American-born defenseman Jalen Smereck, who is Black, said he would be “taking a personal leave of absence … and I will not play another game in the UHL until Andrei Deniskin is suspended and removed from the league” for making a racist gesture.
American-born defenseman Jalen Smereck, who is Black, said he would be “taking a personal leave of absence … and I will not play another game in the UHL until Andrei Deniskin is suspended and removed from the league” for making a racist gesture.