At this point I recalled that Cody Goloubef also has played with a black guy at the WJHC. Canada won the gold in 2009 and they were the best pair of the champions. Golo was +10 and his partner was +12, the best two on the team. Hickey and Teubert were minus-3.
4 years later his partner won Norris, all the other d-men except Teubert have a spot on their teams. And Cody is still just a prospect.
I mean playing with somebody doesn't mean a lot.