An excited Chance Finke met with hockey legend Henry Boucha last year after Boucha gave a talk at the high school. Boucha is coming to the Grand Marais Public Library on Nov. 21.
The Grand Marais Public Library will present hockey star and author Henry Boucha at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at the library.
This is a free program about Boucha’s life growing up in Warroad, Minnesota, becoming an Olympic and NHL hockey player and how his Ojibwa roots have helped him persevere through challenges and tragedies to become a leader in raising awareness about Native American athletes today.
Boucha is a retired Native American professional ice hockey centerman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars, Kansas City Scouts and Colorado Rockies. Henry’s promising hockey career was tragically brief, cut short by an eye injury that forced him to hang up his skates at the age of 25. However, his impact on the game continues to this day, thanks to his work with an NHL/USA Hockey Diversity Task Force Program and the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media.
While raising his family in Warroad, Henry tried but was unable to find someone interested in developing a series about Native American Olympians. In 2011, he formed Boucha Films to share the tragedies and successes of these sports figures to motivate Native youth and families through these inspirational stories.
Join us as Boucha shares his journey from high school hockey star to the Olympic and NHL hockey arena and the triumphs and tragedies along the way to become a successful advocate for Native American athletes.
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