Our Game by Dave Stubbs

It’s true: hockey is Canada’s game. Sticks and pucks have linked every part of our land for both men and women from the time of the first Stanley Cup in 1892 up to the 2010 Olympics. Hockey is so popular it is played on rinks, streets, game boards and computer arcades, and has loyal listeners on radio and television. Packed with fascinating information sidebars called `Facts on the Fly` we learn that women had an advantage on the rinks a hundred years ago when goalies would stop the puck with their long skirts. We read about the “greats” from Bobby Hull, to Mark Messier, Jean Beliveau and Wayne Gretzky, the history of uniforms, rules and referring and the zamboni, as well as the difference between Hat Tricks and Rat Tricks.