Mongo and Gee-Gees hockey team create “Mongo’s Brave Buddies” to help BIPOC minor hockey players who dealt with racism Jasmine McKnight 2020/07/08, 3:12 pm Yvan Mongo, a Black hockey player on the University of Ottawa men’s hockey team, along with his head coach, Patrick Grandmaitre, has created a special club called “Mongo’s Brave Buddies” that aims to help young BIPOC hockey players.