Capitals Outsider · Sep 30, 2022
Players Against Hate Charity Game Kicks Off in Laurel
(Photos by Caps Outsider)Aberdeen hockey player John Laursen’s plan to hold a charity game – Play for a Purpose – finally came to fruition Thursday, nearly four years after the ugly incident that inspired it.
Back in December of 2018, 13-year-old Divyne Apollon II and his travel team, the Maryland Maple Leafs, played a game against a team from Pennsylvania, which turned violent after opposing players directed ‘monkey sounds’ and other taunts at him. Apollon, who is Black, was suspended from the game for fighting.