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Upstate New York Town Cheers On Hometown Hockey Olympian

On the ice for the U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team is the first African-American to play Olympic hockey. Jordan Greenway grew up in Canton, New York, a tiny town minutes from the Canadian border.

As North Country Public Radio’s David Sommerstein (@davidncpr) reports, family and friends are cheering Greenway on.

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