Brian Mcfarlane's History of Hockey - Hardcover

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9781571671455: Brian Mcfarlane's History of Hockey

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ISBN 10: 1571671455 ISBN 13: 9781571671455

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC, 1997

Here is the heart and soul of hockey -- the story of more than a century of the world's fastest sport. In Brian McFarlane's History of Hockey, McFarlane, one of the game's most respected and recognized commentators for "Hockey Night in Canada, " retells hockey's history in a fast-moving, year-by-year account of the game's origins, rule changes, great games, plays, and trades in both regular-season and playoff action. He traces the fortunes of the sport's most successful and enduring dynasties, fly-by-night organizations, and all of the major teams and leagues, their heroes, workhorses, and players of infamy.

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Here is the heart and soul of hockey--the story of more than a century of the world's fastest sport. From its beginnings on lonely winter ponds in Canada, the game of ice hockey has been transformed into the world's most demanding and exhilarating team sport, played before tens of thousands of fans by skilled and powerful professionals under the archlights of great and legendary sports temples. In this book Brian McFarlane, one of the game's most respected and recognised commentators for 'Hockey Night in Canada', retells hockey's history in a fast-moving year-by-year account of the game's origins, rule changes, great games, plays and trades in both regular season and playoff action. He traces the fortunes of the sport's most successful and enduring dynasties, fly-by-night organisations and all of the major teams and leagues, their heroes, workhorses and players of infamy.

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