Society for International Hockey Research
Books by SIHR Members
 
The Sterling Seven

The Sterling Seven - Hockey's First Team Ever
Chris Mizzoni

"The Sterling Seven" is the second children's book written and illustrated by North Vancouver, BC's Chris Mizzoni.

His first book, "Clancy with the Puck" cracked the top five on the Canadian Children's Book Best Seller List joining Robert Munsch and Melanie Watt at the top of the chart throughout the winter of 2007 and spring of 2008. "Clancy" reached number two on the British Columbia Best Seller List and was also short listed for several awards including the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for illustration and The Blue Spruce Award from the Ontario Library Association.

Visit  http://sterlingseven.ca for ordering information.

The Greatest Canadian Hockey Games of All-Time
Andrew Tidman

A compilation of game summary statistics for every deciding game or games in which a team representing Canada, or based in a Canadian city, won either: the Stanley Cup (after 1918); the AVCO World Trophy; the Olympic Gold Medal (Men and Women); the World Championship Gold Medal (Men and Women); or the World Under-20 Championship Gold Medal.

The collection contains the game summary for each game, as well as the players, for both teams, that contested the game.

WARNING

This collection is intended solely for the serious Canadian hockey statistics aficionado!
There are no photographs!
Hopefully, a subsequent edition will be produced and will include team pictures as well as game-action material.

The Trail Less Travelled

The Trail Less Travelled
Don Reddick

A chronicle of the Dawson City-Ottawa Stanley Cup reenactment performed a few years back. 1000 copies have been made available before the spring, 2010 release, for sale from Nauset Sound Publishing.

Orders, at $20 in US, and $25 Canada (shipping included) can be mailed in with check or money order to Nauset Sound, PO Box 101, Stockbridge Vt 05772, or ordered online with an email to Nauset Sound, nausetsound@myfairpoint.net and you will be billed via email return

Jacques Plante;The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey

Jacques Plante;The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey
Todd Denault

The first full-scale biography of a legendary and award-winning NHL goalie who transformed the game.

“There are a lot of very good goalies, there are even a fair number of great goalies. But there aren’t many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie.” Ken Dryden

On and off the ice Jacques Plante was a true original; he was extremely talented, boastful, defiant, mysterious, and complex. Throughout his tumultuous career as a goalie, he played for Montreal, New York, St. Louis, Toronto, Boston, and Edmonton. His contributions to and impact on the game were extensive and are reflected in today’s rules, equipment, and style of play. Thoroughly investigated through archival and primary research, and including interviews with figures such as Jean Béliveau, Henri Richard, Dickie Moore, and Scotty Bowman, this biography sheds light on one of the most pivotal figures in the history of hockey.

A member of the Society for International Hockey Research, Todd Denault is a freelance writer who has had his work featured in numerous online and print publications. A graduate of Carleton University and Lakehead University, Todd resides in Cobourg, Ontario. This is his first book.

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Coast to Coast

Coast to Coast; Hockey in Canada to WWII
John Chi-Kit Wong

As an institution that helps bind Canadians to an imagined community, hockey has long been associated with an essential Canadian identity. However, this reductionism ignores the ways Canadians consume hockey differently based on their socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity, and location. Moreover, Canadian culture is not static, and hockey's place in it has evolved and changed.

In Coast to Coast, a wide range of contributors examine the historical development of hockey across Canada, in both rural and urban settings, to ask how ideas about hockey have changed. Conceptually broad, the essays explore identity formation by investigating what hockey meant to Canadians from the nineteenth century to the Second World War, as well as the role of government, entrepreneurs, and voluntary associations in supporting and promoting the game. Coast to Coast is an intriguing look at the development of a national sport, a must-read for hockey fans and historians alike.

John Chi-Kit Wong is an assistant professor in the College of Education at Washington State University.

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On THis Day in Hockey

On This Day in Hockey
Eric Zweig

Hockey facts for every day of the year! For readers who want to know what happened on their birthday, or their friends' birthdays, or their friends' friends' birthdays, this book delivers the goods! With historical photos throughout, this book provides hockey fans and trivia buffs with a selection of the cool things that happened in hockey history on any day of the year. Each spread features the days of the year with memorable hockey facts on players, arenas, and historic moments, while an expanded story on one of the more intricate facts graces the facing page. This book is a truly unique way to read about Canada's favourite sport!
 
Published by Scholastic
136 Pages
October 2009
$7.99 paperbac

 

Fever Season

Fever Season
A novel by Eric Zweig

It is early 1919 in Montreal and a deadly outbreak of Spanish Influenza has killed thousands in Canada. David Saifert, a young English Canadian, is alone: his father died fighting in the First World War and his mother and sister were recent victims of the flu epidemic. But he does have a childhood photo of his mother’s long-lost brother, who he thinks lives in Seattle. David is certain his Uncle Danny can save him from the orphanage he ends up in, but he has no idea how to locate the man.
Then luck strikes when David gets a job with the Montreal Canadiens, who earn the right to play the Seattle Metropolitans in the Stanley Cup playoff, allowing David to travel across the country with the hockey club.
What fate awaits the mighty Canadiens on the West Coast? Will David find his uncle? Will he survive the deadly flu?

Published by Dundurn Press
232 pages
September 2009
$12.99 CDN $10.99 U.S. £7.9
Tough Guys

Tough Guys
Hockey Rivals in Times of War and Disaster
Author: Eric Zweig

“Bad” Joe Hall and Newsy Lalonde were bitter enemies on the ice. Crowds were drawn as these two roughneck hockey players battled it out for victory. But the game changed during WWI, when many of Canada’s hockey players left the game to become soldiers and fight for their country. Rivals Joe and Newsy were then forced to play side by side as teammates. And in 1919, just when the fighting overseas ended and things were looking up for hockey, the Spanish Influenza quickly spread across North America. The Stanley Cup was put in jeopardy. This is the story of two guys who learned to work together and deal with unexpected challenges of all kinds.

Published by Lorimer. Distributed by Formac

112 Pages
September 2009
$16.95 hard cover $9.95 paperback

Indy Racers Hockey

Red, White & Blues
A personal history of INDIANAPOLIS RACERS HOCKEY 1974-1979
Author: Timothy Gassen

When major league hockey came to Indianapolis in 1974, no one knew the sport’s two greatest players would wear the Racers’ red, white & blue.  But the Racers story is so much more than just a launch pad for Wayne Gretzky & Mark Messier — it is a time when the city’s love affair with hockey grew to dizzying heights, then crashed in heartbreaking defeat.  Journalist Timothy Gassen was there and details the only firsthand account of the golden era for pro hockey in Indiana: The Indianapolis Racers.

“Red, White & Blues” is a breakthrough book for fans of sports in Indianapolis, the rebel World Hockey Association, and the game’s greatest player, Wayne Gretzky.  The entry of “The Great One” into pro hockey is detailed for the first time ever, and the curious debut of Mark Messier in a Racers jersey is also explored.

