The first active openly gay player under contract to an NHL team, Prokop has spent this season with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals, a step up from the third-level ECHL, where he spent most of 2023-24.

The Canadiens’ Kaiden Guhle has had a gay teammate before. Guhle and fellow defenceman Luke Prokop were junior teammates with ...

Luke Prokop, a minor league hockey player with NHL aspirations, publicly came out Monday as a gay man in an interview with The Athletic. If Prokop, 19, eventually makes an NHL roster, he will be the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Luke Prokop talked exclusively with 12 News about his path to becoming the first openly gay ...

Nashville Predators prospect defenseman and the first openly gay player signed to an NHL contract, Luke Prokop, kicked off the Milwaukee Pride Parade on Sunday as the Grand Marshall. Prokop plays for ...

Luke Prokop has a new team. The pro hockey player — who has already broken so many barriers for gay athletes — has signed with the Bakersfield Condors, an AHL affiliate for the Edmonton Oilers of the ...

It hasn’t come as quickly as he would like, but Luke Prokop is seeing progress. Progress in his game. Progress in his sport. Prokop also is looking forward to Wednesday, when the Admirals host their ...