The first active openly gay player under contract to an NHL team, Prokop has spent this season with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals, a step up from the third-level ECHL, where he spent most of 2023-24.

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Luke Prokop came out as gay to his mother, and while Nicole Prokop embraced her son's decision she had a very specific concern. “She was worried about my hockey career and how it might impact it,” ...

Nashville Predators prospect defenseman and the first openly gay player signed to an NHL contract, Luke Prokop, kicked off the Milwaukee Pride Parade on Sunday as the Grand Marshall. Prokop plays for ...

Luke Prokop, a minor league hockey player with NHL aspirations, publicly came out Monday as a gay man in an interview with The Athletic. If Prokop, 19, eventually makes an NHL roster, he will be the ...

The day Luke Prokop shook the hockey world by coming out, he needed to get away. And stop looking at his constantly buzzing phone. It was July 21, 2021, and the right-shot defenseman had just become ...

Luke Prokop is playing like a man on a mission. The out hockey star is on the cusp of making the NHL, and enjoying arguably his best season yet. The defenseman keeps racking up points for the ECHL’s ...

Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Luke Prokop made his AHL debut Friday against the Rockford Icehogs, becoming the first openly gay player to appear in a game in the league. Here’s what you need to know: ...

It hasn’t come as quickly as he would like, but Luke Prokop is seeing progress. Progress in his game. Progress in his sport. Prokop also is looking forward to Wednesday, when the Admirals host their ...

Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop has come out as gay, becoming the first active player under contract to an NHL team to do so. "It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, ...