The accompanying two-DVD set GRETZKY, INDY & THE W.H.A. debuts newly discovered 1978 Gretzky-Racers video and audio, a new team documentary, rare game footage and new interviews with the players and coaches who made Indianapolis and the upstart World Hockey Association revolutionary in sports history.

Visit wharacers.com for ordering information.

Forged On Ice

Forged On Ice
Freemasons Within the Hershey Bears and the Hockey Hall of Fame
Author: Robert A. Goodman

In this work, Bob Goodman brings together two of the most prestigious organizations in North America.

Freemasonry is the world’s oldest and largest fraternity. Its charitable donations are legendary, estimated at $2 million a day. The Hershey Bears are the most respected minor league team in hockey. Winners of nine Calder Cups, the Bears have built a tradition of excellence over seven decades of competition.

Through Bob’s comprehensive research, we are offered a glimpse of Freemasonry and a history of the Bears as he shares the lives of these great Masons who were Hershey Bears or honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

100% of the proceeds from the book will go to charity.

To order:  www.Amazon.com   under the category books, simply type the book title  "Forged On Ice".

Win Tie or Wrangle

Win, Tie, Or Wrangle
The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators
Author: Paul Kitchen
Preface by Brian McFarlane
Foreword by Eugene Melnyk

"Paul Kitchen takes us back to an era that has always piqued the curiosity of hockey fans: an era when competing teams changed ends after every goal; when an early-day outdoor rink on the river might stretch for 400 feet; when dressing rooms were heated by coal-burning, pot-belly stoves, the coal supplied by the players themselves; when a player's spring skate might fly off his foot in the middle of a rush, sending him cart-wheeling to the ice; when he might be forced to stickhandle around an ice statue located in the middle of the rink...." — Brian Mcfarlane, from the preface

Entertaining and informative, Win, Tie, or Wrangle is the one and only definitive history of the original Ottawa Senators. Drawing on previously unexposed diaries, memoirs, hockey-club business records, and government files, Paul Kitchen tells the story of the capital's first hockey team from its birth in 1883 to its demise as the St. Louis Eagles in 1935.

The result is a richly detailed social history that fleshes out the players, the owners, and the fans of a team that captivated the public's attention and helped establish hockey as Canada's signal winter passion.

From boardroom wrangling to the Senators' on-ice exploits, from the challenges of the Great War and the Depression to the birth of professionalism and National Hockey League expansion, Kitchen sets the record straight in a volume that will appeal to history and hockey lovers alike.

ISBN: 978-1-897323-46-5, $45.00 [ ORDER ]

Nelson Hockey History

A Timeline of Nelson's Hockey History
Author: Bill McDonnell

This book is a result of Nelson hosting the Hockey Day In Canada in January of 2007. During the collection of Nelson’s hockey memorabilia, McDonnellI realized the rich history and many stories which cover over 100 years. The outstanding displays hosted by the  Touchstones Museum and the Nelson & District Community Complex drew many viewers both young and old. Not wanting to lose the memories on exhibit, he began to research Nelson’s hockey history. 

Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to KidSport Nelson.

St. Michael's College: A Hundred Years of Pucks and Prayers

St. Michael's College
A Hundred Years of Pucks and Prayers
Authors: Paul Patskou, Larry Colle, Kevin Shea

If Notre Dame is the most storied breeding ground for professional football, then St. Michaels College certainly holds the same distinction in hockey. From the grassroots beginnings of the hockey program in 1906 through to today, more than 180 students from St. Mikes have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.

This comprehensive history of hockey at St. Michaels College School, located in Toronto, Canada, will take readers through one hundred years of extraordinary memories: triumphs, tears, perspiration, and inspiration of one of the most exciting hockey programs in the world. Extensively researched, the book weaves into the narrative the personal recollections of some of the greatest players ever to pull on the Double Blue of St. Mikes: Tim Brent, Arnie Brown, Ed Chadwick, Gerry Cheevers, Paul Conlin, Father Les Costello, Murray Costello, Kevin Dineen, Dick Duff, Father Ray Hannigan, Tim Horton, Larry Keenan, Red Kelly, Ken Klee, David Keon, Ted Lindsay, Barry MacKenzie, Frank Mahovlich, Cesare Maniago, John McCormack, Jim McKenny, Gerry Odrowski, Mark Osbourne, Mark Popovic, Rod Seiling, Kevin Weekes, and Benny Woit. These are just some of those who have lovingly provided their stories about St. Michaels and the impact it had on their lives, both professionally and personally. It truly is a remarkable story and a remarkable achievement. Whether the name St. Mikes is familiar or not; whether the term double blue stirs up any memories or draws a blank, this school and program is responsible for producing many of the games greatest names and for influencing the sport of hockey.

This book will appeal to anyone that has ever dreamed of someday playing in the NHL or anyone that enjoys following the sport.

Title by Burton Russell

Various Titles on Nova Scotia Hockey
Author: Burton Russell

Nova Scotia Hockey Memories - A brief history of hockey in N.S (1974)
Nova Scotia Sports Personalities (1975)
Great Moments in Nova Scotia Sports (1978)
K.C.A: A Hockey Dynasty - A history of King's County Acedemy Hockey (1981)
Hurrah Acadia - The chronological story of athletics at Acadia University (1986)
A Century of Hockey Heroics - A retrospective of N.S. hockey (1999)

To order, please contact the author: burton.russell@ns.sympatico.ca

Dogs on Ice

Dogs On Ice
A History of Hocket at University of Saskatchewan
Author: Michael P.J. Kennedy with Bill Seymour

DOGS ON ICE: A HISTORY OF HOCKEY AT UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN captures in text, photographs, and statistical data 97 years of hockey at Saskatchewan's largest university. Dick Irvin, Dave King, Todd McLellan, and Mike Babcock all played with U. of S. Huskies. Their years of performance and those of hundreds of others who have played for men's and women's teams dating back to 1909-10 are chronicled in this 276 page volume.

To order, please contact:

Shannon Seymour @ seym.s@sasktel.net

Price $45.00 (incl. shipping)
Payable to: University of Saskatchewan

Garden City Heroes

Garden City Hockey Heroes
Author: John Hewitt

Garden City Hockey Heroes, traces the 34 -year history of St. Catharines Junior A
hockey from the St. Catharines Falcons (1943-47), the Teepees (1947-62),
and the Black Hawks (1962-76) to the St. Catharines Fincups 1976-77.

The book features more than 700 photos, artifacts and documents.
There is a photo and biography for each of the 124 former St. Catharines juniors who made
it to the NHL. Five of those players, Marcel Dionne, Phil Esposito, Bobby Hull, Stan Mikita and Pierre
Pilote, along with former Teepee coach Rudy Pilous have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

For six years John Hewitt was a hockey columnist for the St. Catharines Standard.
He has also written stories for the Niagara Falls Review and the SIHR. He is currently
working on a book on the history of Junior A/OHL hockey in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
He can be contacted at hewittonhockey.com

Garden City Hockey Heroes can be ordered be going to mrbooks.ca

SPHL Guide

SPHL Inaugural Media Guide
Author: Jim Mancuso

SIHR member Jim Mancuso has compiled the Southern Professional Hockey League’s (SPHL) inaugural media guide for the loop’s 5th Anniversary season in 2008-09.

