The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Willie O'Ree and P.K. Subban On Their Journey to the NHL

Episode Date: June 5, 2023

Willie O'Ree, the first Black hockey player in the NHL, reflects on how he thrived in the sport despite a severe eye injury and racist backlash and talks about inspiring young athletes. And Pro hockey star P.K. Subban discusses his path from immigrant's son to captain of an NHL All-Star team.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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the Boston Bruins. A native of Frederickton New Brunswick is the first Negro to play in the National Hockey League. In his first time out, his team won against the Montreal Canadiens. In the Bruins' dressing room after the game, Gord Sinclair Jr. of CFCF pressed through the crowd for this interview. It must be quite an exciting that, Willie, anything unusual? No, it was the greatest thing of my life, I believe. I'll always remember this day. We'll always remember this day. Mr. Willie O'Ree.

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You said, I want to play in the NHL. I want to be a professional hockey player. Nobody hadto it. I'd love to know how you had this idea of doing something that had never been done before with the clarity that you had. Well, when I was 14 years of age, I decided I wanted to become a professional hockey player and then hopefully one day in the, playing the National Hockey League. And I have to give credit to my older brother, who was not only my brother and my friend, but he was my mentor. And he taught me a lot of things that I would need to know. So I started playing organized hockey and at 14 I left my hometown to go up to Quebec Canada to play junior hockey with the Quebec Frontenacx. Played there that one year and then I went

and played in Kitchener Ontario the second year and that's when I had an unfortunate accident. You know, none of the players wore any helmets, no face thi-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. I, I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th-in, I th-in, I th-n. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I-n, I, I-n, I-n, I-n, I-n, I-n, I-s, I-ne-ne-ne-ne-s, I-s, I'm the-s, theeea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-e. the. the and that's when I had an unfortunate accident. You know, none of the players wore any helmets, no face shields, no cages, and I was struck in the right eye with the puck and lost 97% vision in my right eye. Wow! The doctor told me I'd never play hockey again, but I kept it a secret and turned pro in 1956 and was able to play 21 years with one eye. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, let's, okay, now we need to add an extra layer of legend to the story. You lost some of your vision and the doctor said that you were legally blind. You keep this a secret, and then you go on to play.

I don't even understand how that's possible. I can't follow the puck. I've been to hockey games. I love watching hockey games, but it's like I can't follow the puck, but you're telling me you were a professional player who was legally blind. I don't understand how you did this. Well, you know, when I went to the hospital and I was in my recovery room and the doctor said, Mr. O'Ree says, you're going to be blind, the two goals that I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I was thran, I was thrae, I was thtied, I was thtook thtooks, I was thin, I was thin, I was thin, I've the thin, I've the th th th th th th th thin, I the the thin, I've th th th th th the the th the the the the the th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thrue, I was thrue, I thrue, I'm thean, I'm thean, I've ttook, I've took, I've tean, I've tean, I've tean, I've tean, I've tean, I've thean, I'm thean. Well, the two goals that I have set for myself, well seemingly were gone. But I got out of the hospital and within the next five weeks I'm back on the ice practicing and playing in playing. Now I'm a left-hand shot and playing left-wing but to compensate I had to turn my head all the way around to was over skating the puck and missing the net. And I just said, Willie, forget about what you can't see and concentrate on what you can see.

So the season ends and I go back to my hometown and I kept my fingers crossed that I'd be contacted by a professional team. And I waited and waited and finally I got a call from Punch Emlack, who was the coach and general manager of the Quebec professional team te.... tip. tip. tip. tip. tip. te. te. te. I, tc, te, tc, tc, to tc, to to to to to to to to to to to to too, too, too, too, too, to tooke, tooke, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, the the the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the the the the the, they. Wea, they. Wea, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, wa, wa, wa, the coach and general manager of the Quebec case is the Quebec professional team up in Quebec City. So to make a long story short I go to training camp I make the team I don't tell them that I'm blind I don't have an eye exam so I says well if I don't take an eye exam just just play and we won the championship that year so that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. the the they-s their their their the the the the the the the the the extra confidence that I needed. I said, Oh man, I mean that's yeah, if anything qualifies somebody to be a legend, I think that that story makes it. Let's talk about the sport itself. You know, you

