Black ice : The lost history of the colored hockey league of the maritimes, 1895-1925 byDarril Fosty, George FostyIn 1895, The Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was Twenty five years before the Negro Baseball Leauges in the United States, and twenty two years before the birth of the National Hockey League. The Colored League would emerge as a premier force in Canadian hockey and supply the resilience necessary to preserve a unique culture which exists to this day. Unfortunately their contributions were conveniently