From Rinks to Regiments : Hockey Hall-Of-Famers and the Great War.

pict. paper covers, 192 pages, illustrated, a very good copy. CONTENTS: Preface -- 1. Warm-up -- 2. First period; The Irish in Harry Trihey -- McGee, Gilmour and the sublime Silver Seven -- Peerless Percy LeSueur : maestro in hockey and bayonet fighting -- George McNamara and his band of brothers -- The character of George Richardson -- Jack Ruttan -- At the heart of Winnipeg hockey -- Cooper Smeaton : fearless referee, Stanley Cup trustee -- Frank the Flash Foyston : Stanley Cup magnet -- Scotty Davidson : celebrarted on and off the ice -- Frank Rankin : least famed of them all -- Gardiner, Gretzky, and nobody else -- 3. Second period; Hobey Baker : the man who had it all -- Punch Broadbent : gadabout, bombardier, goal-scorer -- Dick Irvin : player and coach extraordinaire -- Adventures of Bullet Joe Simpson -- Moose Goheen : mad for Minnesota -- The many hats of Jolly Jack Adams -- Conn Smythe : eight-time Stanley Cup winner -- Duke Keats : even Capone was a fan -- The luck of Frank Fredrickson, pride of Iceland -- Phat Wilson : amateur purist -- 4. Third period; Reg Noble : seventeen seasons on a bad foot -- Shorty Green : Passchendaele survivor -- George Boucher : a heart for hockey -- Bill Cook : from Russia to the Big Apple with flair -- Red Duttons leg up -- George Hay : the Western Wizard -- Babe Dye : athlete of many parts -- Harry Ellis Watson : three kinds of unique -- Ivan the Terrible (Ching) Johnson : beloved in New York -- Alex Connell : one-of-a-kind goaltender -- 5. Aftermath -- Appendix. . This book deals with the nexus, or collision, between hockey and war. Unbeknownst to many modern-day fans, thirty players, one referee, and one builder now enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame were also soldiers in the Great War. Most of them served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force-the Canada Corps that distinguished itself on the battlefields of Ypres, the Somme, Vimy, and Passchendaele. Four of these men were killed in action.

Product Info

ISBN: 1772032689

ISBN-13: 9781772032680

Publisher: Heritage House

Year: 2018

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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