talked about back then what it was like being in in the league as the first and only black player. You had teammates who supported you, you had fans who cheered for you. But the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their was also their was also their was also th. You were also th. You were also th. You were also th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I was was was was was was, th. I was, th. I was, th. I was, th. I was, th. I was, th. I was, th. I. I was, th. I. I was, th. I. I. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was th. I was th. I was th. I was th. I was th. I was t. I was t. I'm. I'm t. I'm. I'm. I'm tea. I'm. I'm. I'm tea. I'm. I'm tea. I'm. I'm t. I'm t ates who supported you. You had fans who cheered for you. But they were also the fans who really could only think of the color of your skin as the reason that they didn't like you. You know, they were they were shouting slurs at you on the ice or they were shouting slurs at you from from the stands. I'd love to know how you blocked out that you know. I mean that surely that surely that that that that that that that surely surely surely surely that that that that s surely that s surely that that that s surely that s surely that s surely that that s surely that s surely that s surely that that that that that s surely that that that that that that that that that that that thrally thrally thrally thrally that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that thlylylylylylylyly the the the the the the the the the the the the the thlylylylyly thly thly thly thly thly thrally thrally thrally thrally that thr thr thr thr thr thr thr thr throly throly throly throooly thr-s throooooooooly that thr-s thr-s your family or did you put your head down and like how did you do that? And I just put my head down. I was called the N-word every time I stepped on the ice by players on the opposition, by fans in the stands, if I had a penalty and I went in the penalty box I could hear them saying the end word, but I just blocked it out. Thanks to my older brother. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks th. Thanks th. Thanks th. Thanks th. Thanks the older, the older, th. Thanks the older, th. Thanks the older, the older, the older, the older, the older, the the the the the the the th. Thanks, the the the th. I was, the end, the end, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the end. I. I. I, I. I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, thin. thea. tea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.ea.e.e. te. te. the. the. I was. I me, Willie, if they can accept you for the individual that you are, because you have the skills and the ability to play in the

league at this particular time, he said, forget about everything else. He said, just go out, stay focused on your goal and work hard. And basically that's what I did. But I mean, it was really rough at the beginning, Trevor, it really was. But finally, I gained the respect of the players and the opposite and the fans. Man, I can't even imagine how hard it must have been, you know, being in that world. There are over 100 black players, you know,

who have now played in the NHL. Many of them have either talked about your story, or they've talked about your journey in some way inspiring them, but they've also talked about how difficult it can be being the only black player on a team, you know, the only black player who's representing a franchise. You know, were there any tips that you gave to any of these players or were there any tips that you learned that would help you not almost carry the entire burden of being being the only black player, the the the the the to fail for Willie or being able to succeed for Willie and are always worrying that it, you know, it represents all of blackness at the same time, which it did and didn't. Well I met a lot of the black players and the players of color

that are playing in the in the league at the present time and you know, some of them that I have met that I have that I that I that I that I that I have that I have that I have th. th. th. th. th. th. that that the that the that the that. that. the that. that. that. the, the, the, that the the thea that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I that I th. that I th. th. th. th. that. that. that. that. that. that. the thrown. thrown. throwneeeeeeeeeeeea throwneeeeeeeeeeea theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that imagine what you had to go through to make it possible for players like me to play in the league. He says, I just, I have the highest respect and the highest admiration for you. He said, what you had to do? You must have had to turn your cheek a thousand times. And I said, I just stayed focused on what I wanted told myself I'm good enough to play in the league and just just work hard and stay confident. Let's talk a little bit about the future. You know, we're celebrating you and you've been celebrated for such a long time as being not just part of black history, but part of also the NHLL's history. You have now been an ambassador for the National Hockey League, getting black players into it, players of color. You know, kids who would have never thought that this could be their sport or

maybe they wanted to get into it but couldn't. It's an expensive sport to get into you. You know, your skates and and all the equipment that you need to to be part of it sometimes becomes a bigger barrier than even the color of your skin. When you're meeting with new kids and you're talking to to to to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their their their their. their. their. their their their their. their their their their their their their their to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get to get. to get. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. toea. toea. toea. toea. their. their.a. their.a. their. their. their. their. their. their. tea. How do you inspire them to get into a sport that sometimes might be just out of their reach? Well, we have organized programs all over North America. And when I first started, there were approximately five, we have about 36 now, and before the pandemic I was traveling around to these cities and talking to the elementary school, middle schools, junior high, high schools, boys and girls, clubs, Y, M, Y, W, C, a juvenile detention facilities, to let them know that there

is a sport that they can play if they want to. And all you have to do is come to the rink and we'll learn you how to skate. And if you follow, we'll get you, an organized team where you're able to play. I mean, hockey is a fun sport, but I tell these kids, if you're not having fun, don't play it, find another sport. But I can honestly say that the clinics that I've conducted over the years, once I get these boys and girls on the ice, I've not had one boy or girl come up and say, Mr. Ray, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't like, I don girl come up and say, ah, Mr. Rhee, I don't like this, I'm not coming back. So it's a nice feeling to reach out and eat and just touch one individual and make a difference

in their life. Well, that's why you are who you are, that's why you are receiving not just a medal, but all the praise, and we celebrate you. Thank you so much, Mr. Willie O'Ree. Thank you so much for joining us on the show. Thank you for what you've done and thank you for the joy that you've brought to the sport and to the world. We appreciate you. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with Zip Recruiter. Zip Recruiter finds amazing candidates for you fast. And right now you can try it for free at Zip Recruiter.com. Zip Recruiters smart technology identifies top talent for your roles quickly. Immediately after you post your job, Zip Recruiters powerful matching technology

