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How Hockey Happened

Pictorial History of the Origins of Canada's National Winter Game

by (author) J.W. (Bill) Fitsell

Publisher
Quarry Press
Initial publish date
Oct 2008
Category
General, History, Hockey
  • 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.

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