What If the NHL Added WHA Records?

Hey Ovi, the new record is 975. You’ve gotta pass Howe again. (Caps Outsider)

Recently, Major League Baseball incorporated the Negro League statistics into its own record books. This most notably elevated Josh Gibson to the top spot in MLB’s single-season batting list.

The combination of the stats served as a remedy of sorts since the players in the Negro League weren’t allowed to play in Major League Baseball.

Interestingly, hockey had a similar league, the Colored Hockey League, but it was founded in 1895, 22 years prior to the NHL. Before Willie O’Ree became the first Black player in the NHL in 1958, Black players already skated in integrated Canadian leagues, where there was much more…