Some of sports' biggest icons have now publicly joined the fight to end racism in hockey ... sending a powerful video message Thursday.
and many more -- including some of the NHL's best -- to show their support for the Hockey Diversity Alliance.... and its main goal is to eradicate racism from a sport that's had a checkered history of it.
"There's no place for racism in our sport," the players say in the video."Let's all do our part. Because sport has the power to change.""Their support means the world to us," Aliu says. He adds,"It's time the NHL and the rest of the hockey world begin to take tangible steps into making our game more inclusive and diverse."
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