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Reviving the history of the St. Catharines Orioles, an all-black hockey team from the 1930’s

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The St. Catharines Orioles were the first all-black hockey team in Ontario and played in the 1930s against teams from Fonthill, Homer, Jordan, and other towns. When the team first started in the Niagara district hockey league, they didn’t even have a rink to practice on. Adam Atkinson reports.