Jack Jablonski, Hockey Legend Turned Media Pro, Comes Out as Gay
Jack Jablonski, who was a legendary high school hockey player in Minnesota and now works for the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, has come out as gay.Jablonski came out Wednesday in a tweet and an interview with The Athletic. “I feel like for the first time in my life, I’m happy and excited about the future,” he told the publication. “I’m finally being true to myself, having finally come to grips with who I am.
It feels great to be able to be myself and not have to worry about hiding in the shadows.”Jablonski was a multisport athlete in his school days in St.
Louis Park, Minn. He particularly excelled in hockey, but his playing days ended when he was paralyzed in an accident on the hockey rink 11 years ago, when he was 16.
A collision with another player sent him crashing to the ice, and he suffered two fractured vertebrae and a severed spinal cord.
