Original Six (eBook)

How the Canadiens, Bruins, Rangers, Blackhawks, Maple Leafs, and Red Wings Laid the Groundwork for Today?s National Hockey League

Lew Freedman (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
328 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-952-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Since the inception of the National Hockey League on November 26, 1917, the sport of hockey has been one of the most popular games across the globe.After the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909, ceased operations, the NHL took over and became a mainstay for the sport. While there had been teams that dated back to the 1800s and many that came and went through the years, there are six teams which are considered to be the Original or Traditional Six: the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Detroit Red Wings.In The Original Six, Lew Freedman (Clouds Over the Goalpost, A Summer to Remember) takes readers on a trip down memory lane, not only introducing the NHLs humble beginnings, but how far the game has actually come.Broken up into six sections, Freedman tells the history and stories of the teams that represent the heart and soul of the NHL. From how these teams came to be and the steps that were taken to get them established to their early years and how they helped shape the game we love today, The Original Six is not only for lovers of these teams, but for the sport itself.Whether youre a diehard supporter or fair-weather fan, learn how this incredible sport began and of the teams that helped it grow into one of the most entertaining and enjoyable games in the world.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Lew Freedman is the author of nearly 60 books on sports, including Clouds over the Goalpost and A Summer to Remember, and is the winner of more than 250 journalism awards. A veteran sportswriter, Freedman was formerly a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer, as well as other papers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 16 B&W photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: 1972-73 • Analytics • blackhawks • books on analytics • books on blackhawks • books on bruins • books on canadiens • books on coaches • books on corsi • books on expansions • books on fischler • books on game-by-games • books on gretzky • books on hockey histories • books on islanders • books on leafs • books on leagues • books on maples • books on metrics • books on mets books on metropolitans • books on minor leagues • books on montreal • books on nhl histories • books on oilers • books on reids • books on skates • books on stats • books on sullivan • books on teams • books on toronto • books on wayne • Bruins • canadiens • Coaches • corsi • Expansion • Fischler • game-by-game • goalpost • Gretzky • hockey goalie • hockey history • impacted • islanders • leafs • league • Maple • metrics • metropolitans • METs • minor leagues • Montreal • New York Rangers • nhl history • not-so-kind • oilers • REID • Skates • Statistical • Stats • Sullivan • Teams • Toronto • valuably • Wayne
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-952-0 / 1613219520
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-952-2 / 9781613219522