The 144-page guide is packed with statistics and facts about the SPHL and its member clubs and is fully illustrated. The SPHL is the only professional hockey league that has been solely based in the Southeastern part of the United States to reach its fifth birthday.

The circuit is operating with six teams for the upcoming campaign – the Columbus (Georgia) Cottonmouths, the Fayetteville (North Carolina) FireAntz, the Huntsville (Alabama) Havoc, the Knoxville (Tennessee) Ice Bears, the Richmond (Virginia) Renegades and the Twin City Cyclones (based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina). The media guide is available through the league office by contacting Commissioner Jim Combs at (704) 340-8059.

Canada On Ice

Canada On Ice
Author: Dave Holland

As the International Ice Hockey Federation celebrates it's 100th anniversary in 2008, Canada will host the senior men's world hockey championships for the first time since the inception of the tournament in 1920. To commemorate this milestone tournament, Canada On Ice - The World Hockey Championships, 1920-2008 details the rich history of Canada's participation at the annual event.

This book describes each team that traveled to the tournament and provides insight into the way Canada's participation was shaped by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Hockey Canada, as well the influences of the International Ice Hockey Federation, the National Hockey League and NHL Players Association, and the International Olympic Committee. This book contains over 60 black and white and full colour photos, some of which have not been seen in decades. High quality paper and production enhance the quality of these photos, making the book perfect for the coffee table.

The Renfrew Millionaires

The Renfrew Millionaires: The Valley Boys of Winter 1910
Author: Frank Cosentino

The Renfrew Millionaires transports the reader back to discover a rich hockey heritage , and also life as it was at the turn of the century in Canada.

The book is available through General Store Publishing House in Renfrew, Ontario. [ www ]

UK HOF

The British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
Author: Martin C. Harris

Martin C. Harris, the winner of the 2007 Brian McFarlane award from SIHR for his previous book Homes of British Ice Hockey, has now produced The British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame, a collection of of over 90 profiles, many never before seen in print, celebrating the achievements of outstanding players and builders of the sport in Britain.

This 190 page softback, with a photo of each honoured member, issued by Tempus Publishing/The History Press Ltd is now available from the publisher and amazon.co.uk.

Hockey sure Glace en France

Histoire du Hockey sur Glace en France
Author: Marc Branchu

Sport d’équipe le plus rapide du monde, si spectaculaire, le hockey sur glace met ses atouts en avant sans pour autant convaincre ceux qui n’y ont jamais goûté.

Les initiés savent pourtant combien il peut être fascinant et sympathique. Quand ils sont pris par son rythme, ils trouvent que les autres sports paraissent se jouer au ralenti. Malgré tout, il est victime de certains préjugés et reste cantonné en France à un relatif anonymat, qu’il a peut-être malgré lui savamment entretenu. Le besoin du hockey français de mieux connaître son histoire a souvent paru à la fois une évidence et un challenge impossible. Une évidence, parce que ce sport a souffert de retomber sans cesse dans les mêmes pièges. Un challenge impossible, parce que cette histoire a été presque
systématiquement oubliée, y compris dans les plus anciennes places fortes du hockey français.

Fruit d'une longue et patiente collecte d’archives, ce livre permettra à tous, passionnés ou novices, de retracer une histoire méconnue. A l’heure où une nouvelle fédération tente
de sortir ce sport de l’oubli, le récit de ce passé survient comme un heureux trait d’union.

Note sur l'auteur

Marc Branchu, webmestre du site Internet Hockey Archives, travaille depuis plusieurs années sur les archives et l’actualité du hockey sur glace français et international. Cet
ouvrage constitue une nouvelle étape de ce patient travail de mémoire.

http://www.editions-sutton.com
info@editions-sutton.com

Whalers

The Hartford Whalers
Author: Brian Codagnone

The Hartford Whalers began their existence in Boston as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Whalers played in every season of the WHA’s seven-year existence and were the league’s first champions. Although their games were well attended in Boston, the upstart league was never serious competition for the powerhouse Bruins. In 1975, they moved to Hartford to play in the new Hartford Civic Center, and in 1979, along with Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Quebec, joined the National Hockey League. They moved to North Carolina following the 1997 season and won a Stanley Cup as the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006. The Hartford Whalers is a pictorial tribute to this beloved and much-missed Hartford institution.

About the Author
Brian Codagnone is the associate curator of the Sports Museum in Boston. He is the coauthor of The Boston Garden and The Bruins in Black and White, volumes one and two, and the author of the cartoon collection Hey America! It’s Misfits Time!.

ECHL

20 Years of the ECHL
Author: James Mancuso

The ECHL announced that it is taking orders for “20 Years of the ECHL,” a comprehensive book by noted minor league hockey historian and author Jim Mancuso that is a “must read” for ECHL fans.

Fans will be able to purchase the book from ECHL teams and should contact their team for availability.

Mancuso takes readers on a tour that has seen the “East Coast Hockey League” transform from five teams in four states into the “ECHL” with 25 teams across North America.

The book has more than 200 photographs and interviews with league founders Henry Brabham and Bill Coffey as well as former commissioners Patrick J. Kelly and Richard W. Adams and current commissioner Brian McKenna. The interviews help provide insight into the important role that the ECHL played in minor professional hockey in North America, introducing it into four states and 25 cities while returning it to 21 other cities including the historic expansion that added seven West Coast teams for the 2003-04 season.

The author profiles 50 of the most outstanding figures in ECHL history as well as 50 outstanding ECHL alumni who skated in the NHL and 20 of the greatest ECHL head coaches that have moved up the professional ranks.

Mancuso has written eight books on minor professional hockey including “Hockey In Charlotte” with ECHL Commissioner Emeritus Patrick J. Kelly as well as countless articles on minor league hockey teams and league.

The soft-cover, 136-page book is also available from the ECHL office for $26 per copy ($20 plus $6 shipping) for orders within the United States and $31 per copy ($20 plus $11 shipping) for orders in Canada. All orders must be paid in U.S. Funds. (New Jersey residents must include 7 percent sales tax which is an additional $1.40 for each copy ordered). To order by mail with check or money order please sent to:

 
Jack Carnefix
116 Villlage Blvd.
Suite 304
Priceton, N.J. 08540
 
or call ECHL office at (609) 452-0770
Hockey Dictionary

The Complete Hockey Dictionary
Author: Andrew Podnieks

The most exhaustive dictionary of words and terms associated with hockey, the Complete Hockey Dictionary is as all-encompassing for the sport as the Oxford English Dictionary is for the English language. Words from the 1800s right up to the present are included, from "face the puck" to "bag practice," from "fence" to "benedict" and everything inbetween.

Hockey in Portland

Hockey in Portland
Author: James Mancuso and Scott Pettersen

Portland, Oregon, has an old and rich hockey tradition. The City of Roses was home to six professional hockey teams that took the ice in fi ve different leagues, including two major league clubs. It all started with the Rosebuds (1914–1918), who earned the distinction of being the fi rst United States–based team to compete for the Stanley Cup.

