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This book provides a survey of the academic research and knowledge
on the economics and management of professional hockey. While
professional football, baseball, and basketball have been the focus
of sports economists for decades, professional hockey has been left
out of most economic analyses of the sports industry. This book
fills that gap by presenting a selection of research focusing
specifically on hockey, such as labor relations and player behavior
in the NHL, salary determination and player careers, ticket demand
and ticket pricing, and emerging topics such as diversity and
discrimination. Expanding the available literature dramatically,
this book will be an important tool for researchers as well as
sports managers, and students at the advanced undergraduate and
graduate level.
As the radio voice of the Calgary Flames from 1980 until his
retirement in 2014, Peter Maher has witnessed more than his fair
share of Flames action up close and personal--from the 1989 Stanley
Cup championship to the individual brilliance of stars like Lanny
McDonald, Al MacInnis, Theo Fleury, and Jarome Iginla. Through
singular anecdotes only Maher can tell as well as conversations
with current and past players, If These Walls Could Talk: Calgary
Flames provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the
great moments, the lowlights, and everything in between. No Flames
fan will want to miss this book.
"Eileen Peerless Power Skating Method" offers proven techniques
from a power skating expert that will help hockey skaters of all
ages, abilities, and levels to improve power, speed, and overall
performance on the ice.Relying on her nearly three decades of
experience teaching hundreds of hockey players, Eileen Peerless
shares practical skills that can be used in real game situations.
Peerless divides her guidebook into three sections-balance, stride,
and agility. She provides a solid foundation of step-by-step
methods, team and individual drills, and clear illustrations that
will help any hockey player develop into an excellent skater.
Skaters will learn how to: improve balance by developing better
edge control and skate placement; implement a strong, powerful
stride that uses the body for strength; master agility and increase
speed by turning and stopping properly.Knowing where the body
belongs in every skating maneuver is critical to improving skating
technique, speed, and balance. "Eileen Peerless Power Skating
Method" provides the kind of methods that, with practice and
dedication, will lead both beginning and advanced hockey athletes
to achieve unlimited success on the ice.
The Cleveland Barons should never have existed. Born when the
National Hockey League's California Golden Seals-another team that
should never have existed-were transplanted to Cleveland in 1976
and greeted with apathy by the dwindling number of hockey fans in
northeastern Ohio, the Barons were an embarrassment to the city and
to the NHL. The only thing the team had going for them was the
state-of-the-art arena they played in, which was all but empty for
nearly every game they played. This book chronicles the Barons' two
regrettable seasons-a case study in what happens when an
ill-conceived professional sports team created in an expansion
splurge is moved, in an effort to save it, to a city that doesn't
really want it.
Hockey players are stronger, quicker, and more agile than ever
before. To compete and win in today's game requires superior
stamina and strength. Complete Conditioning for Hockey can help get
you there with a year-round training plan that will get you primed
for a winning season. Author Ryan van Asten, one of the game's
leading strength and conditioning coaches, shares the same approach
he's used with top athletes and teams at the professional and
national levels-including NHL Stanley Cup winners, Canada's Olympic
gold medal-winning women's hockey team, and multiple world
championship teams. Complete Conditioning for Hockey covers every
aspect of physical preparation, including these: Movement
optimization Endurance and stamina Functional strength and power
Acceleration and speed Change of direction and reactivity Recovery
and injury risk reduction Throughout, you'll find more than 145
exercises, each with progressions and variations, to optimize your
training in order to continue your development season after season.
The position-specific guidelines will help to personalize training
to your skill set, experience level, and role on the team. Training
plans provide specific information and exercises for the
off-season, preseason, in-season, and postseason to ensure optimal
peaking and recovery. Complete Conditioning for Hockey also
features a detailed analysis of player movement and conditioning
needs, taking the process of physical preparation for hockey to a
whole new level. CE exam available! For certified professionals, a
companion continuing education exam can be completed after reading
this book. The Complete Conditioning for Hockey Online CE Exam may
be purchased separately or as part of the Complete Conditioning for
Hockey With CE Exam package that includes both the book and the
exam.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Bruins' 1970 Stanley
Cup championship season by reliving all the moments in Kooks and
Degenerates on Ice. While the United States seethed from racial
violence, war, and mass shootings, the 1969-70 "Big, Bad Bruins,"
led by the legendary Bobby Orr, brushed off their perennial losing
ways to defeat the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals for
their first championship in 29 years. In Kooks and Degenerates on
Ice: Bobby Orr, the Big Bad Bruins, and the Stanley Cup
Championship That Transformed Hockey, Thomas J. Whalen recounts all
the memorable moments from that championship season. Behind the
no-nonsense yet inspired leadership of head coach Harry Sinden, the
once laughingstock Bruins became the talk of the sporting world.
Nicknamed the "Big, Bad Bruins" for their propensity to out-brawl
and intimidate their opponents, the team rallied around the
otherworldly play of Bobby Orr and his hard-hitting teammates to
take the NHL by surprise in a season to remember. Kooks and
Degenerates on Ice brings to life all the colorful personalities
and iconic players from this Stanley Cup-raising team. In addition,
the season is placed into its historical context as the United
States struggled with issues of war, race, politics, and class,
making this a must-read for sports enthusiasts, hockey fans, and
those interested in twentieth-century American history.
The extraordinary true story of the U.S. sled hockey team that
overcame physical adversity and internal strife to win Paralympic
gold. When former NHL star Rick Middleton accepted the position of
head coach for the United States sled hockey team, he wasn't sure
what to expect. The program had never medaled-had never even come
close, in fact. But where Middleton might have found despair, he
instead found an incredible group of men who had battled their way
back from hell to play the sport they love. In Hockey's Hidden
Gods: The Untold Story of a Paralympic Miracle on Ice, S.C. Megale
uncovers the remarkable tale of a team that shocked the world by
taking U.S. sled hockey from worst to first in the 2002
Paralympics. Odds of winning were dismal. The road to victory
seemed unfathomable. But this cast of fifteen athletes with
disabilities, athletes who had helped build a groundbreaking U.S.
sled hockey program with almost no outside support, ultimately
persevered on the global stage. Featuring a fascinating history of
sled hockey, exclusive interviews with players and coaches,
action-packed game coverage, and intimate profiles sharing the
players' personal journeys, Hockey's Hidden Gods is the uplifting
story of how once-shattered dreams can be reborn and rebuilt
through tenacity, grit, and an indomitable spirit.
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.
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