Mike Grier, the N.H.L.’s First Black General Manager, Started as a College Benchwarmer 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.”
Sharks Hire Mike Grier as N.H.L.’s First Black General Manager 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.