The tradition continued with a second version of the Rosebuds (1925–1926), the original Buckaroos (1928–1931), a second version of the Buckaroos (1933–1941), the Eagles/Penguins (1944–1951), and the Western Hockey League (WHL) Buckaroos (1960–1974). The WHL Buckaroos won three Patrick Cup titles and iced several minor league hockey legends, including Gordon Fashoway, Guyle Fielder, Don Head, Andy Hebenton, Norm Johnson, Art Jones, Connie Madigan, and Bill Saunders. Several Hockey Hall of Famers—Tommy Dunderdale, George Hay, Dick Irvin, and Moose Johnson—also spent time on Portland teams.

Star Power

Star Power: The Legend and Lore of Cyclone Taylor
Author: Eric Zweig

Star Power tells the life story of hockey pioneer Fred "Cyclone" Taylor, modern hockey's first superstar. Though known for his clean play in a rough and tumble era, Taylor was a tough negotiator who was often caught up in the politics and turmoil of hockey's early professional years. From his early days on frozen rivers in the tiny towns of Tara and Listowel to Canada's fanciest arenas from Montreal to Vancouver where 10,000 fans could watch him play, Taylor dazzled with speed and skill, winning a fan base that included children, working class men and British nobility.

Author and renowned hockey historian Eric Zweig strives to set the record straight on one of Canada's greatest athletes and a game in transition. Written for readers aged 9 to 14, but will appeal to all ages.

Published by Lorimer. Distributed by Formac

* 112 Pages
* November 2007
* $16.95 hard cover $9.95 paperback

Small Town Glory

Small Town Glory
The story of the Kenora Thistles' remarkable quest for the Stanley Cup
By John Danakas & Richard Brignall

How did the Kenora Thistles become, against all odds, the smallest team and the smallest town ever to win the Stanley Cup? This famously scrappy hockey team was founded in the rough and tumble town of Kenora, Ontario, at the end of the 19th century. A decade later, playing far away from home, in Montreal, the fiery teenagers whom the Montreal Star dubbed “the fastest that have ever been seen anywhere on ice” out-skated and out-played their older, more experienced opponents to win the coveted hockey championship trophy.
Just in time for the Kenora Thistles centennial celebrations in January, 2007, sports novelist John Danakas and journalist and SIHR member Richard Brignall team up to tell the true story of the ultimate underdogs in this a little-known chapter from Canadian sports history.

Published by Lorimer

Paperback/Hardback
   10 black and white photographs
   120 Pages
   2006

Scotch on Ice

Scotch on Ice: Scotland's Ice Hockey Heroes
Author:David Gordon

Throughout the sport's history, many of the finest ice hockey players produced in the British Isles have hailed from Scotland. Individuals like Billy Fullerton and 'Tuck' Syme, for example, were as outstanding in their chosen sport as any hero of football or rugby. Many of these players have had fascinating stories to tell. Take Jimmy Foster's starring role in Great Britain's gold medal win at 'Hitler's Games' in 1936, or father and son duo Martin and Colin Shields, whose involvement in ice hockey has spanned five decades.

The players featured in this book, all of whom are GB internationals and several are members of the British Hall of Fame, are some of the finest ever seen on Scottish ice. Recalling the ups and downs of their time in the game, author David Gordon has also gone further in telling the personal stories of the players, delving beyond the 'hockey player' tag to reveal something of the men themselves.

Illustrated with many rare images, this book provides a fascinating commentary on the evolution of ice hockey in Scotland and the UK, and a lasting tribute to some of the sport's most exceptional talents.

192 pages. The players featured are Jimmy Foster, Billy Fullerton, Tommy McInroy, Joe Collins, Tuck and Tiny Syme, Johnny Carlyle, Bill Sneddon, Lawson Neil, Bill Crawford, Billy and Alastair Brennan, Scott Neil, Martin and Colin Shields.

Available now from Amazon.co.uk, £14.99. Paperback
Publisher: NPI Media Group (15 Sep 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0752438018
ISBN-13: 978-0752438016
Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.8 x 1.8 cm

Raiders of the Lost Rink

Raiders of the Lost Rink: Ice Hockey in Ayr
Author:David Gordon

From being an exclusive pastime of the wealthy, British ice hockey became an extremely popular spectator sport through the 1930s and 1950s (an era dominated by Canadian professionals). The sport struggled to survive during the 1960s and '70s before regaining popular appeal over the past 20 years in an era of new arenas, European competition and the ill-fated Superleague. Nowhere is this more evident than in Ayr, which has seen dramatic developments at every stage of the sport's history.

Compiled by David Gordon, this absorbing and detailed account is rich in both anecdotes and statistics to chronicle the triumphs and tribulations of ice hockey in this Scottish west coast town over 75 years. Containing many rare photographs, it is an essential read for anyone with an interest in the game.

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: NPI Media Group (31 Mar 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0752430734 ISBN-13: 978-0752430737
Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 17.2 x 1.6 cm
Available now from amazon.co.uk £10.99

Misfits
 

Gold Medal Misfits
Author:Pat MacAdam

Pat Macadam is a renowned bestselling author and columnist for the Ottawa Sun with a natural gift for story-telling that has won the writer widespread critical acclaim.

The author is also a meticulous researcher who spent literally years digging into the story behind Gold Medal Misfits: How the unwanted 1948 Flyers scored Olympic glory and established Canada as a hockey powerhouse. Rare interviews with some of the original players and key people behind the scenes are skilfully woven into a breathtaking story of scorn, triumph and redemption.

This is sports writing at its finest. Macadam breathes life into his characters and keeps our heart rates soaring as he skilfully helps us relive hockey history and masterfully builds tension to the breaking point.  Soon to be a major international Bestseller.

Publisher: Manor House Publishing Inc. - ISBN 978-0-9781070-6-2

Clancy with the Puck

Clancy with the Puck
Author: Chris Mizzoni

Clancy with the Puck is a delightful Canadian twist on the classic American baseball story “Casey at the Bat,” with a bit of Roch Carrier’s The Hockey Sweater added for good measure.

The hapless but heroic Clancy has a chance to win the hearts of hometown fans and take home the Stanley Cup. But our hero blows it in the final period: instead of scoring the game-winning goal, Clancy misses and ends up driving the Zamboni!

This engaging children’s hockey story is a creative re-telling of the classic baseball poem “Casey at the Bat.” Clancy with the Puck is a hilarious and nostalgic tale of hockey hubris. The hardcover book includes a DVD with an animated short narrated by the legendary Bob Cole, whose Hockey Night in Canada play-by-play is heard by millions of hockey fans weekly. Clancy is enhanced by the fabulous full-colour artwork of animator Chris Mizzoni. Mizzoni has styled his work to reflect the original drawings on the O-Pee-Chee hockey cards, and the book’s classic retro look will appeal to hockey fans of all ages.

The animated short will be broadcast nationwide by Studio B Productions.

CHRIS MIZZONI (Vancouver) works at Studio B Productions, one of Canada’s most successful independent animation houses. His hockey memorabilia collection includes an actual seat from Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens and an autographed stick from the 1963 Maple Leafs.

