Frozen in Time: A Minnesota North Stars History
Autor Adam Raideren Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2023
Frozen in Time examines the organization’s signature seasons, from the late 1970s, when the club was at its worst, to its two surprising runs to the Stanley Cup Finals. Adam Raider recalls the exploits of characters such as Wren Blair, the firebrand ex-scout who would become the team’s first coach and general manager, and owner Norm Green, the man who moved the team to Texas in 1993, making him one of the most hated men in Minnesota. Here, too, is the tragic story of Bill Masterton, an original North Star whose death in 1968 as the result of an on-ice injury remains the only one in the history of the league. The team’s engaging history is brought to life with vivid recollections from former players and legends, including Cesare Maniago, Tom Reid, and Bobby Smith, and from journalists, broadcasters, front office executives, and faithful fans.
Also including season-by-season summaries, player profiles, and statistics, Frozen in Time offers an authoritative and nostalgic look at Minnesota’s still-beloved North Stars and a bygone era of pro hockey.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781496237545
ISBN-10: 1496237544
Pagini: 274
Ilustrații: 67 photographs, 45 tables, 4 appendixes
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 1496237544
Pagini: 274
Ilustrații: 67 photographs, 45 tables, 4 appendixes
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Nebraska
Colecția University of Nebraska Press
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Adam Raider covered the NHL for more than a decade for magazines including The Hockey News and Hockey Digest. He is the coauthor of 100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes, and Colorful Characters.
Extras
1
STEALING BORROWING CANADA’S GAME
It was nearly 1:30 a.m. on June 19, 1999, when Dallas Stars winger Brett Hull shoveled the puck past Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek, end-ing one of the longest playoff games in the history of the National Hockey League and earning the Stars their first Stanley Cup.
Up in the Twin Cities, devotees of the erstwhile Minnesota North Stars could be forgiven for not dancing in the streets. The team’s controver-sial flight from Bloomington six years earlier remained a sore subject, but for those who still carried a torch for the North Stars, Hull’s goal was cause for a decidedly muted celebration.
“Secretly,” confessed one closet loyalist, “I was thrilled to see Dallas win the Stanley Cup because I still had feelings for some of the former North Star players. Some of my friends might have hanged me if they knew I was cheering for the Dallas Stars, so I watched the games alone. Although they left town, in my jealous heart the Stars were still our team.”
Jealousy. One can’t have jealousy without passion, and Minnesotans have always been passionate about hockey. On a landscape dotted with frozen ponds and lakes, it’s no wonder that they were among the first Americans to embrace the sport. In fact, Minnesota is believed to be the site of the first organized hockey game played in the United States.
Hockey was really an outgrowth of ice polo, once a popular activity and the main winter sport in St. Paul. It was a game played outside with teams of six or seven players using short, curved sticks to whack a ball into a cage slightly smaller than today’s soccer goals.
Ed Murphy, a young American athlete who had watched ice hockey in Canada and preferred it to ice polo, is credited for helping import the Canadian pastime to St. Paul in 1894.
On February 18, 1895, the University of Minnesota hockey team, com-prising former football and ice polo players, squared off against a vet-eran squad from Winnipeg known as the Victorias. The visitors went on to beat the collegians, 11– 3. It was a rough start for Minnesota in sanc-tioned competition, but the game was, by most accounts, well played and well attended.
Within a few years grade- school kids throughout the area were play-ing hockey, while adults took up the game at new public rinks. As the curtain closed on the nineteenth century, organized leagues began oper-ating in other densely populated urban areas in the Midwest and the Northeast. Cities like Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadel-phia, and New York gradually adopted Canada’s game, but the craze began in Minnesota.
STEALING BORROWING CANADA’S GAME
It was nearly 1:30 a.m. on June 19, 1999, when Dallas Stars winger Brett Hull shoveled the puck past Buffalo Sabres goalie Dominik Hasek, end-ing one of the longest playoff games in the history of the National Hockey League and earning the Stars their first Stanley Cup.
Up in the Twin Cities, devotees of the erstwhile Minnesota North Stars could be forgiven for not dancing in the streets. The team’s controver-sial flight from Bloomington six years earlier remained a sore subject, but for those who still carried a torch for the North Stars, Hull’s goal was cause for a decidedly muted celebration.
“Secretly,” confessed one closet loyalist, “I was thrilled to see Dallas win the Stanley Cup because I still had feelings for some of the former North Star players. Some of my friends might have hanged me if they knew I was cheering for the Dallas Stars, so I watched the games alone. Although they left town, in my jealous heart the Stars were still our team.”
Jealousy. One can’t have jealousy without passion, and Minnesotans have always been passionate about hockey. On a landscape dotted with frozen ponds and lakes, it’s no wonder that they were among the first Americans to embrace the sport. In fact, Minnesota is believed to be the site of the first organized hockey game played in the United States.
Hockey was really an outgrowth of ice polo, once a popular activity and the main winter sport in St. Paul. It was a game played outside with teams of six or seven players using short, curved sticks to whack a ball into a cage slightly smaller than today’s soccer goals.
Ed Murphy, a young American athlete who had watched ice hockey in Canada and preferred it to ice polo, is credited for helping import the Canadian pastime to St. Paul in 1894.
On February 18, 1895, the University of Minnesota hockey team, com-prising former football and ice polo players, squared off against a vet-eran squad from Winnipeg known as the Victorias. The visitors went on to beat the collegians, 11– 3. It was a rough start for Minnesota in sanc-tioned competition, but the game was, by most accounts, well played and well attended.
Within a few years grade- school kids throughout the area were play-ing hockey, while adults took up the game at new public rinks. As the curtain closed on the nineteenth century, organized leagues began oper-ating in other densely populated urban areas in the Midwest and the Northeast. Cities like Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadel-phia, and New York gradually adopted Canada’s game, but the craze began in Minnesota.
Cuprins
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Stealing Borrowing Canada’s Game
2. Fighting for Respect (1967–1978)
3. Flirting with Greatness (1978–1991)
4. Greener Pastures (1991–1993)
5. Fan Favorites
6. Best of the Rest
7. Behind the Bench and over the Air
8. Brawn over Beauty
9. Blood Feud
10. A Wild New Beginning
Appendix 1. Season Summaries
Appendix 2. All-Time Draft Picks
Appendix 3. All-Time Trades
Appendix 4. Statistics, Records, and Award Winners
Bibliography
Recenzii
“Adam Raider has captured the excitement of the game in his expertly researched and wonderfully written chronicle of the Minnesota North Stars, Frozen in Time. I very much enjoyed every page of this excellent hockey history lesson.”—Kevin Shea, author of Barilko: Without a Trace
“Fans of hockey and those who are nostalgic about the North Stars will not be disappointed as Raider skillfully brings the team’s exploits alive on these pages in a crisp manner. . . . If you are a hockey fan or, more specifically, a fan of Minnesota hockey, Frozen in Time should be part of your collection.”—John Wong, Arete
“A fun look at the [North Stars] and their history. . . . A wonderful book. Very well laid out, easy to keep up with, and definitely worth reading.”—Mark Shockey, Sitting on the Sidelines
Descriere
Adam Raider examines the signature seasons of the Minnesota North Stars from the late 1970s, when the club was at its worst, to its two surprising runs to the Stanley Cup Finals.