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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. |
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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 ] |
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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. |
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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
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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!. |
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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
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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. |
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Hockey in Portland
Author: James Mancuso
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.
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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
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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.. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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
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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.
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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.) |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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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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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:
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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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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
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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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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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.
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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
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