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- A clever and talented centre, Kwong led the Vernon Hydrophones to the 1939 BC Midget Championship and then the 1941 BC Juvenile Championship. However, with his success came frequent references to his Chinese ethnicity. As a teenager, Kwong was nicknamed the “China Clipper” or “King Kwong.”
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Jan 27, 2024 · Kwong is known for breaking the colour barrier as the first player of Asian descent to play in the NHL. His daughter, Kristina Heintz, knew him as a humble man who taught her to...
In 1951 Kwong won the Vimy Trophy as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the QSHL. That year, he led the Valleyfield Braves to the league championship and then to the Alexander Cup, the Canadian major senior title. In the following QSHL season (1951–52), Kwong's 38 goals were topped only by Jean Béliveau 's 45 tallies.
Kwong, the first athlete of Asian heritage to play in an NHL game, battled racism and discrimination as he made a name for himself on the ice. Brigit Katz. Correspondent. March 21,...
Oct 5, 2020 · Breaking The Barrier. On March 13, 1948, Larry Kwong became the first non-white player to break the color barrier when he made his only appearance in the NHL, wearing his number 11 playing for the New York Rangers against Maurice Richard and the Montreal Canadians at the Montreal Forum.
Mar 2, 2015 · Larry Kwong (born Eng Kai Geong), hockey player (born 17 June 1923 in Vernon, BC; died 15 March 2018 in Calgary, AB). On 13 March 1948, Kwong became the first Chinese Canadian to play a National Hockey League (NHL) game. He also had a long career in professional hockey in Switzerland as a player and a coach.
Larry Kwong made history as the first Asian player to touch NHL ice. But his immeasurable impact on the game extends far beyond his lone big-league shift. I t was a Sunday afternoon...
Feb 19, 2018 · Kwong, 94, lives in Calgary where earlier this month he played host to a Chinese New Year dinner in his name. He is no longer mobile enough to make the trek to Vancouver, having lost both...
