Dumba's lone regret, he confessed, was not remaining on a knee for the Canadian national anthem, 'O Canada.'
"I know why I knelt and it wasn’t a sign of disrespect by any means," Dumba said on a conference call with reporters Sunday,"It was to shed light on the people who’ve lived through injustice and oppression, especially in my home state of Minnesota."
Malcolm Subban of the Blackhawks and Darnell Nurse of the Oilers, both Black players as well, placed their hands on Dumba's shoulders while he knelt. Dumba's lone regret, he confessed, was not remaining on a knee for the Canadian national anthem,"O Canada." "There needs to be a lot of light that has to be shed on what is happening in Canada and the oppression First Nations have felt for hundreds of years," he said. "I have First Nations and Aboriginal families that have lived it and I was disappointed looking back on it."
Going forward, Dumba will no longer be kneeling and will instead raise his right arm in the air — for both anthems.
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