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Please welcome P.K. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to the show. Oh, man, New York. Back in New York. This is so good, man. So good to have you. Like, you know, like sports stars always have like such a crazy schedule. It's so hard to get you on the show.

Thank you for being here. You're a superstar. And congratulations. selected for the All-Star game again this weekend in Tampa. You're excited? I'm extremely excited to be captain two years in a row. I'm just very happy to be able to represent the city of Nashville again. And I'm just, I'm pumped, man. I'm pumped to be an all-star again. You have such a wild story. I mean, I know, I didn as a player but your story is one that really excites me. You got into hockey in Canada in Montreal but someone likes hockey or Canada or both. But what was really amazing to me is that your dad gets you

into the game and you come from a Jamaican family and for me like Jamaica and ice hockey. No they don't mix. No No. Like, why would your dad go like hockey? You know what? It's a good question because my dad moved from Jamaica when he was 12 years old. And that's where he grew up to, he's 12, moved to Sudbury, Ontario, where he learned about the Sudbury wolves. And he grew up in a French neighborhood. That's why me going to the Montreal Canadians was such a big think, family because my dad grew up in a French neighborhood and that's where he learned about hockey for

the first time and that was the first time we saw snow, you know, 12 years old. So growing up in Sudbury, you know, watching the Montreal Canadians, everybody was French so he saw the kids playing in the neighborhood and that's when he started to watch hockey and used to watch the Subbrew Wolves play. Right, and you went on to play for the Montreal Canadians, which is not a very creative name, but I mean it's very literal. And you didn't just go on to play for them, man. They love you out there so much. I mean, you played for the team, you loved the team. Was that probably your biggest life ambition? Oh man just you know it was a dream as a kid you know you wanted to play and hockey and it wasn't really until later on in my

life where I knew it could be really a job I just wanted to be like the guys on TV right you know and whether it was playing in the backyard and every I got to give my I have the best parents in the world you know my dad to the backyard rinks you know, every year and I give him credit for that because my mom used to give him, you know, crap all the time because the hydro bills would be so high for all the water that he'd be using to make the backyard rinks, but he stuck to the plan and both of my parents together did, made so many sacrifices just to give me the opportunity to play hockey. Never once did they ever mention, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, you know, for any of us, all three of us.

It just so happened that they gave us the opportunity to play and we got better and then it became an opportunity to make it a living and we just chased our dreams and now, you know, myself and Malcolm are playing the NHL and we're working on getting Jordan there hopefully soon. That's amazing. Your self-and-a-s. all playing the same sport, all at a high level. I think what touches me about your story is not just that you're successful, it's that in many ways you mimic what your dad did for you and it was selfless. You donated $10 million to a children's hospital.

Did you like add a zero by mistake? I've done that. Because I've done, you can tell me. You can tell me. You know, I get that question a lot because it's one thing to donate and give back. It's another reason of to think, another way to look at it is why $10 million, you know, and I think it comes down to everybody has their own personal life experiences. You know, I went to Haiti with World Vision a year after when I was, I would have been 19 years old, 20 years old at the time. a year after when I was, I would have been 19

years old, 20 years old at the time, and I'm not from Haiti, I'm not Haitian, but I had an opportunity to go with World Vision at the time and I went for three days and it was a life-changing experience for me, but that wasn't it. I came back and I got to know Alex very very closely in his parents and his family and I was actually in toucest with him until literally his last moment moments before he passed away and you know for me that made me want to give back in a different way and really have a significant impact and not just give back you know where everyone could say wow that's great but give back where I different way and really have a significant impact and not just give back

you know where everyone could say, wow, that's great, but give back where I could actually make a difference. And when I was presented the opportunity to do something like this with the $10 million donation and to the hospital, Montreal, I didn't even think twice about it. They came down the 401 to my house in Nobleton, Ontario, and they presented it to me, and I signed the papers right there, and it was the perfect situation for me. And to this point, we've helped over probably 10,000 families and raised millions of dollars. So I'm very, very happy about that.