The 10 digit ISBN is 1551928043 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9781551928043.

Long Shot

Long Shot
How the Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold
Author: Eric Zweig

The sons of Icelandic immigrants and friends since boyhood, the Winnipeg Falcons were a superbly talented team that brought home Canada's first Olympic gold medal in hockey in 1920. But before they became world champions, the Falcons endured years of prejudice on and off the ice.
Author and renowned hockey historian Eric Zweig brings to life the fascinating story of the little team that wouldn’t quit. Written for readers aged 9 to 14, but will appeal to all ages.

Published by Lorimer. Distributed by Formac

* 112 Pages
* June 2007
* $16.95 hard cover $9.95 paperback

Ice Hockey Annual

The Ice Hockey Annual 2006-07
Author: Stewart Roberts

UK member Stewart Roberts has been  compiling, editing and publishing the UK's hockey yearbook for over 30  years.  Believed to be the country's oldest established sports yearbook  edited by the same person, the Annual contains a comprehensive illustrated  season's record of all the major UK clubs and competitions with reports,  statistics and expert analysis. 

Highlights of this year's edition are  Britain's and Ireland's World Championship games; an obituary of Hugh  Morrison, a former CBC director of talks, whose play with Oxford  University contributed to the UK''s colourful hockey heritage; and a look  back at Britain's amazing 1936 Olympic, World and European Championship 'triple  crown'.   Published annually in October.

Available online from _www.graphyle.com/IHA_ (http://www.graphyle.com/IHA
where Stewart also  writes a blog on the UK hockey scene..

Ice Time

Ice Time : The Story of Hockey
Author:Michael McKinley

Hockey is breathtakingly fast and fascinating. Ice Time traces the sport of hockey from its hotly contested origins to the present days' first-ever lockout of players by the one remaining league. It covers the sport's surge in popularity after 1875 when it moved to inside rinks; the rise and fall, and rise again, of women's hockey; the sagas of long-lost leagues such as the Pacific Coast Hockey Association; and more recently the World Hockey Association. Through its lavishly illustrated pages skate the players, the coaches, and the almost forgotten legends who are the reason why we love the game.

Although the book stands alone, it is based on the 10-part broadcast series Hockey: A People's History.

Perfect for kids aged 8 to 14. Hardcover, 80 pages.

Hockey a Peoples History

Hockey : A People's History
Author: Michael McKinley

Hockey: A People’s History tells the story of the game from its hotly contested origins to the present day, and of the men and women who have always been at the heart of Canada's beloved sport. Lavishly illustrated with more than 220 images, beautifully designed, impeccably researched, and wonderfully written, the hardcover book of 352 pages is the book on Canada's own game. Written by hockey maven Michael McKinley, Hockey: A People’s History provides a definitive account of both the men's and the women's game, of the pioneers, the players and the owners, the leagues that have come and gone, and the stars whose skill on ice dazzles us still.

The China Wall

The China Wall : The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower
Author: Johnny Bower and Bob Duff with Foreword by Gordie Howe and Tribute by George Armstrong

Finally, the truth can be told. That Johnny Bower was actually telling the truth all along.
The Hockey Hall of Famer who tended goal for four Stanley Cup winners with the Toronto Maple Leafs even though he didn’t make it as an NHL regular for good until he was 33, tells the tale of his amazing life and career in his new book, “The China Wall: The Timeless Legend of Johnny Bower.”

Publisher: Immortal Investments Publishing, LLC. www.immortalinvestments.com
Price: $37.00 Not Sold in Book Stores! (1-800-475-2066)

Game of My Life

Game of My Life: New York Rangers
Author: John Kreiser with John Halligan

The book is an oral history that features interviews with more than 20
Rangers, all the way from Frank Boucher and Clint Smith to the 1994
Stanley Cup team, to Gretzky & Jagr. Runs to 252 pages, retails for US
$24.98.

Sports Publishing Inc., ISBN 1582619565

Lord Stanley

Lord Stanley, The Man Behind the Cup
Author: Kevin Shea and J. Jason Wilson

Frederick Arthur Stanley, Lord Stanley of Preston, as Canada’s sixth Governor General (1888-1893) contributed much to Canada during his five year term. Today, little may be known of his great loyalty to Canada and the aid he provided to Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in captaining Canada’s safe passage through treacherous political times with the United States. Better known however, is Stanley’s donation of a trophy for the amateur hockey championship of Canada in 1892, a trophy that became one of our country’s greatest symbols: the Stanley Cup.

Fenn Publishing: ISBN 1-55168-281-8 - $34.95 hc, 308 pp.
Publication date: October 2006

Hail Cesare

Hail Cesare
Author: Jason Farris

Follow the trail of hockey history through the experiences of NHL goalie, Cesare Maniago. As one of only five NHL goalies who played 150 games in the 1960s and 250 games in the 1970s, Maniago was an unsung hero who personifies all the greatness and change of pro hockey during his time.

Hail Cesare provides a unique visual scrapbook of Maniago’s career from his Allan Cup win in 1960, to stints with the Maple Leafs, Canadiens, and Rangers, before becoming a fixture with the Minnesota North Stars and Vancouver Canucks. The book’s rich imagery is unique  greatness and change of rapbook of Cesare' the 1970s,   accompanied by fascinating new statistical analysis, all brought to life by Cesare’s lively and vivid commentary. Learn about the man renowned as a superb ‘team’ player who was both a throwback and a pioneer, a workhorse and a stalwart.

For aspiring young goalies hoping to make it to the big leagues, Cesare Maniago’s experiences and stories − which span the modern goaltending era − provide valuable perspective and timeless guidance. For fans that grew up watching hockey in the 1960s and 1970s, Hail Cesare rekindles the genuine fondness many had for the guy who toiled between the pipes for the home town team.

All books are shipped from Vancouver, Canada.  If you have a question about an order previously made, please email maniagohockeybook@shaw.ca or visit the web site.

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Hockey Trivia For Kids
Author: Eric Zweig

Canadians love hockey. People have come up with lots of reasonstried to explain why Canadians love it so much. There are some who say it’s because of our rugged pioneer roots. Others say it’s because Canada is a land of ice and snow. Maybe those theories are right. But I think the answer is much simpler than that: Canadians love hockey because hockey is fun! It’s fun to play and it’s fun to watch. Most of us will never be NHL players, or represent our country at the Olympics, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have fun playing hockey, and it doesn’t mean we can’t dream about doing it. Reading stories about people who’ve played a part in our national sport helps to fuel our imaginations. Whether it’s a story about a great player or about an invention that made the game better, reading about hockey is lots of fun too. (Published by Scholatic.)

