The Panarin club, following Provorov, abandoned the form in support of LGBT
For the second time in the current NHL season, hockey players did not support an action in support of the LGBT community. After Ivan Provorov refused to participate in the pre-match rolling in a rainbow uniform, the New York Rangers did not hang such a uniform in the locker room at all.
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The New York Rangers NHL club, which is represented by the Russians Artemy Panarin and Igor Shesterkin, commenting on the rejection of the form in support of LGBT people, said that he supports the right of every person to respectfully express their beliefs. Club statement quotes Reuters.
It was noted that on the night of January 28, Rangers players were supposed to go to the warm-up before the game with the Vegas Golden Knights in LGBT jerseys and sticks with rainbow tape, as happened in the previous two seasons during a similar Pride Night promotion. .
unnamed club player said The New York Post, which saw only the team’s familiar uniform in the locker room, does not know why the club changed its mind.
The club limited itself during the match to the illumination of the Madison Square Garden arena in rainbow colors, a face-off with the participation of representatives of the LGBT community and a video in which he announced that he had made a donation to an organization that supports homeless LGBT youth.
The NHL said that the clubs themselves determine what and how to celebrate, and “the players themselves decide what initiatives they support.”
Earlier from the form in support of LGBT refused Russian defender of the Philadelphia Flyers club Ivan Provorov, who did not come out for a warm-up before the match with the Anaheim Ducks on January 17. “I respect everyone, I respect the choice of everyone. My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. I am an Orthodox person, ”Provorov explained.
