A History of Hockey in Canada, J. Alexander Poulton
A History of Hockey in Canada, J. Alexander Poulton
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A History of Hockey in Canada

Author: J. Alexander Poulton

Narrator: Dana Negrey

Unabridged: 5 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 02/28/2021

Synopsis

When British soldiers began settling in early Canada, their sporting traditions blended with a Mi’kmaq game to create a new sport that evolved into hockey. A History of Hockey in Canada traces hockey’s roots from those first steps on the frozen ponds of eastern Canada to the modern game we know and love: Games that were the precursors to modern hockey were oochamkunutk (Mi’kmaq), shinty (Scottish), hurling (Irish) and bandy (English) From the ponds of Windsor, Nova Scotia, to Kingston, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, a new game evolved, and in March 1875, the first organized game of hockey was played in Montreal The Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia were the first popular craftsmen of sticks; their MicMac brand was the stick of choice for professional hockey players until the early 20th century Referees first used cowbells to call plays, and only switched to whistles when people began bringing their own cowbells to games Goalie Jacques Plante was the first to use a mask regularly after taking a puck to the face on November 1, 1959 A must for the hockey fan. Anyone fascinated by Canada’s sports history will want to have this book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erin on May 15, 2024

This was surprisingly interesting considering I know nothing about hockey and care even less. I only read it because a reading challenge I’m doing includes the prompt “a book with hockey” and I really really really didn’t want to read a hockey romance which I’m sure is what the prompt was driving to......more

Goodreads review by Dave on October 18, 2024

The funny part of "A History of Hockey in Canada" is that it is fairly uncertain. Unlike basketball where there is a specific narrative and origin, hockey has a bunch of possibilities. The early stories of the possible origins of hockey were interesting, however the narrative fell off when it got in......more

Goodreads review by Scott on July 11, 2021

If you like hockey in Canada this book is a good one. it has some nice microfocuses. I enjoyed the part about the Dawson folks going to the stanley cup. I also felt like the history of the Canadiens which entailed doing the stanley cup finals during the flu pandemic in 1919 was really important to re......more

Goodreads review by Peter on February 10, 2024

This book was perfect for my goal of getting a cursory overview of Ice Hockey in Canada. The book spends some time explaining the origins of ice hockey and then starts on the history. The book diverts a couple of times to discuss minorities in Ice Hockey, Lord Stanley, equipment used in hockey, stad......more

Goodreads review by bailey on January 29, 2024

kind of bland in its execution most of the time, but if it had gone into more detail it would’ve been like 600 pages. so i get it. but i would have read 600 interesting pages!!......more

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