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Hockey While Black gets overdue attention with 'Soul on Ice' documentary

Soul on Ice: Past, Present and Future," a new documentary about the black experience in hockey, brought Willie O’Ree to tears, packed a downtown Washington theater on a Wednesday night, and taught one of its own subjects a few things.

How much of the history of blacks in hockey was news to you before becoming part of this movie, Anson Carter was asked. “Just about all of it,’’ Carter said, laughing.

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Carter, an African-Canadian winger who played 11 NHL seasons and is now an NBCSN studio analyst, is an executive producer of “Soul on Ice," which will be broadcast for the first time Wednesday night on the NHL Network.