 This event came less than a year after Jackie Robinson shattered the baseball color line in the US.During this game, Kwong waited until late in the third period before seeing the ice for his only shift of the night, in which he tallied no points in what would be his only big-league game.Demoted back to the minor league after his debut, Kwong became convinced that he would not get an opportunity to prove himself at the NHL level with the Rangers.