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Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey
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Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey Hardcover - 2002

by Morey Holzman; Joseph Nieforth


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Hockey lovers will be fascinated by the truth about how the National Hockey League was founded and how, through less than savory means, it captured permanent possession of the Stanley Cup.

Deceptions and Doublecross begins with the 1917 conspiracy among a Montreal contingent of the National Hockey Association to oust Toronto owner Edward James Livingstone from the league. The result was the transformation of the NHA into the NHL, with Frank Calder as president, leaving Livingstone out in the cold.

Under Calder's iron-fisted direction, the NHL became the only major hockey league in North America, and gained exclusive claim to the Stanley Cup.

First line

Frank Calder, the first president of the National Hockey League, once told his friend and protégé Elmer Ferguson, "Some day I'm going to write the real story of professional hockey, with all its colour, its incident.

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  • Title Deceptions and Doublecross: How the NHL Conquered Hockey
  • Author Morey Holzman; Joseph Nieforth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 392
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dundurn Press, Toronto
  • Date October 1, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781550024135 / 1550024132
  • Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.28 x 6.28 x 1.24 in (23.57 x 15.95 x 3.15 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress subjects National Hockey League - History, National Hockey League - Corrupt practices
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003428378
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.962

About the author

Morey Holzman, a member of the Hockey Research Association, has contributed to Total Hockey: Second Edition, The Official WHA Encyclopedia, and The Canada Cup. He is respected for his pioneering efforts with his Web site, epenaltybox.com. He is a corporate controller in California.

Joseph Nieforth, a member of the Society of International Hockey Research, has contributed research to many web sites, STATS Inc., and Total Hockey: Seond Edition. He is involved with television productions and operartions in Toronto.

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