Updated at 13:52,22-04-2024

Breaking The Ice: How A Refugee Became NHL's First Belarusian Hockey Player

By Violetta Savchits, Max Lauretski, Stuart Greer, RFE/RL

Former NHL hockey player John Miszuk returned to his birthplace in Naliboki, Belarus, more than seven decades after his family was driven out during World War II. After spending part of his childhood in forced-labor and refugee camps, Miszuk emigrated to Canada and started his remarkable journey to the NHL.