Growing up in Edmonton, Daylen Mitansky didn’t feel like the hockey rink was a place that would welcome him.
“Don’t say gay was a huge thing,” he said. “Jocks were never [openly] gay, you know. It was just unheard of.”
Tampa Bay Lightning players warm up with sticks wrapped in rainbow coloured tape for pride night before a game against the Carolina Hurricanes at PNC Arena on March 22, 2022, in Raleigh, N.C. The NHL and some of its teams are facing fallout over players who don’t want to take part in Pride Night events. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
He eventually found
