Posts About "Akim Aliu"
Willie O'Ree Says More to Be Done to Fight Racism in Sports
February 3rd, 2020 OTTAWA — Willie O'Ree is hopeful that one day sport will be free of racism and bigotry, but thinks it's still a long way off. The 84-year-old O'Ree was in Ottawa on Monday as part of the NHL's Black History Month Tour, which features a mobile curated museum displaying the history of black hockey players in the NHL. Being the...
NHL Commissioner: We Will Not Tolerate Abusive Behaviour
December 9th, 2019 MONTEREY, Calif. — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday that the league will work swiftly to make changes to better deal with personnel conduct issues in the wake of incidents that surfaced in recent weeks. Speaking at the end of the first day of ...
Flames Investigating Allegation Head Coach Used Racial Slurs
November 25th, 2019 PITTSBURGH — Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving says the team is looking into an accusation that head coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs toward a Nigerian-born hockey player a decade ago in the minor leagues, then arranged for the playe...
Akim Aliu Finding New Life In Russia
January 8th, 2016 Akim Aliu is certainly an interesting player under many points of view. Born in Nigeria and moved very young first to Ukraine, then to Canada, he had many controversial moments in his career. In the early years he had some kind of bad reputation that didn't allow him to become a full-time NHL player, yet he still managed to play in...
Flames Training Camp Preview Part 1 of 3: The Fresh Faces
August 21st, 2012 While the CBA negotiations between the NHL and the NHLPA seemingly continue to waltz the line of the second NHL lockout in just seven years, optimistic fans are opting to focus on the conclusion of August which always brings the start of rookie and NHL training camps in September. For the Calgary Flames, several players of both the...
Feaster's Flames get shopping done early
July 2nd, 2012 Jay Feaster doesn't seem to be too taken in by hockey's annual rituals and television events. When the trade deadline came around during the 2010-11 season and the then-interim Calgary Flames general manager made a swap, it was a depth trade of a late round draft pick for veteran forward Freddie Modin. When free agency began last...
Evaluating Calgary's Expiring Contracts
April 17th, 2012 Since the Calgary Flames closed out their regular season and headed into a playoff-free spring for the third consecutive year, the fan base and local sports media did not have to wait long before the first significant move of the off-season to occur. On Thursday, April 12th, Flames General Manager Jay Feaster announced that head coach...
