William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles Jason McCrimmon, the 2022-23 Willie O’Ree Community Hero Award winner in the United States. McCrimmon makes his debut in October as coach and director of hockey operations with the Prague Guardians of the new European Union College Hockey League.
Jason McCrimmon has always been about giving chances through hockey.
As founder of Detroit Ice Dreams in 2014, he established a pathway for boys and girls from the city’s most underrepresented communities to ice skating and hockey by making them accessible and more affordable.
