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World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF
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by Andrew Podnieks
Sales Rank: 1317264
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List Price: $30.00
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
Published by: Key Porter Books July 28, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1551683075
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1551683072
Book Dimensions:
11 x 9.9 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 2.8 pounds
Product Description
From its humble beginnings in France in 1908 to the centennial World Championships in Canada in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation has represented a remarkable rise in the popularity of hockey throughout the world. One Hundred Years charts the growth of the IIHF and traces the development of the game and its players.
Reader Reviews
All in all, this is an excellent historical reference that chronicles the rise of hockey in Europe, and how that affected the Canadian game. However, a glaring omission is that there is not a mention of the late great World Hockey Association. I for one am tired of hearing that Borje Salming paved the way for Europeans to play in the NHL. What about the trailblazing Swedes and Finns ie Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson, Lars Erik Sjoberg, Velli Pekka Ketola et al whose success with the WHA Winnipeg Jets opened the eyes of rival NHL general managers to the fact that Europe was an untapped source of great hockey talent? The book mentions the fact that the Soviets regularly played exhibition games against NHL club teams, but again, nary a mention of the Soviets playing against WHA club teams. If anything, the WHA was much more accomodating to the idea of luring European talent to North America. For this omission, this otherwise well researched book rates only a THREE.
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