A group of hockey parents in Surrey, B.C., is questioning why their sons’ coach was suspended and then dismissed after standing up for players who they say were targeted with racial slurs.
Brian MacGillivray says he pulled the Surrey Minor Hockey Association Under-11 A1 boys team off the ice during the third period of a game on Feb. 17 after a number of players reported being called “monkey,” “banana,” and the N-word by opposing players on the Ridge Meadows U-11 A1 boys team.
MacGillivray says he heard Ridge Meadows’ head coach and players shout “banana” every time Surrey’s best player stepped on the ice.
Fourteen of Surrey’s 16 players are South
