Because Hockey or rather the people that usually end up playing that sport don't like black people....
-I've only heard of a hand full of blacks that actually played the sport
-Remember that black guy that was blind sighted by that white Hockey player and they banned him for life cause that black player had brain damage.
-The fans,them cac are brutal like in a lot of sports but their hatred for a player is deep rooted in racism like in a lot of sports where whites or others are the majority.
Them cac loved me when I played travel hockey. When I was forced to quit because I was running around with my knuckleheaded cousins gettin into all kinds of arrest record shenanigans they offered to pay my entire way to keep me on their kids' teams (shit was costing an amount so ludicrous anually I won't even disclose it between the ice time and constant traveling and hotel bookings, tournament registrations etc.).
You right though, not one of my travel teammates' family's yearly incomes were less than half a milly. Im talking investment bankers, real estate moguls, music and television celebs, one had a legendary hockey pedigree too grandad is in the hockey hall..... that was just on MY team. There were 4 travel teams. one for each age divison and we went all over the country and into canada)