How Hockey Happened
Pictorial History of the Origins of Canada's National Winter Game
- Publisher
- Quarry Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2008
- Category
- General, History, Hockey
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550823479
- Publish Date
- Oct 2008
- List Price
- $29.95
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Description
A new book by hockey historian J.W. (Bill) Fitsell, who puts to rest the longstanding debate over hockey's origin. How Hockey Happened tells the real story of the game's roots in a number of 19th century stick-ball games -- Native American gugahawat and European hurling, shinty, bandy, and field hockey, as well as North American shinny, ricket, and ice polo.
About the author
Recognized as a foremost hockey historian, Bill Fitsell was the former curator of the International Hockey Hall of Fame, and was the first president of the Society for International Hockey Research.