Backcheck: a Hockey Retrospective

Further Research

Professional Leagues

Brewitt, Ross. -- Into the empty net : tales of big league hockey. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Stoddart, 1994. -- 246 p. : ill.

Cole, Stephen. -- The last hurrah : a celebration of hockey's greatest season '66-'67. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Penguin, 1996, c1995. -- 348 p., [10] p. of plates : ports.

Conway, Russ. -- Game misconduct : Alan Eagleson and the corruption of hockey. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- [Rev. & updated]. -- Toronto : MacFarlane Walter & Ross, c1997. -- 324 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports.

Cruise, David ; Griffiths, Alison. -- Net worth : exploding the myth of pro hockey. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Viking, 1991. -- 391 p.

____. -- Net worth : exploding the myth of pro hockey. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca [sound recording] -- Toronto : CNIB, 1992. -- cassettes : analog, 4 track, mono.

Fischler, Stan. -- Cracked ice : an insider's look at the NHL. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Lincolnwood, Ill. : Masters Press, c1999. -- xii, 340 p.

Fischler, Stan ; Fischler, Shirley. -- Great book of hockey : more than 100 years of fire on ice. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Lincolnwood, Ill. : Publications International, c1991. -- 336 p. : ill. (some col.)

____. -- Heroes & history : voices from NHL's past!. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1994. -- vii, 192 p. : ill.

____. -- Red line : the Soviets in the NHL. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall Canada, c1990. -- xv, 324 p. : ill.

The game I'll never forget : 100 hockey stars' stories. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- As told to the editors of Hockey digest ; selected by Chris McDonell. -- Toronto : Firefly Books, 2002. -- 224 p. : ill. (some col.)

Goyens, Chrys ; Orr, Frank ; Turowetz, Allan. -- Blades on ice : a century of professional hockey. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- With Jean-Luc Duguay. -- Markham, Ont. : TPE, [2000?]. -- 220 p. : ill., ports. -- Also published in French under the title: Épopée sur glace : un siècle de hockey professionnel

Greig, Murray. -- Big bucks & blue pucks : [from Hull to Gretzky, an anecdotal history of the late, great World Hockey Association]. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Macmillan Canada, c1997. -- v, 234 p. : ports.

Hockey chronicles : an insider history of National Hockey League teams. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Eric Duhatschek ...[et al.]. -- Toronto : Key Porter, c2000. -- 255 p. : ports. (some col.)

Holzman, Morey ; Nieforth, Joseph. -- Deceptions and doublecross : how the NHL conquered hockey. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2002. -- 392 p. : ill., ports.

Hood, Bruce. -- The good of the game : recapturing hockey's greatness. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- With Murray Townsend. -- Toronto : Stoddart, 1999. -- viii, 257 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.

Hunter, Douglas. -- Champions : the illustrated history of hockey's greatest dynasties. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Penguin Studio, 1997. -- 208 p. : ill. (some col.)

____. -- War games : Conn Smythe and hockey's fighting men. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Viking, 1996. -- 427 p., [10] p. of plates : ill.

Irvin, Dick. -- Behind the bench : coaches talk about life in the NHL. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : M&S, c1993. -- 342 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.

____. -- In the crease : goaltenders look at life in the NHL. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c1995. -- xi, 356 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports.

Isaacs, Neil D. -- Checking back : a history of the National Hockey League. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- New York : Norton, c1977. -- 259 p.

Klein, Jeff Z. ; Reif, Karl-Eric. -- The death of hockey, or, How a bunch of guys with too much money and too little sense are killing the greatest game on earth. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Macmillan Canada, 1998. -- iv, 234 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports.

Lautier, Jack ; Polnaszek, Frank p. -- Same game, different name : the World Hockey Association. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Trenton, Ont. : City Print, 1992. -- 287 p. : ill.

Lavoie, Marc. -- Désavantage numérique : les francophones dans la LNH. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Hull, Québec : Vents d'ouest, 1998. -- 168 p. : ill. -- (Critiques/économie du sport)

Leonetti, Mike. -- The game we knew : hockey in the fifties. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Photography by Harold Barkley. -- Vancouver : Raincoast Books, c1997. -- 119 p. : ill. (some col.). -- Also published in French under the title: La grande époque du hockey : le hockey des années cinquante

____. -- The game we knew : hockey in the sixties. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Photography by Harold Barkley. -- Vancouver : Raincoast Books, 1998. -- viii, 118 p. : ill. (some col.)

