Nazem Kadri can sometimes feel like he’s playing hockey on an island and his voice can’t be heard.
A proud Muslim from London, Ontario, the first-year Avalanche center identifies as a minority with Black peers. Kadri is a member of the Hockey Diversity Alliance, which was formed by seven Black players in June during heightened coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Kadri, whose family is from Lebanon, stood arm-to-arm with Black teammate Pierre-Edouard Bellemare of France and Black Minnesota Wild players Matt Dumba, a Canadian, and American Jordan Greenway during the U.