“I didn’t really believe it was ever going to happen,” says Bernice Carnegie, after decades of support for her father’s induction based on a legacy of inspiration and achievement.
“I had been working in my office and had absolutely no idea what he was talking about, and he had to read out the press release to me. I was caught off guard and kept asking, ‘Really? Are you sure?’” Bernice told the Star in a recent interview, recalling that day last spring and how the news spread like wildfire through family circles.
The 2022 class also includes NHL greats Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Roberto Luongo and Daniel Alfredsson as well as Finnish women’s star“I was crying, everybody was excited and grinning,” Bernice Carnegie said of reaction to the induction announcement. “It was just the most wonderful thing. I have to say, I didn’t really believe it was ever going to happen.”Carnegie’s death at age 92 in 2012,
During a June conference call announcing the 2022 class, the Star’s Kevin McGran asked other inductees what Carnegie’s induction means to the hockey world and its efforts to increase diversity. They had little to say. Longtime Maple Leafs owner Conn Smythe once famously said he would pay $10,000 to anyone who could turn Carnegie white. Decades of racism took a toll on Carnegie’s mind and soul.in 2009, breaking down in tears. “I can’t forget it. Because he cut my knees off. He broke my legs. It’s horrible. So I don’t want people to go through that.”
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