At 12:30 PM 29/08/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>I have started a list of mystery/suspense stories not
necessarily
>hard-boiled or noir which contain references to [ice]
hockey and can sure
>use the help of other readers.
Peter Sellers and I have just edited another collection of
Canadian noir fiction stories which will come out in
November, titled Revenge. It carries a story by William
Bankier about a third rate puck pusher who is about to extend
his career by playing in England, when the goalie on the team
(the man who has set up a try-out) is murdered. It is called
Dead Like Dogs, and is a reprint from Ellery Queen. The owner
of this English team is closer in character to your early NYC
owners than today's corporate Disney. Not that Disney is
benign, but they do have good PR.
A recent television show (CBC I think) about Ted Lindsay's
early efforts to organize a players' union implied owners in
the original six were one step, maybe, away from being
gangsters. Their chief asset was the arena, hockey just
another set of booked nights, not necessarily their personal
interest. Back in the 1920's my own city (Hamilton) had a
hockey team (Tigers) bound for Stanley Cup playoffs. Players
went on strike to be paid for playing the finals, and the
team was quickly sold to become the New York Americans. I
believe the Americans eventually merged into today's Rangers.
I could be wrong about that, but I do know Hamilton has bent
ears to an interesting series of carpet-baggers, ex-cops and
ward heelers promising to bring another NHL (or WHA) team
here ever since.
Kerry
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