It was bad enough that Darren Brown-Hall’s teenaged son was subjected to racial taunts and abuse during an amateur hockey game in Western New York in January. The then-17-year-old Roshaun Brown-Hall was harassed by an opposing team, who made “monkey” noises when he touched the puck and called him a “monkey.”



But the inaction that resulted only compounded the problem, making it seem as if the Multiple Organizations House League of the Western New York Amateur Hockey League didn’t take the egregious actions seriously.



In fact, the incident didn’t garner national headlines until a few months later, when Darren Brown-Hall, frustrated that discipline was being dragged out and no resolution had been reached, went to the local media. The result? One USA Hockey official resigned and the league’s playoffs were canceled.



Darren Brown-Hall described the whole process as “heartbreaking.”



“I...