{"id":56331,"date":"2020-08-29T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T05:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/islanders-to-turn-nhls-social-justice-stance-into-community-action\/"},"modified":"2020-08-29T08:51:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T05:51:00","slug":"islanders-to-turn-nhls-social-justice-stance-into-community-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/islanders-to-turn-nhls-social-justice-stance-into-community-action\/","title":{"rendered":"#Islanders to turn NHL\u2019s social justice stance into community action"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Islanders to turn NHL\u2019s social<\/a> justice stance into community action<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The focus will be on the task at hand when the Islanders take the ice in Toronto for Saturday\u2019s 7 p.m. rescheduled Game<\/a> 3 against the Flyers, but Friday was a day on which the players\u2019 attention primarily remained trained on the world outside the bubble in which they have been cocooned for more than a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we all know that us sitting out for two days is not going to end racism,\u201d Scott Mayfield said via Zoom on the second day the bubble rinks in Toronto and Edmonton remained dark because of the NHLPA job action. \u201cBut what it does do is, it brings dialogue, it brings awareness, and it enables us to look in the mirror and talk to each other. That\u2019s what it started.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s all about action now and it\u2019s all about making sure that we actually do things to combat the issues in our game and in society.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is about action that Mayfield, the 27-year-old native of St. Louis, intends to take as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve already reached out to our community relations director just about setting up things outside the rink, what we can do, starting to brainstorm ideas, going to minority communities, stuff like that,\u201d said the defenseman. \u201cThe platform in hockey is probably the biggest thing.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Gabriel Pageau is congratulated by his Islanders teammates, Scott Mayfield (left) and Mathew Barzal after scoring a goal.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cJust hearing stories of young players that don\u2019t feel safe, they don\u2019t feel included, that\u2019s something that just needs to stop. That just makes me sick because hockey is a place for everyone. It\u2019s a place where everyone should feel safe, everyone should enjoy the game, love the game and love going to the rink, so I think that\u2019s another focus.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs professional athletes, we have a platform. We need to use it in a positive way,\u201d Mayfield said. \u201cYou see plenty of people use their platform in a negative way. This is a time for positivity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The focus has been largely inward for NHL players, who responded, first to the NBA wildcat strike that began Wednesday afternoon when the Bucks refused to take the floor for a scheduled playoff game, and then to the concerns of members of color within their own NHLPA ranks.<\/p>\n

There is far more to this than just the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday or the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis on May 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s really no playbook for this kind of thing,\u201d Matt Martin said. \u201cI think we\u2019re learning and educating ourselves on the fly here and trying to do what\u2019s right. I think everyone in this bubble is for equality and we just want everyone to feel welcome, not only in the game of hockey, but in life and feel safe in their environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as we got word that some of the guys in [Edmonton] were uncomfortable with playing, we obviously wanted to stand behind our minorities and stand behind the guys that are going through a tough time right now and didn\u2019t feel comfortable going out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin, among others, was preparing to join a conference call with the Hockey Diversity Alliance scheduled for late Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe HDA is going to kind of give us what their plan is and what their ideas are moving forward,\u201d the winger said. \u201cI don\u2019t have a whole lot of information in terms of what the plan is, but I plan on listening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I said earlier, I think everyone in this bubble is looking for progress and looking for inclusiveness. Hopefully we can come up with a plan not only in hockey but in the entire world and figure this stuff out and move forward because things obviously aren\u2019t good right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barry Trotz was eloquent speaking to the subject on Thursday morning, before NHL games had been postponed. His words were no less powerful on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [my role] is probably listening, trying to understand and be supportive while trying to be in sort of like a parent role,\u201d the coach said. \u201cListening is a skill and this is a good time for everyone to listen because there\u2019s stuff in this world that everybody pretends they understand but they don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it is time to listen and support.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again, though. Dialogue, talking and listening must be followed by deeds. Trotz addressed that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you know anything about the group of young men that we have, they\u2019re very passionate about being part of the community,\u201d he said. \u201cEvery person on our team is passionate about something. I\u2019m passionate about the special needs community because I have a special needs son. So my passion is there and always get support from the Islanders.<\/p>\n

\u201cA player, or another player may be passionate about something else and I know the teammates support them and the community supports them. They want to make the community better, so I can guarantee you right now, listening to some of the dialogue of the players, they are all in on trying to be the solution not only for the issues at hand but other issues that are maybe not getting as much focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re looking at them trying to do the right thing at the right time.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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