Research Catalog

Title

A great game : the forgotten Leafs and the rise of professional hockey / Stephen J. Harper.

Author

Harper, Stephen, 1959-

Publication

New York : published by Simon & Schuster Canada, 2013.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xiii, 352 pages : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

History of the game of hockey and the teams who pursued the first Stanley Cup during the early 1900's.

Subjects

• Hockey players > History
• Hockey > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-319) and index.

Contents

The old order in Hockey's second city : from good beginnings to the Osgoodes -- The rise of "the paper tyrant" : all is well under the Wellingtons -- The enemy in the open : the ascent of the Marlboros -- Road to war : the defection of the Marlboro -- The rebellion begins : the Toronto Hockey Club is born -- The uprising spreads : professional hockey appears across Ontario -- The pros on the march : the Ontario Professional Hockey League is formed -- A brush with eternity : the Torontos reach for the Stanley Cup -- The pros in retreat : the garnet and grey hit cracks in the ice -- The triumph of the amateurs : the end of the Toronto professionals -- The old order restored : the era of amateurism returns to the Queen city -- The revenge of history : a new and stronger Toronto Hockey Club emerges -- The new order in Hockey's second city : the Blue Shirts take the Stanley Cup

Call Number

JFE 14-7724

ISBN

• 9781476716534
• 1476716536

LCCN

2013464716

OCLC

857979705

Author

Harper, Stephen, 1959- author.

Title

A great game : the forgotten Leafs and the rise of professional hockey / Stephen J. Harper.

Publisher

New York : published by Simon & Schuster Canada, 2013.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-319) and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-7724