Prokop said he had made the decision to come out before Nassib’s announcement but had been encouraged by the positive reaction the NFL player had experienced from fans and teammates. “I really have the best life, I’ve got the best family, friends and job a guy can ask for.” “I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now but finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest,” he said at the time. In June, Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out. I want to live the way I want to, and I want to accept myself as a gay man.’” “In that moment I said, ‘Enough is enough. “I was lying in bed one night, had just deleted a dating app for the fourth or fifth time, and I was extremely frustrated because I couldn’t be my true authentic self,” Prokop told ESPN. Prokop told ESPN he hoped the decision to come out would help his hockey career. The Nashville Predators took the ice this. Louis Blues with standout performances by Luke Evangelista, Tommy Novak, and Juuse Saros. “LGBTQ, players, coaches and staff can only perform at their absolute best if they live their lives as their true and full selves.” Nashville won an emotional game at home against the St. “I share his hope that these announcements can become more common in the hockey community,” said Bettman in a statement. Predators paid him roughly 12.3 million in the end, not the 14 million contracted. Meanwhile the NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, thanked Prokop for his announcement. hockey-related revenue, the players will be obliged to set aside a. “The Nashville Predators organization is proud of Luke for the courage he is displaying in coming out today and we will support him unequivocally in the days, weeks, and years to come as he continues to develop as a prospect,” said the team. The Predators said they were proud of Prokop in a statement posted to Twitter. I’m just there to play hockey, I’m there to win a championship.” Who I love and who I go home with that night, that’s private and it shouldn’t matter anymore. “The part of me coming out is that I’m just one of the guys. “They’ve been really great,” he told The Athletic. It was telling earlier this week, however, when the two-time All-Star for the Pittsburgh Penguins took exception.

PITTSBURGH (AP) Tristan Jarry typically speaks in a monotone, symbolic of a goaltender who when he’s at his best takes a boring, almost zen-like approach to his job. Nashville center Cody Glass took a point shot by teammate Tyson Barrie off the helmet with 6 minutes left in the second but returned in the third period.❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 /7zqT0A2gJj- luke prokop July 19, 2021 Predators during the first period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Oct. Jarry stops 27 shots, Penguins edge Saros, Predators 2-0. O’Reilly tied it at 1 during the second period as Nashville outshot the Lightning, 14-5.

Kucherov scored the lone first-period goal as Tampa Bay had a 13-2 shot advantage. Parssinen scored 11 seconds into the third period before goals 42-seconds apart by Paul, on the power play, and Hagel put the Lightning up 3-2 at 3:07. Novak had a power-play goal at 8:48 before Paul made it 4-3 on a man-advantage goal 2:04 later. Tampa Bay general manager Julien BriseBois has said the salary-cap challenged team won’t begin talks on a new deal until after the season. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos, entering the final season of a $68 million, eight-year contract, had an assist. Ryan O’Reilly, Juuso Parssinen and Tommy Novak had goals in Andrew Brunette’s debut as Predators coach. Nashville’s Juuse Saros stopped 29 shots. Vasilevskiy had back surgery two weeks ago and is expected to miss another six to eight weeks.īrandon Hagel converted a penalty shot, and Nikita Kucherov also scored twice for the Lightning. Johansson was signed to be Vasilevskiy’s backup.

Jonas Johansson made 29 saves in his first start in place of the injured Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nicholas Paul had two third-period power-play goals and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators, 5-3, in the NHL regular-season opener Tuesday night.

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