That's a phenomenal story, man. You, you not only have love for Montreal, but you went through a trying time where you were unexpectedly traded from Montreal through to Nashville, to the Nashville predators. And Montreal was your love. Montreal still is your heart. And you moved on to Nashville, and you always promised the people of Montreal that you would take the team to the Stanley Cup. And then after you were traded, you then took the Nashville Predators and you're part, to, to, to, the, to, to, the, to, to, the, to, the, the, the, to, the, the, the, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thae, the, they, they, the, the, tha, tha, the, the, tha, tr.Ty.e, tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr the, the, the, the, the, the, they.e, they.e, tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr tr true, true, true, true, true, true, theyyyyyyymea, true, theyyyyyymea, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, theyyyyyy.e, the Stanley Cup. And then after you were traded, you then took the Nashville Predators and you're part of the team that went to the Stanley Cup. Was that one of the most bittersweet moments you experienced as a human being?

The bitter part about it is that we didn't win. I mean, wow. So, but, you know, it was a tremendous experience and I have to speak about my teammates because, you know, I wouldn't have an opportunity to be in this position and to be an all-star without them, and they've worked, I've never played with a greater group of guys than we have right now in that locker room and I've never wanted to win so badly in my career because I think that everybody in that locker room deserves it. But they've given me every opportunity to be successful. But we've given each other that opportunity.

And I think that's why we ended up in the Cup final. But what sucked about it was, Yeah, we didn't win and I didn't get an opportunity. That's all I could think about. Was when we got to that conference and we won the Western Conference finals, I'm like, man, I'm gonna have a chance to bring a cutback to that hospital. Right, right, right. And those kids, and you know, because I remember their faces and how upset they were when I was traded and I'm like, man, I got an opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity opportunity, but we have an opportunity to do it this year. So, you, yeah, you have, you have many opportunities and it's not just in the field of sport. I think what's really, I think, inspiring about your story is how you find opportunities to help others because it's not just the kids in Montreal. Tell us a little bit about the program that you started in Nashville,

where you get policemen to hang out and spend time with young, previously disadvantaged or disadvantaged youths. You know what, and it's so important. One of my best friends is a cop and was actually just recently retired. Chris O'Solvin was a cop in Boston. And, know, Chris has come from a family of 12 brothers and sisters, used to play professional hockey, but has become one of my closest friends over the years and we know how much there's been talk about in sports, especially with police officers and players have chosen to deal with it differently. I think that I was

faced with a lot of questions coming out of training camp and you know for me I always look at everything and how can I make this a positive situation. And I looked at it and I remember us having a meeting as a team before the season started talking about how we were going to handle it and I remember being up front I said, listen guys I want to attack this in a way that is positive for the team and for the community. And the the the the the to to to listen, to to listen, to listen, to listen, to listen, to listen, to to to listen, to to to to the the to to the the the to the, to to to to to the, the, I'm, I'm, I, I, I'm, the the, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, the, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I I I I I, I, I, I I I I, I, I, I, the, I, the, the, the, the, thii.e, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi.ea, their, the the the thr.ea, I want to attack this in a way that is positive for the team and for the community. And listen, also my best friend had an influence on me as well. And I know what he's done for so many people and his friends have done. And I know that in the community of Nashville I wasn't going to have the opportunity maybe

to donate $10 million to him again, but maybe do something that was just impactful in a different way and starting this program has been It's been amazing. It's had the same impact that you know what my foundation has had in Montreal And in a little bit of a different way and the kids I mean, I wish you could be there to see the look on the kids faces when it's their first time going to a hockey game their first time their first time pretty much thii, their first time time ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. the first the first the first their thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their first their first their first their first their first thi. thi. their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tm. tm. thea. thea. their first their first their first their first their first their first their first their first the way and to have to have police officers there to do it with them it's just been great. So you have these kids who meet up with a police officer, they come to the game, you get them tickets, you buy them dinner, they hang out together. I would like to understand why you thou that that would be something you'd want to do. Everyone tack th th th th the kids th the kids tha their tha tha tha tho tho tho their tho tho tho tho tho tho tho. tho. thoo. tho tho tho to be thoes to be to be that. tho. thoes. thoes. So tho. So tho. So tho. So tho. So tho. So tho. So tho. So tho. So tho. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So th. So, so th. So, so th. So, so th. So, so th. So, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, some. thi. thi. So, some. So, somea. So, somea. So, so, tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. So, the. So, the. Everyone tackles it in a different way. But why that? Why the kids with the police officers? Well, first of all, I think that I have, like I said, friends that work in law enforcement, and I think that we need to celebrate the good that they do as well.

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that's what this program is done. You're an amazing man. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thanks. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching the daily show wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 1110 Central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Fairmount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.