WE WERE PROUD TO HOST OUR ANNUAL PRI NIGHT AGA THIS YEAR. THE FLYERS WILL NTUE TO BE STRONG ADVOT FOR CLIVY AND THE LGBTQ+ MUNY."ADVERT10IF YOU N PLAY, YOU N PLAY. ?: @NBCSPHILLY ?: @975THEFANATIC ?: @BETWAY #️⃣: #HOCKEYISFOREVERYONE#ANAVSPHI | #FUELEDBYPHILLY — PHILALPHIA FLYERS (@NHLFLYERS) JANUARY 17, 2023THIS RECENT CINT PHILALPHIA HAS STRONG SIARI TO ONE MANLY OVER ATRALIA.PROFSNAL GBY LEAGUE SI THE MANLY SEA EAGL BEME EMBROILED A SIAR PRI JERSEY SAGA WHERE SEVERAL PLAYERS REFED TO WEAR THE ONE-OFF RABOW LGBTQIA+ STRIP.UNLIKE THE NHL, THE NRL AND THE WIR GBY LEAGUE MUNY LARGELY NMNED THE BOYTTG SEA EAGL PLAYERS.ADVERT10EVEN THE CLUB THEMSELV WERE SLAMMED FOR THE WAY THEY HANDLED THE STICKY SUATN.THE PLAYERS QUTN WERE ULTIMATELY STOOD DOWN AND MANLY END UP WEARG THE JERSEY FOR ONE {BACKGROUND-LOR:#FFF;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{BACKGROUND-LOR:#222222;}}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:1023PX){{MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;}}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:767PX){{MARG-LEFT:1REM;}}{FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.125REM;LOR:#666666;}FEATURED IMAGE CRED: {FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.125REM;}@MEDIA (PREFERS-LOR-SCHEME:DARK){{LOR:#FFF;}}TOPICS: {LOR:#72B97D;}ICE {DISPLAY:BLOCK;GRID-LUMN:1 / SPAN 6;PADDG-BOTTOM:1REM;}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:431PX){{PADDG-TOP:0;}}@MEDIA (M-WIDTH:767PX){{PADDG-TOP:0;}}{DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-FLOW:LUMN NOWRAP;-MS-FLEX-FLOW:LUMN NOWRAP;FLEX-FLOW:LUMN NOWRAP;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:START;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:FLEX-START;-MS-FLEX-PACK:START;JTIFY-NTENT:FLEX-START;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;BORR-RADI:0.5REM;BACKGROUND:#72B97D;WIDTH:100%;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;OVERFLOW:HIDN;BOX-SHADOW:0 2PX 8PX RGBA(0,0,0,0.25);M-HEIGHT:4.5REM;}{BACKGROUND:#000000;LOR:#FFFFFF;FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-MS-FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;FLEX-FLOW:ROW NOWRAP;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;WIDTH:100%;PADDG:1REM;FONT-WEIGHT:700;CURSOR:POTER;} {MARG-RIGHT:1REM;}{OUTLE:NONE;}{BACKGROUND-IMAGE:URL(");BACKGROUND-POSN:CENTER;BACKGROUND-SIZE:VER;BACKGROUND-LOR:#EEE;M-WIDTH:2EM;WIDTH:2EM;HEIGHT:2EM;PADDG:0;MARG:0;BORR-RADI:50%;}MAX {MAX-WIDTH:1312PX;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;PADDG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:TO;MARG-LEFT:TO;TEXT-ALIGN:CENTER;PADDG-TOP:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;PADDG-BOTTOM:1REM;PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-TOP:6REM;}{FONT-FAY:SYSTEM-UI;FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:2.25REM;FONT-WEIGHT:700;LE-HEIGHT:NORMAL;}@MEDIA (MAX-WIDTH:768PX){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;}}SORRY, THIS NTENT ISN'T AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
• PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY
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• NHL PLAYER'S BOYTT OF TEAM'S PRI NIGHT TRIBUTE 'DISRPECTFUL' TO GAY MUNY: AGENT
• A GAY HOCKEY PLAYER PRI TAPE TO ‘QUEER’ HIS SPACE AND HIS SPORT
• NFL PLAYER’S JERSEY BE TOP SELLER AFTER HE REVEALS HE’S GAY

OPENLY GAY NHL PROSPECT PROKOP SPEAKS OUT AFTER REIMER REF TO WEAR PRI JERSEY

I’m so angered and trated that they nsistently refe to change, so they endorse a homophobic player and his ach fendg him — DeBksMethod? (@BksMethod) January 18, 2023. Canadian TV host says the @NHL should “fe the Flyers a billn dollars” and “attack” Christian player Ivan Provorov for not wearg a gay pri jersey. TEAM TRANS MEMBERS OPENING DOORSSet to take on Madison Gay Hockey Associatn weekend Friendship Seri.

