Fernie and District Historical Society

‘THE Fernie Swastikas (above) vere among a number of competitive
~ women's hockey teams in Canada during the 1920s. The photo is from the
ook Too Many Men on The Ice: Women’s Hockey in North America.

inkside reading

-.,. THE annual rite of passage is

,. -owell underway, and so what if):

of. | the Canucks don’t figure into
eo things. - :

"The NHL playoff race has begun in
typical earnest, and with, it comes a

‘game. The regular season has
+grown to such-a length tha
‘sustained exposure will, with-

out prejudice, expose one to

dangerous levels of mediocre
hockey - (not to «mention:
Molson muscle growth). As .

* when: choosing a fine wine,”

one must. be selective with,

~ the games onc follows. A fine

Dallas-Detroit tilt, for exam-
ipl, would . be: well: advised
over, say, a Canuck-Leaf laugher.

2 -Likewise, hockey books should be

carefully: chosen. Every season brings a

“*.. Zamboni-load of new titles, ranging from

farm ‘teamers to first team all-stars. The
- following four books are al! in the fatter
_ category to varying degrecs.

: OUR GAME
* The best on the bench is Our Game, a

270-page compilation of 30 fiction
entries; some complete small stories, oth-
ers excerpt from novels. All share hockey
as their theme.

Edited by Doug Beardsley, Our Game:
An All-Star Collection of Hockey Fiction,
features the works of some of Canada’s
top writers, including Roy MacGregor,
Hugh MacLennan, Morley Callaghan,
W.P. Kinsella and Roch Carrier.

The stories cover a wide range of top-
ics relating to the game, from pure adula-

renewed . interest -in Canada’s national _

ew McCredié

tion (Clark Blaise’s I’m: Dreaming of
Rocket Richard) to romanticized senti-
mentality (Wayne Johnston’s The Divine
Ryans) to the outright bizarre (Mark
Anthony Jarman’s Righteous Speedboat).
There isn’t a second rounder among
the bunch. And for goalies, and cvery par-
ent who has ever had their child play net,
Rudy Thauberger’s Goalic
strikes a sentiment deep
inside the chest protector.
Great writing. Great subject.
Great book.

HOCKEY FOR
DUMMIES

With no intention to slight

our neighbors to the south,

’ this softcover book should

~ be called “Hockey for

Americans.”

Written by John Davidson and John
Steinbreder and published by U.S.-based
Dummies Press, Hockey for Dummies is
an interesting, albeit introductory, excr-
cise on the game of hockey.

In fairness, there is some Canadian
content: Wayne Gretzky and Mike Myers
authored the foreward and preface respec-
tively, and, of course, the NHL all-time
record statistics in the back of the 376-
page book are dominated by Canadian
players.

The book covers a lot of ice, including
chapters on “The Ten Best Minor League
Players”, “Pads and Pucks: Gearing Up”,
“Rules of the game”, and “Intimidation
and Hitting.” (Without giving away too
much, Johnny Bower gets the nad as the
best ever minor leaguer.

The price may be a litte steep for a
softcover ($26.99), but the in-depr star
pages at the back are a great reference.

TO MEN
N THE ICE.

Subtitled Women’s Hockey in’ North
America, this 286-page paperback does
an admiratte job documenting the 100-
year history of women’s hockey in Canada
and the Cnited States,

Written by Joanna Avery and Julie
Stevens, Too Maay Men on The lee tells a
fascinating, tale of women’s involvement
in the sport, beginning in the carly 1890s
in both Ottawa and Philadelphia, through
the strong universizy years during the first
half of this century, and culminating in
fase month’s historical Winter Olympic
competition in Nagano, Japan,

In fact, an in-depth look ar the U.S.
and Canadian Olympic teams takes up the

See Canadian pane 23

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