Women on ice : the early years of women's hockey in Western Canada / Wayne Norton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norton, Wayne R. (Wayne Reid), 1948- author.

Contributor:

Canadian Electronic Library (Firm), distributor.

Series:

Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hockey for women--Canada, Western--History.

Hockey for women.

Women hockey players--Canada, Western--History.

Women hockey players.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver [British Columbia] : Ronsdale Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women on Ice is the first book to focus upon the vibrant world of women's ice hockey in western Canada during the First World War and through the 1920s. The Vancouver Amazons were one of the most important teams during this perod. Their championship laurels and their association with hockey's famous Patrick brothers distinguish the Amazons from other women's hockey teams of the era. They were one of several teams that met during the annual Banff winter carnivals to compete for what was sometimes officially (and sometimes unofficially) regarded as the women's ice hockey championship of western Canada. With the support of more than three dozen photographs, many of which are published here for the first time, Women on Ice

Contents:

INTRODUCTION Fair Manipulators of the Twisted Hickory

I BEGINNINGS. CHAPTER 1 The Kootenays: Rossland Prevails with Skill and Style

CHAPTER 2 Hockey in Vancouver: Patricks, Swastikas and a Bunch of Local Schoolgirls

CHAPTER 3 Across the Rockies: The Call of Banff in Winter

CHAPTER 4 The Amazons: Vancouver's Dazzling Aggregation of Lady Puck-Chasers

CHAPTER 5 Lady Champions of Western Canada

CHAPTER 6 Hope and Promise

CHAPTER 7 Hockey Girls Deluxe: The Vancouver Amazons in the 1920s

CHAPTER 8 A Game in Decline

CHAPTER 9 Promise Unfulfilled: The Disappearance of Women's Hockey

II RIVALRIES AND NETWORKS. CHAPTER 10 Victoria and Seattle: The Kewpies and the Vamps

CHAPTER 11 Calgary: A Decade of Dominance

CHAPTER 12 Fernie: Another British Columbia Champion

CHAPTER 13 Edmonton: West Meets East at Last

AFTERWORD Looking Forward, Looking Back

APPENDIX Women's Champion Ice Hockey Teams at Banff, 1917-1935.

Notes:

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-55380-284-5

OCLC:

879870292