PROKOP GETS CALL OF SUPPORT FROM ELTON JOHNHears om Rock and Roll Hall of Famer day after g out as gay. AHL ANNOUNCER COMES OUT AS GAY, HOPES TO HELP OTHERSSays he 'felt a real sense of duty' to make announcement.

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Hockey needs to bee a sport everyone n feel wele , and Nashville Predators prospect Le Prokop don’t plan to let anyone stand his way of turng that goal to a, the first openly gay player unr an NHL ntract, has been a trailblazer the hockey muny and an important role mol to many across the sport.

(Photo by Jonathan Kozub/Getty Imag)After g out as gay July 2021, Prokop received wav of support via social media om those throughout the hockey world, promptg the NHL to donate $100, 000 to a small group of LGBTQIA+, who is currently chasg his dream to play the NHL, hop his efforts n help those need and create a healthy environment hockey for Edmonton native has logged 48 gam across two levels this season, 40 the WHL and eight the ECHL.

PROKOP REFLECTS ON YEAR SCE G OUT AS GAY

The power of visibily shows young LGBTQ athlet ’s possible to thrive as their te selv, spe the prevalence of sual homophobia and other anti-gay attus some rners of the sports world. Gat wr about how hearg “faggot” on the ice was a mon occurrence growg up, and that “llg someone gay was as much a part of youth hockey as parents yellg about a missed penalty.

CALLG PRI JERSEYS A DISTRACTN IS SENDG THE WRONG MSAGE, SAYS NHL'S FIRST OPENLY-GAY AGENT

But that msage is unrcut when players don’t buy , and teams pulate to their homophobia. On Tuday, Provorov shocked the ultra-woke NHL when he cid to skip the Flyers’ warm-up perd bee he did not want to wear the team’s LGBT “pri” jersey or e the rabow hockey stick that players were given to virtue signal to the gay lobby.

OPENLY GAY NHL PROSPECT LE PROKOP CALLS OUT LACK OF 'INCLN' AFTER PLAYERS BOYTT PRI NIGHT

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Flyers ach John Torotorella said he never nsired benchg Provorov, and fact said he rpects Provorov’s homophobia. Ivan Provorov was allowed to play a game for the Philalphia Flyers - the anizatn that was the first to say that you will be removed om the arena if you utter a homophobic slur - after refg to wear a Pri logo for warm an absolute disgrace. Last year, five Tampa Bay Rays players drew cricism (and praise om some anti-gay forc) for refg to wear rabows on their uniforms.

The play-by-play broadster for Uti, the New Jersey Devils' Amerin Hockey League affiliate, publicly me out as gay October 2021, fluenced by Prokop's cisn. "I want to be the first openly gay player to play the NHL, " he said.

NHL PLAYER'S BOYTT OF TEAM'S PRI NIGHT TRIBUTE 'DISRPECTFUL' TO GAY MUNY: AGENT

Dpe his profsnal succs, however, the 36-year-old says he feared he uldn't be accepted as a gay man the sport. "There was always this fear that I uldn't live my te life — to be accepted as a gay man — and also be a succsful young executive the game. The first openly gay NHL agent, Bayne Pettger, dropped by the CBC Victoria stud to share his NHL has always had this stereotype of beg an old boys club, not beg able to grow.

Wnipeg LGBTQ advot disappoted followg NHL's cisn to ban themed jerseysYou are the first openly gay NHL agent, and I know you work wh many players, but you're also iends wh many players this league. Jt keepg foced on the posive, bee we n go down that rabb hole of five players of 700 … that's not a player's boytt of team's Pri night tribute 'disrpectful' to gay muny: agentCan you take back three years ago to what that was like for you on a personal level, given the role you play a huge league like the NHL, to e out? I had a massive fear that I uldn't be succsful hockey and be gay, bee I didn't see anyone before me dog that.

Unwele spotlight falls on NHL team Pri night eventsMy biggt fear was that I uldn't work hockey and be succsful and be gay, but fact 's been que the oppose.

A GAY HOCKEY PLAYER PRI TAPE TO ‘QUEER’ HIS SPACE AND HIS SPORT

If a certa percentage of the populatn is queer, we need to have those seats at the table of Hockey 's Pri nights lli wh LGBTQ+ polil climateEveryone always asked me when we were gog to see the first gay NHL player. There's an agent and a player that are gay and thrivg hockey, so why n't I?

NFL PLAYER’S JERSEY BE TOP SELLER AFTER HE REVEALS HE’S GAY

20-year-old Prokop, the first openly gay player wh a ntract unr the NHL, penned a thoughtful msage about players the league who have opposed wearg pri jerseys or g rabow stick tape durg their teams' annual pri events.