Premiere in North American ice hockey: 19-year-old defender Luke Prokop of the Nashville Predators declared on Monday that he was gay. Prokop is the first active player with an NHL contract who has come out publicly. Luke Prokop, originally from Edmonton, Canada, signed a three-year contract with Nashville in December, at the entry level. The last year and a half had been crazy, but they also gave him the chance to find the real me. He is no longer afraid of hiding who he is. Today he is proud to publicly tell everyone that he is gay, he said in an Instagram post. The person in charge of the world’s best ice hockey league, the NHL, Gary Bettman, said he had phoned Prokop and agreed to support the organization. Luke Prokop is following in the footsteps of Carl Nassib, the defensive end of the Las Vegas Raiders, who came out publicly last month as the first active NFL player in American football.
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