Joel ward

• Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward was the hero of Wednesday nights Game 7 of the Capitals-Bruins NHL playoff series, but his shining moment was followed by racial epithets posted to Twitter in the hours after the game.
(Boston Globe)
• [Updated at 2:26 p.m. ET] As Joel Ward's Washington Capitals teammates swarmed their new hero after his playoff series-winning goal against the NHL's defending champions Wednesday night, more sinister emotions were swirling on social media.
(CNN (blog))
• The NHL may have more than two dozen black players, but that fact was lost in the torrent of racist tweets targeted at Joel Ward after his overtime goal for the Washington Capitals eliminated the Boston Bruins from the playoffs Thursday night.
(Washington Post)
• BOSTON | Kevin Weekes is a professional.
(Washington Times)
• When Joel Ward scored the overtime winner for the Capitals to end the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins' season, a wave of racist tweets surfaced. They ranged from casually offensive to viciously hateful. None were shocking.
(Washington Post)
• In a strange bit of irony, the Bruins were the first team in the National Hockey League to employ a black player. Earlier this season, Krys Barch of the Florida Panthers was ejected from a game for using a racial slur against P.K.
(Huffington Post)
• Yes, Capitals winger Joel Ward has heard about the racist taunts directed at him on Twitter after he ended the Boston Bruins season. No, hes not letting it get the best of him.
(Sporting News)
• He chased after the puck and went in almost a direct line to the Boston net. Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas stopped Knuble's backhand attempt, but linemate Joel Ward swooped in to score on the rebound for the second Game 7 overtime goal in franchise history.
(NHL.com)
• While Joel Wards series-winning overtime goal in Game 7 had Capitals fans celebrating in D.C., it sparked a backlash of racist reactions on Twitter.
(Huffington Post)