Calls for a stiffer punishment for the player who directed a racist gesture toward a Black defenseman during a Ukrainian Hockey League (UHL) game have reverberated around the sport, with some calling the sanction an embarrassment.
Reuters: Hockey world condemns racist taunt in Ukraine league
Defenseman Jalen Smereck #5 of the Flint Firebirds celebrates his game winning overtime goal against the Windsor Spitfires on Dec. 3, 2017 at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