Pink Garters

The Pink Garters
Author: Mauro Deusebio

A  fantastic journey through the history of Italian women's ice hockey  (bilingual Italian/English ). http://www.byisobel.it

Hockey In Providence

Hockey in Providence
Author: James Mancuso

Providence has an old and rich hockey tradition. The Providence Reds were one of the fi rst professional hockey teams in the United States. In their 51-year history (1926–1977), the Reds won seven playoff championships, including four Calder Cup titles. The Reds were the first minor-league hockey team to operate for 50 seasons. The Providence Bruins, established in the 1992–1993 season, carry on the city’s great hockey legacy and gave Providence its fifth Calder Cup title. Several Hockey Hall of Famers have played
for Providence-based teams, including Bobby Bauer, Hector “Toe” Blake, Johnny Bower, Frank Brimsek, Eddie Giacomin, Rod Langway, Milt Schmidt, and Lorne “Gump” Worsley.

Hockey in the Capital

Hockey in the Capital
Author: James Mancuso

Hockey in the Capital District chronicles professional hockey in the capital region of New York State: Albany, Schenectady, and Troy. A total of six professional teams have taken the
ice in four different leagues, beginning in the 1952–1953 season with the Troy Uncle Sam’s Trojans. The tradition continued with the Schenectady Chiefs (1981–1982),
the Troy Slapshots (1986–1987), the Albany Choppers (1990–1991), the Troy-based Capital District Islanders (1990–1993), and the Albany River Rats (1993–present).
The River Rats brought the area its fi rst championship by capturing the AHL’s Calder Cup. Through historic images, this volume presents the rich hockey heritage of the
Capital District.

Gifts of Hockey

The Gifts of Hockey
Author: Tommie Holmes


This book includes five hockey stories, each story involving one of the "Original Six" hockey sweaters.  The book, approximately 140 pages is text only and is for middle-school readers, age nine to fourteen.  The book is also about relationships - between fathers and sons and how hockey can bridge the gap between generations in the family.
   
The Gifts of Hockey is available as a "signed by author"  edition for $21.95 Cdn. taxes and shipping in Canada and the USA included.  If the book is a gift, as per your request, the author will include a few words in the front of the book.
 
For further information and details, contact http://www.helloneighbour.com/save/06060AP, or contact the author at: Tommie Holmes, c/o Vanier College, P.O. Box 1205, 821 avenue Ste. Croix, St-Laurent, Qc. H4L 3X9.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary Heaven Sent
Author: Frank Cosentino

Meshing reality with fiction, Hail Mary Heaven Sent is a novel set in the Cold War era. It was a time when nuclear powers, the USSR and the West, were attempting to demonstrate the "superiority" of their system, culture and society. Along with the space race and scientific achievements, international sport - the Olympics, soccer in the U.K., basketball in the U.S.A., hockey in Canada- on the surface friendly, benign competitions, took on new importance in this "war without weapons" for the minds and souls of citizens in both camps. When a Soviet parallel "diabolical" plot is uncovered, the result is the "inevitability of communism" in a head-on collison with the "Message of Fatima." The result: the fall of the Soviet Union. Coincidence or Divine intervention?

The book is available online at www.lulu.com.

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Aigles Bleus

La Voix des Aigles Bleus
Author: Euclide Gautreau

Moncton member Euclide Gautreau has put together a comprehensive history of the University of Moncton hockey team, Les Aigles Bleus (The Blue Eagles). Beginning with the team's roots at College Saint-Joseph in 1910, the French language book details the teams exploits up until 1999, with a particular emphasis on the period after which the team entered Maritime Intercollegiate sports competition in 1964.

The book, which retails for $29.99 CAD, can be ordered through the university at the following address:

L'Université de Moncton
Librairie acadienne
Tél: (506) 858-4140
Email: libacadienne@umoncton.ca
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Great Centermen of Hockey's Golden Age
Author: Paul White

Weaving up and down the ice, driven by the call of the net, hockey¹s most
talented centremen sought always to  get there first. Celebrate Sid Abel,
Frank Boucher, Alex Delvecchio, Henri Richard and others, who left their
mark on some of the most thrilling moments in hockey history.

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Great Goaltenders of Hockey's Golden Age
Author: Jim Barber

In the golden age of hockey, goalies like Terry Sawchuk, Chuck Rayner,
Jacques Plante and Glenn Hall made the net a place of grace, agility, and
innovation. Some of these stars made their saves before the mask; others got
their shutouts without padded blockers or trappers.

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Great Defencemen of Hockey's Golden Age
Author:Jim Barber

Staunch sentinels behind the blueline, the best defencemen of the golden age
were loved and hated, robust and unflinching.  King Clancy, Ching Johnson,
Allan Stanley, Eddie Shore, Doug Harvey, Tim Horton ‹ sometimes they could
be brawny bad guys, but they were always rocks the on ice.

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The History of Cambridge Hockey
Author: Todd Jones

The History of Cambridge Hockey is a documentary about 100 years of hockey in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and the surrounding communities of Paris, Puslinch, Plattsville, St. George, Glen Morris, Sheffield, and Rockton. The players covered in this book were either born in the Cambridge area, played on one of the various Cambridge teams, or now reside in the Cambridge area. The hockey games were played in the Galt Arena Gardens (built in 1922) which is located on Shade Street and is now the oldest operating arena in the world.

Please visit http://www.cambridgehockey.com for more details

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Lords of the Rinks
Author: John Chi-Kit Wong

No sport is as important to Canadians as hockey. Though there may be a great many things that divide the country, the love of hockey is perhaps its single greatest unifier. Before the latest labour unrest in the National Hockey League (NHL), however, it was easy to forget that hockey is also a multi-million dollar business run, not by the athletes or coaches, but by corporate boards and businessmen. The Lords of the Rinks documents the early years of hockey’s professionalization and commercialization and the emergence of a fledgling NHL, from 1875 to 1936.

As the popularity of hockey grew in Canada in the late nineteenth century, so too did its commercial aspects, and players, club directors, rink owners, fans, and media had developed deep emotional, economic, and ideological interests in the sport. Disagreement came in the ways and means of how organized hockey, especially at the elite level, should be managed. Hence, some coordination, by way of governing bodies, was required to maintain a semblance of order. These early administrative bodies tried to maintain a structure that would help to coordinate the various interests, set up standards of behaviour, and impose mechanisms to detect and punish violators of governance. In 1917, the NHL held its first games and by 1936 had become the dominant governing body in professional hockey.

Having performed extensive research in the NHL archives – including league meeting minutes, letters, memos, telegrams, as well as gate receipt reports – John Chi-Kit Wong traces the commercial roots of hockey and argues that, in its organized form, the sport was rarely if ever without some commercial aspects despite labels such as amateur and professional. The Lords of the Rinks is the only truly comprehensive and scholarly history of the league and the business of hockey.

John Chi-Kit Wong is an assistant professor in the Sport Management Program at Washington State University.

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Great Left Wingers
Author: Chris Robinson

Some were known for their speed, others for their accuracy, others still
for their sneaky dekes, but these legendary left wingers were all admired
for the power behind the plays that took their teams to the top. Aurel
Joliat's dazzling puck dance, Harvey Jackson's finesse and grace, Bobby
Hull's speedy slapshot that struck fear into the hearts of goalies - these
are just a few of the inspiring wing men of hockey history.

