Fan Tosses Banana Peel at Black NHL Player

Fan tosses banana peel at black NHL player: Just before Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds, one of the few African-American players in the NHL, scored on a shootout attempt in Thursday's preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Labatt Centre in Ontario, a fan taunted him by throwing a banana peel that landed directly in…

Fan tosses banana peel at black NHL player: Just before Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds, one of the few African-American players in the NHL, scored on a shootout attempt in Thursday's preseason game against the Detroit Red Wings at the Labatt Centre in Ontario, a fan taunted him by throwing a banana peel that landed directly in his path to the net. "When you're a black man playing in a predominantly white man's sport, you've got to come to expect things like that," he said. Frank Servalli of Philly.com pointed out that this isn't new in the NHL. In 2002 a fan threw a banana at Carolina Hurricanes goalie Kevin Weekes.ย 

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