BRUINS TO RETIRE JERSEY OF O’REE
More than 60 years after he broke the NHL’s color barrier, Willie O’Ree will soon add another milestone to his career.
The Boston Bruins announced Tuesday that O’Ree will have his No. 22 jersey retired prior to the team’s Feb. 18 game against the New Jersey Devils. It will make O’Ree the 12th player in team history to have a sweater hung in TD Garden.
O’Ree, 85, who played for the San Diego Gulls and had his jersey retired, said he was in his backyard Monday when he got the call from Bruins President Cam Neely informing him about the honor.
“I was at a loss for words there for a few seconds,” O’Ree said. “I’m overwhelmed and thrilled about having my Bruins jersey hung up in the rafters.”
He became the league’s first Black player when he suited up for Boston on Jan. 18, 1958, against the Montreal Canadiens. O’Ree, who was legally blind in one eye, played two seasons for the Bruins, retiring from professional hockey in 1979.
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