In the book, the Fosty brothers assert that Halifax Eureka player Eddie Martin was the inventor of the “slapshot,” the most difficult shot in hockey. While Darrill Fosty says that fact cannot be simply proven, the League was the first to allow hockey players to lift their sticks beyond their waist, thus helping the innovative shot to evolve. The League also pioneered the practice of a goalie leaving his feet to block a hockey puck.
Despite racism and financial hardships, the League lasted quite a while until officially ending operations in 1930. But despite the League’s contribution to the game, little in the way of records or monuments exist in honor of Black Canadian hockey players.
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