Hockey's long and colourful history deserves special treatment and this is the perfect way of displaying it. Published to coincide with and celebrate the centenary of the National Hockey League, this fully revised and updated edition--in a brand new format--of The Official NHL Hockey Treasures tells the rich and fascinating history of hockey through hundreds of photographs and an exhaustively researched and lucid text. The origin and evolution of hockey, especially the professional game in North America are explored, as are the great players, famous games and illustrious teams. But where this title really scores is through its awe-inspiring collection of 25 items of facsimile memorabilia, which have been inserted into four printed bags affixed inside the book. These documents have all been reproduced in such a way that you will feel as if you have the very originals in your hand. The artefacts include 90-yearold newspaper reports from the NHL's first games, letters from the President of the NHL, player contracts--including Gordie Howe's deal to play with his two sons on the Hartford Whalers--collectible hockey cards, and much, much more. Divided into eight sections, The Official NHL Hockey Treasures offers a refreshing perspective of this fast-moving and thrilling sport through--simultaneously--historical narrative and features. This beautiful volume is something hockey fans will treasure forever.

Celebrate the centenary of the National Hockey League with this fully revised and updated edition of The Official NHL Hockey Treasures. Now in a brand-new format This new edition of The Official NHL Hockey Treasures --which includes the 2015-16 Stanley Cup won by the Pittsburgh Penguins--tells the fascinating story of the sport through hundreds of photographs and an exhaustively researched text. As always, it covers hockey's origins and evolution, as well as the great players and memorable games. But this title really scores with its awe-inspiring collection of 30 interactive facsimiles of hockey memorabilia. The removable items include 90-year-old newspaper articles about the NHL's first games, letters from the President of the NHL, player contracts--including Gordie Howe's deal to play with his two sons on the Hartford Whalers--collectible hockey cards, and much more. Hockey fans will treasure this forever.

This work not only relates the story of the growth and expansion of hockey from the frozen ponds in Canada to the sun-belt states of America, but also tells how it has become one of the world's most popular sports. Photographs throughout.

This revised and updated edition of The Official NHL Hockey Treasures--which includes the 2018-19 Stanley Cup finals won by St. Louis--gives the sport's long and colorful history the special treatment it deserves. With hundreds of photographs and an exhaustively researched text, it explores the origin and evolution of hockey, especially the professional game in North America, the great players, famous games, and illustrious teams.

An in-depth look into the origins of how each NHL team was named, received their logo and design, with interviews by those responsible. Written by those most knowledgeable, you'll learn why every hockey team to every play in the National Hockey League looks the way it does. Nothing unites or divides a random assortment of strangers quite like the hockey team for which they cheer. The passion they hold within them for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Boston Bruins allows them to look past any differences which would have otherwise disrupted a perfectly fine Thanksgiving dinner and channels it into a powerful, shared admiration for their team. We decorate our lives with their logos, stock our wardrobe with their jerseys, and, in some cases, even tattoo our bodies with their iconography and colors. They’re so ingrained in our lives we don’t even think to ask ourselves why Los Angeles celebrates royalty; why Buffalo cheers for not one, but two massive cavalry swords; or why the Broadway Blueshirts named themselves for a law enforcement agency in Texas (or why they even wear blue shirts, for that matter). All that and more is explored in Fabric of the Game, authored by two of the sports world’s leading experts in team branding and design: Chris Creamer and Todd Radom. Tapping into their vast knowledge of the whys and hows, Creamer and Radom explore and share the origin stories behind these and more, talking directly to those involved in the decision processes and designs of the National Hockey League’s team names, logos, and uniforms, pouring through historical accounts to find and deliver the answers to these questions. Learn more about the historied Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks, as well as the lost but not forgotten Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques, all the way to the lesser-known Kansas City Scouts and Philadelphia Quakers. Whichever team you pledge allegiance, Fabric of the Game covers them in-depth with research and knowledge for any hockey fan to enjoy.

This is the story of Kansas City’s attempt to integrate major-league hockey into its sports marketplace, only to see it fall through thin ice. Troy Treasure, an award-winning sports reporter, tells the riveting story of the Kansas City Scouts, who began playing in the National Hockey League in 1974. Perhaps the franchise’s owners should have guessed it would be a struggle from the beginning: After finally getting an arena, its original name—the Mo-Hawks—was rejected because the Chicago Blackhawks thought it too closely resembled their moniker. But while the franchise underperformed on the ice and at the box office, there was also triumphs and plenty of laughs mixed in with the tears. During their two years on the ice, the Scouts featured the biggest on-ice badass in the NHL, a combustible coach, and one of hockey’s all-time funny men. Filled with player interviews and painstakingly researched, this book pays tribute to the history of professional hockey in Kansas City, the city’s other pro sports teams, and athletics at large.