Product Description: From the Allan Cup to Zamboni, Sid Abel to Steve Yzerman, attack zone to wrist shot, this A-Z treasure trove covers everything on and off the ice in the world's most thrilling, exhilarating game. Want to know instantly what ignited the notorious Richard Riot in the mid-1950s? How the Russians came to dominate international hockey so fast? Who the first black NHLer was and why the league was so slow to integrate? Or, maybe you're fascinated by when and where the first hockey game took place, what the five-hole is, and how to forecheck...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A comprehensive encyclopedia of the National Hockey League offers a complete statistical record of the NHL players, including their pre-NHL careers, seven hundred profiles of hockey's greatest stars, a year-by-year chronology, a history of every NHL franchise, and more. (view table of contents)

This reference includes a complete Player and Goaltender Register and a year-by-year listing of the standings and scoring leaders for every season since 1917