Grier worked from being a reserve at Boston University to an N.H.L. mainstay. Now the league’s first Black general manager hopes to rebuild the Sharks and “open some doors for someone to follow.”
Tag: Black People
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Two days before the annual draft, Grier takes over a team in transition: San Jose missed the past three postseasons and recently fired its coach.