MacKinnon, John ; McDermott, John. -- NHL hockey : an official fans' guide 2002-2003. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Fully rev. and updated. -- Toronto : Firefly Books, 2002. -- 128 p. -- 1st -4th ed. -- Also published in French under the title: Le hockey de la LNH : guide officiel de la Ligue nationale de hockey

McFarlane, Brian. -- 50 years of hockey, 1917-1967 : an intimate history of the National Hockey League. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Pagurian Press, [c1967]. -- xi, 198 p., [16] p. of pl. : ill., port.

____. -- The lively world of hockey : an intimate history of the National Hockey League, 1917-1968. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- [Toronto] : New American Library of Canada, [1968]. -- 204 p. : ill.

____. -- The story of the National Hockey League : an intimate history of hockey's most dramatic half century. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- New York : C. Scribner's Sons, c1973. -- 223 p. : ill., ports.

Meeker, Howie ; Hodge, Charlie. -- Stop it there, back it up! : 50 years of hockey with Howie Meeker. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Toronto : Stoddart, 1999. -- ix, 309 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.

National Hockey League. -- NHL official guide. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca (1982)- . -- Montreal; New York : National Hockey League, 1982- . -- Continues: National Hockey League guide (1964/65-1981/82); National Hockey League press and radio guide [19?-(1963/64)]

National Hockey League. -- NHL yearbook. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca (1991)- . -- Toronto : Worldsport Properties, c1990- . -- Continues: Official NHL yearbook, (1st ed., 1990). -- Also published in French under the title: Annuaire LNH

The National Hockey League sourcebook. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- 1st ed. (1987/88)-3rd ed. (1989/90). -- Toronto : Fitzhenry & Whiteside, c1987-[1990]. -- 3 vol.

NHL : the official illustrated history. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Arthur Pincus ...[et al.]. -- Chicago : Triumph Books, 1999. -- 224 p. : ill. (some col.), ports.

NHL official site [online]. -- [Cited January 15, 2003].
-- Access: www.nhl.com

The Official National Hockey League 75th anniversary commemorative book. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Dan Diamond. -- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c1991. -- 341 p. : ill. (some col.)

One hundred and one years of hockey : the chronicle of a century on ice. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Al Strachen ; written by Eric Duhatschek ...[et al.]. -- Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2000. -- 304 p. : ill. (some col.). -- Previously published under the title: One hundred years of hockey. -- One hundred years of hockey is also available in French under the title: Cent ans de hockey : chronique d'un siècle sur glace

Original six : true stories from hockey's classic era. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Paul Quarrington. -- Toronto : Reed Books Canada, c1996. -- 160 p. : ill. (some col.)

Podnieks, Andrew. -- Shooting stars : photographs from the Portnoy collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Buffalo, N.Y. : Firefly Books, 1998. -- 168 p. : col. ill.

Professional Hockey Players' Association [online]. -- [Cited November 13, 2003]. -- Access: http://phpa.com/home.asp

The spirit of the game : exceptional photographs from the Hockey Hall of Fame. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Dan Diamond. -- Toronto : Random House of Canada, c1995. -- viii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.)

Stein, Gil. -- Power plays : an inside look at the big business of the National Hockey League. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Secaucus, N.J. : Carol Pub. Group, c1997. -- xv, 240 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., port.

Suchan, Allan. -- The Big Six [microform] : romanticizing an era of the National Hockey League. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Ottawa : National Library of Canada, [2001]. -- 2 microfiches. -- (Canadian theses on microfiche). -- M.A. thesis, University of Manitoba, 2000

Surgent, Scott Adam. -- The complete historical and statistical reference to the World Hockey Association, 1972-1979. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Tempe, Ariz. : Xaler Press, c1995. -- 439 p. : ill.

Total hockey : the official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Dan Diamond. -- Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel ; Toronto : Distributed in Canada by Canadian Manda Group, 1998. -- ix, 1878 p. : ill.

• First edition includes essays not found in the second edition.

Total hockey : the official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Dan Diamond. -- 2nd ed. -- Kingston, N.Y. : Total Sports Pub., c2000. -- ix, 1974 p. : ill.

Wong, John Chi-Kit. -- The development of professional hockey and the making of the National Hockey League http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca [microform]. -- Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 2001. -- 5 microfiches. -- Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, Md., 2001

Years of glory, 1942-1967 : the National Hockey League's official book of the six-team era. http://amicus.collectionscanada.gc.ca -- Edited by Dan Diamond. -- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c1994. -- 247 p. : ill. (some col.)

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