In an article from ESPN.com NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark, Seattle Kraken assistant athletic trainer Justin Rogers announced publicly that he is day, becoming what is believed to be the first openly gay member on an NHL team's bench.
Last season players and teams nixed Pride Jersey warmup sweaters in separate instances. This summer, commissioner Gary Bettman banned specialty sweaters altogether and in October placed a ban on players using Pride tape on their stick, though that was eventually overturned following ample backlash.