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A League of Their Own honors the untold legacy of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, founded in 1895 and widely recognized as the first organized all-Black hockey league. Formed within the Black Baptist church, the league grew from faith, community, and a determination to create opportunity where none existed.
A young boy in a modern hockey uniform sits on a sugar maple stump, holding an early-style hockey stick modeled after one of the oldest known sticks. He gazes forward as sunlight illuminates his face, casting a shadow across the stump and his helmet — a visual bridge between past, present, and future.
Throughout the composition, subtle elements tell a deeper story:
CHLM on the helmet honors the league.
1895 on the gloves marks the year of its founding.
12 and 400+ reference the original teams and the more than 400 players who carried the league’s legacy.
Untied skates symbolize vulnerability, preparation, and becoming.
Scripture etched on the skates reinforces the spiritual foundation of the league and the journey of perseverance:
Proverbs 16:9 — “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.”
Hebrews 12:1 — “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
Behind the boy, a recreated newspaper headline reading A League of Their Own lies beneath a layer of ice, as if the league’s history has been frozen in time. The surface of the painting bears marks and scratches reminiscent of ice carved by skate blades, suggesting movement across a history that has long been overlooked. Just as skates cut through ice, this piece seeks to break through what has preserved and concealed this legacy.
This work reflects resilience, faith, and the generations who paved a path forward — reminding us that even history frozen beneath the surface still shapes the game today.
A League of Their Own honors the untold legacy of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, founded in 1895 and widely recognized as the first organized all-Black hockey league. Formed within the Black Baptist church, the league grew from faith, community, and a determination to create opportunity where none existed.
A young boy in a modern hockey uniform sits on a sugar maple stump, holding an early-style hockey stick modeled after one of the oldest known sticks. He gazes forward as sunlight illuminates his face, casting a shadow across the stump and his helmet — a visual bridge between past, present, and future.
Throughout the composition, subtle elements tell a deeper story:
CHLM on the helmet honors the league.
1895 on the gloves marks the year of its founding.
12 and 400+ reference the original teams and the more than 400 players who carried the league’s legacy.
Untied skates symbolize vulnerability, preparation, and becoming.
Scripture etched on the skates reinforces the spiritual foundation of the league and the journey of perseverance:
Proverbs 16:9 — “A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.”
Hebrews 12:1 — “Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.”
Behind the boy, a recreated newspaper headline reading A League of Their Own lies beneath a layer of ice, as if the league’s history has been frozen in time. The surface of the painting bears marks and scratches reminiscent of ice carved by skate blades, suggesting movement across a history that has long been overlooked. Just as skates cut through ice, this piece seeks to break through what has preserved and concealed this legacy.
This work reflects resilience, faith, and the generations who paved a path forward — reminding us that even history frozen beneath the surface still shapes the game today.