Tanroop Mahal's career in hockey media has been a whirlwind. And it all began with a well-timed flyer pinned under the windshield wiper of his family's car.
It was summer 2017, and Mahal, a JR Shaw School of Business Human Resources student, was a passionate Oilers fan who had just watched Connor McDavid lead the team to its first playoff-series win in more than a decade. Mahal is also Sikh, which made him especially intrigued by the name of the company on the flyer: Apna Hockey, apna being the Punjabi word for our.
Mahal started following on social media, and now, seven years later, he's Apna Hockey's social-media lead, a volunteer job that has allowed him to connect with South Asian fans across Canada and help make the game more inclusive. In the process, it's also brought him face-to-face with some of the biggest names in the NHL.
"I'm really passionate about sports," Mahal says. "I just needed an entry point."
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