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Title : Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey
ISBN : 1894663586
Release Date : 2004-01-01
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Rating : 4.5
Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Out of the 600 players active today fourteen are black Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey is the first book to tell the unique stories of black hockey players how they overcame or succumbed to racial and cultural prejudices to play Canadas favourite pastime Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey Black hockey players from Grant Fuhr to Jarome Iginla speak candidly for the first time about their experiences in the NHL Since 1958 thirtyseven black men have played in the National Hockey League Out of the 600 players active today fourteen are black Customer reviews Breaking the Ice The Black Breaking the Ice deeply explores the rich history of blacks in hockey giving longoverdue attention to such stars from the 1940s and 50s as Herb Carnegie and Willie ORee the Jackie Robinson of hockey as well as Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr and more contemporary National Hockey League stars such as Jarome Iginla Georges Laraque and Kevin Weekes Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey by Cecil Harris Things have never been better for black players in professional hockey In 2002 Jarome Iginla became the first black scoring champion in the National Hockey League Breaking the ice the Black experience in professional Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey is the first book to tell the unique stories of black hockey players how they triumphed over racial and cultural prejudice or succumbed to it Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey Since 1958 thirtyseven black men have played in the National Hockey League Out of the 600 players active today fourteen are black Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey is the first book to tell the unique stories of black hockey players how they overcame or succumbed to racial and cultural prejudices to play Canadas favourite pastime Breaking the Ice The Black Experience in Professional Hockey Breaking the Ice begins with a chapter on the black player who is currently likely the best known Jarome Iginla of the Calgary Flames but readers do meet the pioneers who led in blacks’ involvement in professional hockey While Willie O’Ree who broke the NHL’s color barrier in 1958 is considered “the Jackie Robinson of hockey” Harris also writes about Herb Carnegie who played professional hockey for three decades commencing in the 1930s Breaking the ice the Black experience in professional Breaking the ice the Black experience in professional hockey Cecil Harris 1894663586 Toronto Public Library Hockey players BlackCanadaBiography Breaking the ice the Black experience in professional hockey Harris Cecil 19602003 Book 224 pages Place Hold 0 holds 6 copies Black players in ice hockey Wikipedia The history of black players in North American ice hockey has roots dating back to the late 19th century The first black ice hockey star was Herb Carnegie during the Great Depression Willie ORee broke the NHLs black color barrier with the Boston Bruins Coloured Hockey League Wikipedia In their book Black Ice The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes 18951925 historians George and Darril Fosty state that the first player to use the slapshot was Eddie Martin of the Halifax Eureka in 1906 See also edit
Title : Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey
ISBN : 1894663586
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Number of Pages :
Author :
Rating : 4.5
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