The NHL’s Pride Night initiatives have not gone as planned this year.
Back in January, Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers declined to wear the team’s Pride jersey for pregame warmups, citing his religious beliefs. Since then, the New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks all scrapped their plans to wear Pride Night jerseys. Players James Reimer, Marc Staal, Eric Staal and Ilya Lyubushkin all joined Provorov in refusing to wear their team’s jerseys as well.
