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With the Stanley Cup Playoffs happening in full swing, UTP would like to share a list of books about the world of hockey. Check them out below:
A Night at the Gardens: Class, Gender, and Respectability in 1930s Toronto
By Russell Field
When Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens opened in 1931, manager Conn Smythe envisioned an arena that would project an aura of middle-class respectability. In A Night at the Gardens, Russell Field shares how this new arena anticipated spectators by examining varying spectator behaviours, who the spectators were, and what the experience of spectating was like.
Business the NHL Way: Lessons from the Fastest Game on Ice
By Norm O’Reilly and Rick Burton
Foreword by Gary Bettman
Afterword by Hayley Wickenheiser
Business the NHL Way draws on hockey-inspired stories to show how brands, institutions, and individuals associated with the NHL have consistently survived a variety of challenges and thrived as a result of its decisions. This revised and expanded edition explores business-related scenarios from the sport of hockey and links each lesson back to business, leadership, diversity, management, and sport outcomes.
Canada’s Holy Grail: Lord Stanley’s Political Motivation to Donate the Stanley Cup
By Jordan B. Goldstein
In 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup – later known as the Stanley Cup – to crown the first Canadian hockey champions. Canada’s Holy Grail documents Lord Stanley’s personal politics, his desire to affect Canadian nationality and unity, and the larger transformations in Anglo-liberal political thought at the time.
Stickhandling through the Margins: First Nations Hockey in Canada
By Michael A. Robidoux
Some of hockey’s fiercest and most passionate players and fans can be found among Canada’s First Nations populations, including NHL greats Jordin Tootoo, Jonathan Cheechoo, and Gino Odjick. With stories and observations gleaned from three years of ethnographic research, Stickhandling through the Margins richly illustrates how hockey is played and experienced by First Nations peoples across Canada, both in isolated reserve communities and at tournaments that bring together participants from across the country.
Hockey, PQ: Canada’s Game in Quebec’s Popular Culture
By Amy Ransom
A wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise Les Boys to the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, Hockey, PQ explores how Canada’s national sport has been used to signify a specific Québécois identity. Amy J. Ransom analyzes how Québécois writers, filmmakers, and musicians have appropriated symbols like the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard, or the 1972 Summit Series to construct or critique images of the Québécois male.
Skating on Thin Ice: Professional Hockey, Rape Culture, and Violence against Women (Coming this Fall 2023)
By Walter S. DeKeseredy, Stu Cowan, and Martin D. Schwartz
Foreword by Heather Mallick
Afterword by Jack Todd
A wide-ranging study that examines everything from the blockbuster movie franchise Les Boys to the sovereigntist hip hop group Loco Locass, Hockey, PQ explores how Canada’s national sport has been used to signify a specific Québécois identity. Amy J. Ransom analyzes how Québécois writers, filmmakers, and musicians have appropriated symbols like the Montreal Forum, Maurice Richard, or the 1972 Summit Series to construct or critique images of the Québécois male.
