Combating racism in hockey requires actions, not words, says Ted Nolan. WATCH | Racism, discrimination found in Toronto-area hockey league: committee: "But now I'm 15 and everyone knows how offensive that word is." "When it happened to me the first time, I was only 10 years old and the player that said it at the time couldn't have understood how impactful and negative that word could be," he said. Nicola-Lalonde has played hockey for many years and has been called the N-word and dealt with racial abuse a number of times before, but said this time it struck a painful nerve. I really didn't know what to do," he told CBC Sports.Ī brawl broke out and in the midst of the melee, it's alleged the same Forest Hill player hurled another racial slur at Humber Valley's goalie, who is Asian. Nicola-Lalonde, who is Humber Valley's only Black player, said the player then called him the N-word. Nicola-Lalonde retaliated with a cross-check. Nicola-Lalonde's team was breaking out of its end and one of his teammates was body checked by an opposing player, though the game was being played under non-contact rules. It all started with a fairly innocuous play. 30 in a game between Nicola-Lalonde's Humber Valley Sharks team and the Forest Hill Force, both of the Greater Toronto Hockey League. 
It made me not want to play anymore and just retire from hockey." I didn't know what to do," 15-year-old Yonas Nicola-Lalonde said of the alleged incident. "After it ended, I skated off the ice and went to the change room and tried to recompose myself because I was in so much shock. A jarring racial attack has left a young Toronto hockey player contemplating whether he ever wants to play the game again.
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