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For Gay Hockey Player Luke Prokop, the NHL Experience Begins

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Carl Nassib of the Las Vegas Raiders anticipated to take the gridiron this fall, and become the first gay NFL player to play in a regular season game.Nashville Predators’ prospect Luke Prokop, who came out earlier this summer, hopes to be the first gay player to hit the ice in the NHL this fall.

Further, no NHL player, active or retired, has come out publicly, so this is big deal in the hockey world.Prokop, who is 19, made his personal announcement on Instagram last month writing, "It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, but I could not be happier with my decision to come out.

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