William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of NHL.com's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, he profiles retired NHL forward Scott Gomez , who was elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame and is in his first season as coach of Chicago of the United States Hockey League.

Scott Gomez was on a Montreal golf course in June when he got the call.

He didn’t answer.

“There was a number that kept calling me and I didn’t know what the number was,” Gomez said.

Recognizing some of the digits, Gomez texted Dave Fischer, communications director for USA Hockey, who told him, “Hey, you really need to answer this call.”

When he finally did, Gomez, the first Latino to win the Cald

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