Hockey America: The Ice Game's Past Growth and Bright Future in the U.S. Tapa blanda - 1998

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Hockey's recent meteoric rise in the United States is celebrated as never before in Hockey America, a comprehensive, insightful, and entertaining account of the ice game's past, present, and prospects for the future. Kevin Hubbard and Stan FiscHer have collaborated to cover every corner of the ice, ' tracing the growth of American hockey from the 19th century through recent phenomena, such as hockey's explosion in the Sun Belt, the fast-growing women's game, in-line hockey, and a detailed history of Olympic, collegiate and amateur hockey in the USA.

Hockey America features up-close player profiles of American stars including Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Mike Modano, Jeremy Roenick, Mike Richter and Chris Chelios that go beyond statistics to reach back to their childhood days in the American cities and towns where they first took to the ice. It also traces the influence of Canadian superstars such as Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky, who came south of the border to spread the gospel of this fabulous sport.