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

TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum.

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