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Former NHL player Akim Aliu, whose description of past alleged racist behaviour by Bill Peters led to the former NHL coach resigning from the Calgary Flames, has signed a contract for the rest of the 2019-20 season with HC Litvinov of the Czech Extraliga. CBC | Sports News
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‘He ruined and deterred my career’: Akim Aliu discusses the racial abuse he suffered in hockey
During the first intermission of Hockey Night in Canada’s primetime game on Saturday, Sportsnet aired an interview of Akim Aliu discussing what his life has been like since November 2019, when he first shared his story of racial abuse at the hands of his former coach. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Akim Aliu accepts apology, requests manager keep job after blackface incident
A Nigerian-born hockey player has accepted the apology of a minor league equipment manager who wore blackface to the team’s Halloween party in 2011. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Akim Aliu believes change coming after meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman
Former NHL forward Akim Aliu expects “big change” in the league after a meeting with the league’s top two executives on Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Akim Aliu calls Flames coach’s apology ‘misleading, insincere’
Former NHL player Akim Aliu called Bill Peters’ apology “misleading, insincere and concerning” after the Calgary Flames coach released a statement Wednesday night apologizing for using “offensive language” when they both were in the minor leagues more than 10 years ago. CBC | Sports News
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