But he says he wasn’t “exactly” the “hate-filled wrecking ball” fans saw during his 13 seasons with the NHL — in Detroit, L.A., Dallas and New York. This is a memoir that hockey fans will savour, because it takes readers into the head of one of the game’s top agitators, a guy who got under everyone’s skin and is happy to tell us what it was like. And yet, through the crushing disappointments, Leaf fans have remained a stalwart tribe, and hope continues to burn bright. The 130 photos are from the archives of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The Same But Different: Hockey in Quebec, edited by Jason Blake and Andrew C. Holman, McGill-Queen’s University Press This is the latest entry in an area of scholarship known as “Hockey Studies.” Who knew?

Source: thestar November 17, 2017 11:26 UTC