Former NHLer Hodgson honoured by release of Indigenous hockey card set

It’s been a long time coming, but the recognition is more than welcomed by Danny Hodgson.

The 57-year-old is one of eight former Indigenous NHL players who are a part of the Upper Deck First Peoples Rookie Cards set, released Jan. 13.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.

Cardinal, a member of Tallcree First Nation, put together a board of fellow Indigenous community members which selected the players. He wrote the text for the backs of the cards, while artist Jacob Alexis, from the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, designed them.Article content “ … was finding imagery for some of the athletes. Because it’s been such a long time and the imaging some of the times was not so great. If they weren’t on Getty, which some of them weren’t, we had to talk to the families, to the NHL, any way possible to see how we can get some good imagery to be on these cards.”Article content

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