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First day of Hispanic Heritage Month
First Latino player drafted into the NHL: Bill Guerin (1989, NJD, 5th overall)
First native Spanish-speaking player drafted into theNHL: Alvaro Montoya (2004, NYR, 6th overall)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica
Independence Day: September 15
Al Montoya was part of the draft that was held in Raleigh
https://www.dmagazine.com/sports/2021/10/al-montoya-wants-you-to-enjoy-hockey-yes-you/
https://youtu.be/FNCh6mYHqUw?feature=shared
Not sure where to put this, but Anthony Holleran from Tennessee, SC was named the Silver awardee in Technology for the 2023 Hispanic Heritage Youth Awards. Bio includes playing hockey: https://www.rsvpya.com/orange.html
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Saturday9/16
México
Independence Day: September 16
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Auston Matthews's birthday (b. 1997). Matthews was drafted 1st overall in 2016 by the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is the first Latino NHL player to win the Hart (2022).
https://www.nhl.com/news/maple-leafs-matthews-talks-hispanic-heritage/c-309128332
https://aldianews.com/en/culture/heritage-and-history/first-nhl-history
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Chile
Independence Day: September 18
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Raffi Torres birthday He played for 15 seasons between the Islanders, Oilers, Blue Jackets, Sabres, Canucks, Coyotes, and San Jose Sharks.

He spent the majority of his career as a fourth line depth forward/ enforcer. He had a long NHL career of 635 games where he had 137 goals and 123 assists for 260 points. Interesting enough, he was drafted 5th overall in his draft class.

https://colorofhockey.com/tag/raffi-torres/#:~:text=The%20son%20of%20Mexican%20and,always%20speaking%20Spanish%20to%20us.
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Spain
Independence Day: October 12
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