Rick Tocquet, head coach of the National Hockey League (NHL) Vancouver Canucks club, said the team’s Russian forward Andrei Kuzmenko will most likely not take part in LGBT action before their regular season match with the Calgary Flames.
Canucks players will wear rainbow jerseys on the pre-match reel. The meeting will take place on the night of April 1, Moscow time.
“I think everything [примут участие в акции]Except for Kuzi, ”journalist Thomas Drans quotes Tocquet on social networks.
The expert added that the reason was “family decision”.
We will remind you that previously the “Chicago Blackhawks” players did not wear a jersey with LGBT symbols before the regular season game with the “Vancouver Canucks”. Also before that, the Russian defender of the Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov, who explained their actions with religious motives, and the New York Rangers team refused to take part in the actions in full force.
Marty Walsh, former NHL Players Association President discretion clubs’ refusal to participate in LGBT events.