Lords of the Rinks : : The Emergence of the National Hockey League, 1875-1936 / / 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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2005
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (330 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. From Fraternal Hockey Clubs to Closed Corporation
  • 3. The Hockey Front in the Athletic War
  • 4. Leagues of Their Own
  • 5. In Search of Hockey Order
  • 6. An Inglorious End and an Inauspicious Beginning
  • 7. Going South, Part 1
  • 8. Going South, Part 2
  • 9. Birth of the Minor-League System
  • 10. Decline of the Ottawa Empire
  • 11. The Rebellion
  • 12. In the Best Interests of Hockey
  • 13. Overtime
  • Appendix A: Rules of Hockey, 1877
  • Appendix B: Stanley Cup Regulations
  • Appendix C: National Hockey Association Constitution, 1910
  • Appendix D: Binding Agreement of 1926
  • Appendix E: Ottawa Gate Receipts, 1927–35
  • Appendix F: Detroit Gate Receipts, 1927–35
  • Appendix G: NHL Club Net Average Revenues by Year
  • Brief Biographies of Hockey Personalities
  • Notes
  • Index