XThey Called Me Chocolate Rocket: The Life and Times of John Paris, Jr., Hockey's First Black Professional Coach

In the ultra-competitive junior hockey leagues in the early 1960s, a young man could tolerate nearly anything that helped him stand out from the hordes of other prospects, so John Paris, Jr. did just that. The African-Canadian from Nova Scotia dazzled and dominated on the ice -- often facing racism on and off the ice. It took courage.

They Called Me Chocolate Rocket is the story of John s life from his childhood in the Curry s Corner section of Windsor, Nova Scotia, where he was r…