square 4to. pp. vi, 252. profusely illustrated. bds. dw. [Bolton]: Fenn Publishing Company Ltd., [2004].
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The MUST HAVE book for any Hockey Fan
There is the Stanley Cup, symbolic of hockey supremacy, and then there is everything else. No other trophy in the world is as beautiful, as recognizable, as representative of success, as Lord Stanleys gift to Canada. It is just the right height, the right weight, the right proportion to the hands and arms that lift it high every spring. Its history is writ in the sweat and blood and skill and exhaustion of the thousands of players who have battled for it and endured beyond what they could reasonably expect of themselves on the ice to try to get it. Its story is the story of an Englishman who came to Canada as governor-general in 1888 and left five years later leaving behind a gift to the country for the emerging sport of hockey. Its story is in the hearts of every player who has devoted his life to the winning of it, many falling precariously short, a precious few experiencing that pinnacle of victory. To touch the Cup, to drink from its bowl, is to become a part of its history and to perpetuate that legacy of achievement that no other trophy or award in hockey can offer. This is the story of that trophy, from the obscure, unknown tale of a noble family in England that dates to the 14th century, to the most recent winners of the Cup, hockey players and team personnel who are, in modern times, allowed one special day with the trophy during their summer of victory. It is a story told often, but told here fully and completely for the first time.