The first active openly gay player under contract to an NHL team, Prokop has spent this season with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals, a step up from the third-level ECHL, where he spent most of 2023-24.

Luke Prokop is playing like a man on a mission. The out hockey star is on the cusp of making the NHL, and enjoying arguably his best season yet. The defenseman keeps racking up points for the ECHL’s ...

Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop has come out as gay, becoming the first active player under contract to an NHL team to do so. "It has been quite the journey to get to this point in my life, ...

Luke Prokop, a minor league hockey player with NHL aspirations, publicly came out Monday as a gay man in an interview with The Athletic. If Prokop, 19, eventually makes an NHL roster, he will be the ...

It hasn’t come as quickly as he would like, but Luke Prokop is seeing progress. Progress in his game. Progress in his sport. Prokop also is looking forward to Wednesday, when the Admirals host their ...