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SUNRISE, Fla -- Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Brown raised his right fist during the playing of the national anthem before the team's first road game of the season. 
  
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 It is the first known demonstration of any kind during the anthem in an NHL regular-season game. The NHL has no rules governing what players must do during the national anthem. 
  
 Brown, who was scratched for Tampa Bay's season-opening win against Florida, remained standing throughout the anthem Saturday night. Brown, one of approximately 30 black players in the NHL, used the same protest before a preseason game against the Panthers last month. 
  
 "I wanted to do something to show my support," Brown told the Tampa Bay Times after the Lightning's 5-4 loss to the Florida Panthers on Saturday. "There are some issues that we have to talk about. So, in my mind, just trying to bring a little more awareness, and any type of conversation that we can get started would be great. I know there's going to be negative backlash. But, in my heart, I know I did what was right." 
  
 The Lightning issued a statement later Saturday, saying, "The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate the moment before every game when we can unite as a community, paying homage to a flag that is representative of our nation and those who have sacrificed. At the same time, we respect our players and individual choices they may make on social and political issues." 
  
 Brown said his teammates supported his decision. 
  
 Lightning forward J.T. Brown raised his right fist in the first known demonstration during the national anthem in an NHL regular-season game. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) 
  
 Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem in the preseason a year ago to make a statement about social inequality and police treatment of blacks in the United States. Since then, the protest has spread to other sports. 
  
 Brown, 27, is the son of former NFL running back Ted Brown, who played eight seasons for the Minnesota Vikings. 
  
 The Associated Press contributed to this report. ||||| Tampa Bay Lightning forward J.T. Brown raised his right fist during the playing of the national anthem before the team's first road game of the season. 
  
 The 27-year-old Brown, who was scratched for Tampa Bay's season-opening win against Florida, remained standing throughout the anthem Saturday night. Brown, one of approximately 30 black players in the NHL, used the same protest before a preseason game against the Panthers last month. 
  
 "I wanted to do something to show my support. There's some issues that we have to talk about," Brown said. "I know there's going to be negative backlash, but in my heart I know I did what was right." 
  
 Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem in the preseason a year ago to make a statement about social inequality and police treatment of blacks in the United States. 
  
 Since then, the protest has spread to other sports. Brown is the son of former NFL running back Ted Brown, who played eight seasons for the Minnesota Vikings. |||||
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The sports world's racial justice protests that started a year ago when former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernik started kneeling during the "Star-Spangled Banner" have come at last to professional hockey. On Saturday night, J.T. Brown, a forward with the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, kept his right fist raised during the playing of the national anthem before his team's first away game of the season, CBC reports. Brown, who is one of approximately 30 black players in the NHL, says he wanted to show support for the cause even though he's aware he's courting criticism. "I know there's going to be negative backlash, but in my heart I know I did what was right," Brown says. ESPN reports that Brown's demonstration was the first-ever during a national anthem in the NHL. Unlike other professional sports, the league has no rules governing behavior during the national anthem, and Brown's team issued a statement of support after Saturday night's game: "The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate the moment before every game when we can unite as a community … At the same time, we respect our players and individual choices they may make on social and political issues." After President Trump called for football players who don't stand for the anthem to be fired in late September, teams across the NFL performed demonstrations before their games that weekend. Brown is the son of Ted Brown, a former running back with the Minnesota Vikings.