Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: EARLY GAMES TO 1977
1 Searching for Hockey’s History
2 Folk and Field Games
3 The Montreal Birthing: 1875–77
PART TWO: A GAME BECOMES THE GAME, 1877–1920
4 Global Capitalism and the World of Sport: 1877–1920
5 Breakout in Canada: 1877–1900
6 Alternative Games: 1880–1900
7 Forecheck into America: 1890–1920
8 What Game? Forging a Distinct Product: 1890–1920
9 Whose Game? Class, Language, Race, Sex, and Nation
10 Across the Ponds: 1895–1920
PART THREE: THE DIVERGING WORLD OF CANADA’S GAME, 1920–1971
11 Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and Brand Wars
12 North American Core Brands: 1920–1945
13 Diverging North American Brands: 1920–45
14 Teams and Leagues of Their Own: 1920–1945
15 Europe, the LIHG, and Olympic Hockey: 1920–1945
16 Strength Down Center—North American Brands: 1945–1971
17 Cold Wars and International Ice: 1945–1971
18 Postwar Brand Wars: 1945–1971
PART FOUR: THE RISE OF CORPORATE HOCKEY, 1972–2010
19 The Old Order Disrupted: 1972
20 Restructuring North America: 1972–1988
21 Global Visions of Open Ice: 1972–1988
22 The Game on the Ice: 1972–1988
23 From Calgary to the KHL: 1989–2010
Epilogue: Back to the Future?
Notes
Index