Colorado Eagles apologize to Akim Aliu for a staffer wearing blackface and dressing as Aliu in 2011, put that staffer on leave
Tony Deynzer wore blackface and dressed as Aliu at a team Halloween party in 2011. Deynzer has now been put on leave.
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The Colorado Eagles didn’t return the Kelly Cup to the ECHL, so the league made a new trophy
"Colorado kept the trophy. If you can believe it. They still have it. I've never heard of this in the history of hockey. They won it two years in a row and one of their owners said, 'Fine. We'll keep it.'"