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Ottawa Senators: Great Stories from the NHL's First Dynasty
Author: Chris Robinson

The Ottawa Senators have had a long and storied history as one of the original--"and dominant--"Canadian franchises. Stocked with skilled and adventurous players, the early Senators were known for their aggressive play and never-say-die attitude. The fascinating story of the team continues into the present with the thrilling account of how a new franchise was secured, complete with hopes for Stanley Cups in the future.

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Stole This From a Hockey Card
Author: Chris Robinson

Stole This from a Hockey Card is a thinking-fan’s hockey book that strikes just the right note for those disillusioned by today’s NHL.

Chris Robinson pushes the bounds of both hockey writing and creative non-fiction in this hard-boiled contemplation of where hockey fits into a man’s life—whether he be a casual beer-league player who first embraced the game to avoid a difficult home-life, or one of the most celebrated defencemen in the history of the game.

Partly a fragmented biography of legendary Montreal Canadiens defenceman Doug Harvey, Stole This from a Hockey Card probes for answers to how one of the game’s greatest defencemen could also lead one of the most tragic and mysterious personal lives. The book juxtaposes these investigations with the author’s own humble beginnings as a troubled youth who found escape in the cardboard identities put forth by hockey cards and by his own identity as a street-hockey hotshot. Another means of escape for both men became alcohol, a facet of hockey culture thoroughly explored by Robinson’s skeptical eye. Informing everything is Robinson’s scrappy-yet-meditative, harsh-yet-humorous thoughts on a game that so many Canadians love to hate, or hate to love.

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Home of British Ice Hockey
Author: Martin C. Harris

UK member Martin C. Harris released his latest book, Homes of British Ice Hockey, in October of 2005. This book looks at every venue ever to host the sport in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Containing a wealth of information on each building, including team histories, statistical information, architectural details and many illustrations, this is a fascinating book for anyone with an interest in the sport.

The book can be ordered online from Amazon.co.uk.

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UK Ice

The Ice Hockey Annual 2005-06
Author: Stewart Roberts

UK member Stewart Roberts has been compiling, editing and publishing the UK's hockey yearbook for 30 years.  Believed to be the country's oldest established sports annual edited by the same person, the Annual contains a comprehensive illustrated season's record of all major UK clubs and competitions with reports, statistics and expert analysis.  Highlights of this year's edition are  Britain's and Ireland's World Championship games, biographies of the latest inductees to the UK's Hall of Fame, a history of the UK sport and the ever popular Quotes of the Year.  

Available online from www.graphyle.com/IHA.

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The Fabulous Flyers
Author: Jim Vantour

The Fabulous Flyers, a book by SIHR member Jim Vantour, is the story of the 1954-55 WHL champion Edmonton Flyers, featuring hometown heroes Norm Ullman, Johnny Bucyk and Jerry Melnyk, as well as Bronco Horvath, Larry Zeidel and goaltending great Glenn Hall. Jim traces the Flyers’ roots in amateur hockey after WWII, including an Allan Cup win in 1948, through the early professional seasons to focus on the powerhouse 1954-55 team, one of hockey’s greatest minor league teams. Contact Jim at fabulousflyers@yahoo.ca

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Hockey in Broome County
Author: Marvin A. Cohen

Marvin A. Cohen is a new member and the author of six books.  An early one, “The Dodgers-Giants Rivalry  1900-1957,” resulted in his being a featured author at The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Marvin’s latest book is:  “Hockey in Broome County.”  He moved to Broome County, New York in 1994 and enjoys watching the Binghamton Senators, Ottawa’s top farm club.  During the lockout, great stars like Jason Spezza skated here and brought Binghamton a first-place finish.  Unfortunately, they did not win the Calder Cup as expected.  Still, hockey in Broome County is great fun.

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Barilko without a trace
Author: Kevin Shea

The deep blue lakes of the Canadian Shield, the storied Habs-Leafs rivalry, the overtime winner in the Stanley Cup final, bush planes, fishing trips, and a retired number hanging in the rafters of Maple Leaf Gardens: Bill Barilko's short life was laden with Canadian lore, and in Barilko: Without a Trace, Kevin Shea recounts it wonderfully. Barilko's parents escaped oppression in Eastern Europe to raise a family in the Porcupine among the hard-working, hard rock gold miners of Northern Ontario. Hand-me-down skates led Barilko to a brief career in the minors and then, once manager Conn Smythe's scouts saw his hard-hitting style, to the defence of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Smythe was able to overlook Barilko's youth because of his toughness and his aggressive style of play: 'We want a hard aggressive team with no Lady Byngers. I'm not interested in players who don't play to win.' Win they did and by 1951 Barilko had his name on four Stanley Cups. The last one was the sweetest for Bashin' Bill, as he scored on a backhander early in overtime to win the series against the powerful Montreal Canadiens. For fans of the Leafs all was right in the world, but then in late August, just as the team was preparing to open camp, Bill Barilko disappeared on his way home to Timmins from a fishing trip. His plane, piloted by a dentist with that most Canadian of names, Henry Hudson, simply disappeared and the mystery soon grabbed the entire nation. Shea tells his dramatic story well, balancing biography with the history of the sport and breathing life into characters famous as players and coaches, but less known as people. Barilko is the story of a Canadian legend in the real sense of the word

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Hockey in Charlotte

Hockey In Charlotte
Author:Jim Mancuso with Pat Kelly

Hockey In Charlotte by Jim Mancuso with Pat Kelly is published by
Arcadia Publishing and can be pre-ordered on Amazon.com and Barnes and
Nobles website (bn.com) for 19.99 (US). It will be released the week of
January 31, 2006.

The book is about the history of hockey in Charlotte
beginning with the EHL Baltimore Clippers playing some of its home games in
Charlotte after the team's arena in Baltimore burned down in the latter half
of the 1955-56 season and ends with the 2004-2005 ECHL Charlotte Checkers
season. The book describes the birth of professional hockey in the South and
the evolution of professional hockey in the South. It discusses defunct pro
minor league histories such as the Tropical Hockey League based in Miami in
1938-39, the Southern Hockey League from 1973-1977, the Sunshine Hockey
League from 1992-1995, and other rare leagues. The work contains over 200
photographs and images of Charlotte and out-of-town players. It also
contains rare photographs from Pat Kelly's private collection. There is an
entire chapter devoted to the incredible minor pro hockey career of Pat
Kelly. The book is 128 pages and is a quality paperback with glossy pages.


Most of the photos contained in the book were provided by Ernie Fitzsimmons.

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Clinton Comets

The Clinton Comets
Author:Jim Mancuso and Fred Zalatan

The Clinton Comets: From The Chenango Canal To National Champions
by Jim Mancuso and Fred Zalatan published by Mancuso Publishing.

The book details the beginnings of the Clinton Hockey Club from a small town team in 1928 to a three-time National AHAUS championship team in the early 1950s. The book describes the evolution of amateur ice hockey in the United States through the
perspective of Clinton, New York.

The book details the AAU and AHAUS tournament histories as well as
a year-by-year accounts of the Clinton Comets' seasons. The three-year
history of  the little known New York-Ontario Hockey League (NYOHL) is
described in the book as well as statistics about the league. There are many
passages about little known amateur hockey teams in New York and Ontario and
about many amateur hockey players. The book is a 178-quality hard cover book
with heavy glossy pages.

