The Hockey Player

About The Hockey Player

A documentary that follows Canadian-born defenseman Luke Prokop as he decides to become the first — and still only — professional athlete playing under contract to an NHL team to come out as gay. Growing up in Edmonton steeped in Canada’s tough, often homophobic hockey culture, and playing without gay role models throughout professional sports, Luke’s path to coming out of the closet has been neit…

The Hockey Player (2026) is a documentary film directed by Jacqueline Doorey. Luke Prokop appears as Self, Jacob Tierney as Self, Mark Borowiecki as Self, and Gary Bettman as Self.

At 80 minutes long, it arrived in June 2026. Written by Nelson Phillips.

In the United States it streams on OUTtv Apple TV channel.