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The Fife Flyers have played ice hockey for over ten decades and are
the oldest team currently playing at the highest level of the game
in Britain. During that time the sport has witnessed radical change
which has resulted in periods of boom and bust, from fully
professional status to strictly amateur and combinations in
between. But for almost 85 years the team from the Gallatown Rink
in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has endured. Such longevity is a naturally rich
source of stories and memories for those who have either played
for, supported or indeed been in opposition to the Fife Flyers. Or
simply for hockey fans in general! The stories within come from the
diligent reporting by local journalists, without whom much of the
detail of the game would have been lost. Ice Hockey is not a sport
that enjoys an extensive archive of data. Much of the history of
the Fife Flyers has never been documented. This book, while not
intended to be a full history, aims to gives an insight into both
the different eras of hockey and the fortunes and misfortunes of
one Club along the way.
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In his diverse, exciting, and very active forty-five-year legal
career, spent mainly in the world of professional sports, attorney
Robert O Swados has worn many hats - owner, league executive,
counsel, and franchise builder. In this wide-ranging and
good-humoured memoir, Swados offers many behind-the-scenes insights
into the players, coaches, executives, and owners who have created
today's sports entertainment industry. Swados describes his early
involvement in professional sports through his efforts in the 1960s
to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to his hometown of
Buffalo, NY. The deal was so close that a "New York Daily" News
headline erroneously announced that new franchises would go to San
Diego and Buffalo. But things really got interesting when in 1969
Swados helped Seymour Knox III and Northrup Knox to establish the
Buffalo Sabres. Thus began an exciting thirty-year journey through
the ups and downs of the National Hockey League. As part owner,
vice chairman, and counsel of the Sabres, Swados has had many
opportunities to 'score from the crease', and sometimes the action
behind the scenes is just as rough and tumble as that on the
ice.;He tells many fascinating tales about his dealings with
winning coaches including Scotty Bowman, with General Managers
Punch Imlach and John Muckler, with owner John McMullen, and with
commissioners John Ziegler and Gary Bettman, among others. He also
talks frankly about the impact of Adelphia's bankruptcy on the fate
of the Sabres and about the obsessions and frustrations of the 2004
NHL lockout. Perhaps no one in professional sports has had such an
engaging and productive view. For hockey fans in the US and Canada,
especially Buffalo Sabres fans, and anyone interested in the
business of bigtime sports, Robert Swados's entertaining and
informative story is a must-read.
The earliest forms of ice hockey developed over the centuries in
numerous cold weather countries. In the 17th century, a game
similar to hockey was played in Holland known as kolven. But the
modern sport of ice hockey arose from the efforts of college
students and British soldiers in eastern Canada in the mid-19th
century. Since then, ice hockey has moved from neighborhood lakes
and ponds to international competitions, such as the Summit Series
and the Winter Olympics. Historical Dictionary of Ice Hockey traces
the history and evolution of hockey in general, as well as
individual topics, from their beginnings to the present, through a
chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive
bibliography. The dictionary has more than 600 cross-referenced
entries on the players, general managers, managers, coaches, and
referees, as well as entries for teams, leagues, rules, and
statistical categories. This book is an excellent access point for
students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about ice
hockey.
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