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NHL, its workforce 84% white, sets baseline to up diversity

FILE - Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba (24), Wild right wing Mats Zuccarello (36) and Wild left wing Kirill Kaprizov (97) wait for a face off during the NHL Winter Classic hockey game Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, at Target Field in Minneapolis. For too long, Matt Dumba felt he was on his own dealing with racial taunts directed at him as a youngster growing up in Saskatchewan. It was no different for Dumba as an adult, one of just a handful of minority players in the National Hockey League.(AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King, File) FILE - Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba (24) advances the puck during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, in Las Vegas. Two years since Matt Dumba took a knee to focus attention on society and the NHL's issues with racial intolerance, the Minnesota Wild defenseman no longer feels alone. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison, File) FILE - Minnesota Wild's Matt Dumba takes a knee during the national anthem flanked by Edmonton Oilers' Darnell Nurse, right, and Chicago Blackhawks' Malcolm Subban before an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff game in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Two years since Dumba took a knee to focus attention on society and the NHL's issues with racial intolerance, the Minnesota Wild defenseman no longer feels alone. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP, File) FILE - Minnesota Wild's Matt Dumba takes a knee during the national anthem flanked by Chicago Blackhawks' Malcolm Subban, left, and Edmonton Oilers' Darnell Nurse, before an NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff game in Edmonton, Alberta, Aug. 1, 2020. Dumba said recently he still sees racism in hockey in the present day, adding he's sick of “the old boys' club and them dictating who is and who isn’t welcome.” (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP, File)