The book is a prequel to the work The Clinton
Comets: An EHL Dynasty written by Jim Mancuso and Fred Zalatan that was
released in 2004 about Clinton's minor pro years.

It can be ordered through Barnes and Nobles website or by sending a check or money
order for $30 Canadian or $25 US made out to Mancuso Publishing  and send
the check to 1108 Jefferson Avenue, Utica, N.Y. 13501

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Play-by-Play: Around the NHL with Jim Robson
Author: Jason Farris

Hall of Fame broadcaster Jim Robson was there for thirty years, delivering NHL play-by-play over the airwaves. Now here's your chance to transport yourself back to Jim's most memorable night in each NHL city.

Armed with a pair of game tickets, a game program and Jim's handwritten game notes, this book lets hockey fans re-live over fifty games from the 1970s to today. For each game, you get to feel the hockey pulse of the home side's city, learn about the uniqueness of its rink, find out what went on behind the scenes in the broadcast booth, and re-live play-by-play calls by one of the best hockey announcers in NHL history.

Canuck fans will remember Jim’s familiar mid-game hello to “hospital patients and shut-ins” who couldn’t get to the rink. This book welcomes fans who couldn't get out to the road games around the NHL, but love the league and want to experience Game Day in each NHL city.

Online: www.robsonhockeybook.com, Phone: (604) 803-4561

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Rochester

HOCKEY IN ROCHESTER:  The Americans’ Tradition
By Blaise M. Lamphier

Rochester, New York, emerged courageously with its first professional hockey team in the fall of 1935: the IHL’s Rochester Cardinals, an affiliate of the New York Americans.  However, the venture was short-lived due to the financial strain of the Great Depression coupled with the merger of the IHL and Can-Am Leagues to form what we now know as the AHL.  Rochester’s hockey enthusiasts would have to wait another two long decades before witnessing the return of professional hockey to the city on the Genesee River.  Finally, in 1956, thanks to local visionaries like Sam Toth and Ed House, Rochester became home to a brand-new franchise that would occupy the new Community War Memorial and would be known thereafter as the Rochester “Americans”—like their star-spangled NHL namesakes.   Unlike their ill-fated NHL counterpart, however, Rochester’s “Amerks” would begin a legacy of greatness from its inception as a joint affiliate of the legendary Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs.

After an unpromising start, the Americans amazed the naysayers and sprinted through their first season’s homestretch to reach the finals.  Since then, they have thrilled Rochesterians by capturing six Calder Cups and reaching the finals 16 times in 49 seasons.  Rochester’s honor roll of players and coaches features some of the sport’s most legendary names at both the AHL and NHL levels who have left an indelible mark of greatness and defined the character of this club—from Bronco Horvath’s raw scoring confidence to Dick Gamble’s quiet offensive leadership, from Al Arbour’s steady durability to Don Cherry’s fiery tenacity, from Gerry Cheevers’ goaltending grit to Jody Gage’s goal-scoring domination.   This volume serves as a salute to those who have shaped and molded Rochester’s hockey history for more than 3,700 games.    

Blaise M. Lamphier lives in Rochester, N.Y., and this is his first book.

www.hockeyinrochester.com

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Before The Stars : Early Major League Hockey
Author: Roger Godin

In the early twentieth century, before the National Hockey League had established a presence in the United States, a team from St. Paul played at the highest levels of hockey in the country. Sports historian Roger A. Godin resurrects the story of the St Paul Athletic Club team -- the AC's -- and argues they were instrumental in turning Minnesota into one of the nation's first hockey hotbeds and gave birth to what is now known as the 'State of Hockey'. Godin also paints a fascinating history of the evolution of the sport from its amateur days to the arrival of the professional version we see today. Godin traces the development of the AC's from their origins to their capture of the MacNaughton Cup in 1916 as winners of the American Amateur Hockey Association title and to their later battles in 1922 and 1923 at the national finals of the US Amateur Hockey Association. Godin profiles players such as Tony Conroy, Ed Fitzgerald, Cy Weidenborner, Emmy Garrett, and Frank 'Moose' Goheen, who led the AC's to national prominence and was the second American player elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto after the legendary Hobey Baker. Godin argues that Goheen was the greatest player that Minnesota ever produced and one of the best players of his era. Readers are taken back to a time when players fielded seven-man teams using rovers, angry skaters swung at opposing coaches and referees, goal umpires raised white flags to signal goals, and fans watched games in massive hippodromes and celebrated their teams in torchlight parades. "Before the Stars" is a captivating history of the sport's early years and a must read for any hockey fan.

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Squaw Valley Gold
Author: Seamus O'Coughlin

For readers who are interested in the lesser-known watershed moments of
sports history (just about any sports nut, that is), this is a fascinating history
on the growth of winter sports in the U.S. and the lives of the men who made
this happen all culminating in the first U.S. hockey gold medal at the 1960
Olympic Winter Games at Squaw Valley, California.

On one level, this is a portrait of a simpler time; a time before television
had completely commercialized the sport.   The players themselves discount the
televising of the games, figuring no one cares.   As well, the earlier
episodes of the lives of the characters in this book capture a way of life that
seems downright foreign in some respects, it is so different from what most people
experience today.

While the greater purpose of the book is clear, I found myself a bit thrown
by the way the book begins with its history of the Squaw Valley region and the
life of the ski hill?s founder, Alex Cushing, then the switch to television
executive Robert Ridder and his role in Olympic and World hockey.   

The material itself is captivating and the author handles it well, but it
took me a number of chapters before I could determine the author?s purpose and
how he was going to bring all of this material together in a cohesive way.   
However, once the various players and subjects come together, they do so in an
interesting enough manner to end complaint.   

The author knows his subject and this account is rich with the voices of the
important players themselves and the author always makes it interesting even
when the reader isn?t quite clear where it is all going.

The writing is quite clear and economical and the author?s style is more than
up to the challenge of neither overwhelming the readers with information or
leaving too many questions unanswered.   He does an excellent job giving the
reader only so much in formation as he or she needs on a line by line, paragraph
by paragraph level.

He also has taken care with the people and the period and the details of life
long ago, so that this is more than a sports book.   It is also a story of
success and a historical document.   Its quick a rich book because of that care.

This is a book that must find its way to the hands of a narrow audience.   
But while that audience is very narrow?sports trivia fans?it is also quite
fanatical.   That audience, however, will find this a very engaging, fascinating
account.   The author knows hockey and writes about it with great verve and
vividness.

But this is also a portrait of a moment of Olympic glory and that, too, is
compelling.   As are the individual portraits of the main characters in this
story.   In all, this is immensely readable popular history with lots of
pleasures buried in the text.   

Also worth noting:   The author?s research is impeccable and his use of
quotation really livens up the text in an unobtrusive way.   Whether these
quotations are drawn from personal interviews or from text sources matters little;   
the quotes read as though the people themselves are telling the story, chiming
in occasionally to get some detail correct.   And the lengthy bibliography at
the end of the book only testifies to the thoroughness of the author?s
background work.