Veteran goaltender Curtis McElhinney was unable to find a team to sign with in free agency and rather than opt to try his hand at a tryout somewhere, he has instead called it a career, updating his Instagram profile to state that he has now retired.
Some of the greatest Black athletes in history are featured on the mask, including Willie O'Ree, Alice Coachman, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and also Martin Luther King Jr.