Research Catalog

Title

Fighting the good fight : why on-ice violence is killing hockey / Adam Proteau.

Author

Proteau, Adam

Publication

Mississauga, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c2011.

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Description

234 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

A timely book from a veteran hockey writer, Fighting the Good Fight addresses the game's most controversial issue - the transformation of hockey into a thuggish blood sport. Proteau is one of the few mainstream media voices who is vehemently anti-fighting in hockey. Not only is his book a plea to the gatekeepers to clamp down on the runaway violence that permeates the sport at the highest level, but also suggests realistic ways in which it can be cleaned up. A rare display of eloquence and common sense, this book should be read by every hockey fan, player, coach and owner.

Alternative Title

• Why on-ice violence is killing hockey
• Violence is killing hockey

Subject

• National Hockey League > History
• Ligue nationale de hockey > Histoire
• Hockey
• Violence in sports
• Hockey players > Anecdotes
• Hockey
• Violence dans les sports
• Joueurs de hockey > Anecdotes
• Violence in sports > North America

Genre/Form

• Anecdotes
• History

Note

• Includes index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic formats.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The beatings and the damage done -- "We sell hate" -- Scar tissue -- Full disclosure -- Why hockey has it backward -- Hockey on the brain -- Critical mass -- The unoriginal -- The enlightened -- Fighting on.

ISBN

• 9781118092224
• 1118092228

OCLC

718182754

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library