Devante Smith-Pelly, a black champion in a mostly white league, embraces being a role model June 29, 2018 Devante Smith-Pelly is returning to the Capitals, and looking forward to making a greater ...

Capitals winger Devante Smith-Pelly is one of 24 black players in the NHL this season. "Devante isn't there because he's black," says Hall of Famer Willie O'Ree, who broke the league's color ...

BUFFALO, N.Y.-- Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly is disgusted and saddened black athletes such as himself continue to be the targets of racial taunts from fans."It's sad that in ...

Nearly a year ago, Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly was sitting in the penalty box at Chicago's United Center when a small group of fans began a racial taunt. Smith-Pelly, who is ...

Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly was in the penalty box after a third period fight with a Blackhawks defenseman on Saturday night in Chicago when four Blackhawks fans started ...

Smith-Pelly said he appreciated Reirden giving him the start in his return to the United Center. ''That was cool,'' Smith-Pelly said after Washington's 8-5 loss. ''I love the national anthem here.'' ...

No one was prouder of Smith-Pelly's accomplishments than Michael Marson, a fellow native of Scarborough who became the NHL's second black player in 1974 with the Capitals. "He was heroic.

A critical Game 5 goal in the Stanley Cup Final cemented the Washington Capitals’ Devante Smith-Pelly as one of the heroes of the NHL postseason. But Smith-Pelly’s moment — a dazz… ...