Cracked ice : an insider's look at the NHL /
An examination of the National Hockey League and its recent fiascos offers a behind-the-scenes view of stars such as Wayne Gretzky, the 1994-1995 lockout, and the Americanization of the game.
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Lincolnwood, Ill. :
Masters Press,
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Table of Contents:
- A donut and a disappearance: the decline and fall of John Ziegler
- The 1992 strike and replacement of John Ziegler
- From Ziegler to Stein: punching up the NHL's image
- The NBA-ing of the NHL: enter Gary Bettman
- Facing death and hockey: about Simon, Mike Keenan and a heart
- The Bettman evolution
- The fall of Bruce McNall
- Prelude to civil war: the lockout looms
- The guns of October: war begins in earnest
- The dirt flies and the impasse hardens
- Getting hairy: digging in for the long haul
- A deal is made: the 1995 season begins
- Game on: the strange season
- From Quebec to Denver: the Americanization and possible death of hockey as we know it
- McMullen and the Mickey Mouse Club: the Devils strive for respect
- The NHL in the late nineties: New Jersey versus Nashville
- Will the Devils get a New Jersey: the NHL moves from the ridiculous to the bizarre
- Champagne versus the courtroom: climax of the Nashville-New Jersey NHL war
- And the final verdict is ...
- D (as in Devils) Day: the final "no" to Nashville
- A roller-coaster franchise: ups and downs with the New York Islanders
- From Alan Eagleson to Bob Goodenow: how the Players' Association became an NHL power broker
- Putting Tampa Bay and Pittsburgh back on track
- Big league hockey: where does it go from here?