Andrew Sobotka was playing in a hockey game late on Tuesday night, so he missed the Chicago Blackhawks Game 4 loss to the St. Louis Blues and the controversy that followed.
It was not until the morning that the president of the Chicago Gay Hockey Association watched the previous night’s highlights and became aware of Andrew Shaw’s anti-gay slur.
It was shocking, Sobotka said. Not so much because of what Shaw said, but because it came from a Blackhawks player.
This is an organization that two weeks ago had participated in a You Can Play event promoting respect for athletes who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.