| Description |
1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-383) and index. |
| Summary |
Hockey lovers will be fascinated by the truth about how the National Hockey League was founded and how, through less than savory means, it captured permanent possession of the Stanley Cup. Deceptions and Doublecross begins with the 1917 conspiracy among a Montreal contingent of the National Hockey Association to oust Toronto owner Edward James Livingstone from the league. The result was the transformation of the NHA into the NHL, with Frank Calder as president, leaving Livingstone out in the cold. Under Calder's iron-fisted direction, the NHL became the only major hockey league in North America, |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
National Hockey League -- History.
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National Hockey League. |
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History. |
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National Hockey League. |
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Ligue nationale de hockey. |
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Ligue nationale de hockey -- Histoire. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Nieforth, Joseph.
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| Added Title |
How the NHL conquered hockey |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Holzman, Morey. Deceptions and doublecross. Toronto, Ont., Canada ; Tonawanda, NY : Dundurn Press, ©2002 1550024132 (DLC) 2003428378 (OCoLC)49795878 |
| ISBN |
1417582111 (electronic book) |
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9781417582112 (electronic book) |
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9781459721340 (electronic book) |
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1459721349 (electronic book) |
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1550024132 |
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9781550024135 |
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1282814338 |
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9781282814332 |
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