Jenny Ellison and Jennifer Anderson are the curators of the exhibition on hockey in Canada for the Canadian Museum of History. Anderson is a historian at the Canadian Museum of History and has written on the history of Canadian-Russian relations. Ellison is Curator of Sport and Leisure at the Canadian Museum of History. She is the co-editor of Obesity in Canada: Historical and Critical Perspectives (University of Toronto Press).

The opening section offers three outstanding essays about hockey’s origin andhistory. (…)The seven “documents,” I thought,were a notable innovation. They consist of either experiential statements or brief historicalmaterials. (…) Two last features of the book are worth noting. One is that thetext is printed on glossy heavy-stock paper, which allows a sharp reproductionof many colour photographs, and adds a slightly coffee-table book-like feel—a nice touch for a volume thatbalances academic and popular concerns. The other is that a few of the textsare in French. This seems especiallyappropriate given the focus on diversity. (…)Hockey: Challenging Canada’s Game is an excellent interdisciplinaryresource for people interested in taking hockey seriously as a topic forresearch.

• AbstractRésuméList of FiguresAcknowledgementsPréfaceChantal MachabéeIntroductionChallenging HockeyJenny Ellison and Jennifer Anderson, EditorsMore Than Just A GameCanada’s Game?Challenging HockeyBibliographyHockey: More Than Just a GameImages from the Canadian Museum of History Exhibition,March-October 2017PART IDebating Hockey’s OriginsChapter 1A Flag of Tendons: Hockey and Canadian HistoryAndrew C. HolmanHockey HistoryA Metaphor for Canadian HistoryA Source of Unity, a Mirror of DivisionsTaking Hockey SeriouslyBibliographyChapter 2Re-Imagining the Creation: Popular Mythology, the Mi’kmaq,and the Origins of Canadian HockeyPaul W. BennettThe Invented TraditionThe “Family Squabble” over Hockey’s OriginsOrigins of the Game––Widening the LensThe Mi’kmaw Claim––from Duwarken to Hurley on IceThe King’s College Hockey Tradition––Real or Imagined?Passion for the Game––a Canadian TraditionThe Wisdom of “Two-Eyed Seeing”BibliographyChapter 3Imagining a Canadian Identity through Sport: An HistoricalInterpretation of Lacrosse and HockeyMichael A. RobidouxThe Process of ModernizationResisting an Imported Canadian IdentitySport Sensibilities in ConflictViolence, Masculinism, and Canadian IdentityConclusionBibliographyDocument 1Excerpts from The Survivors Speak: A Report of the Truth and ReconciliationCommission of Canada (2015)1. Name Redacted, Key First Nation, Saskatchewan2. Doug Beardy, Thunder Bay, Ontario3. Mervin Mirasty, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan4. Robert Malcolm, Winnipeg, Manitoba5. Christina Kimball, Winnipeg, Manitoba6. Paul Andrew, Inuvik, Northwest Territories7. John Kistabish, Montreal, Quebec8. Albert Fiddler, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan9. Orval Commanda, Spanish, Ontario10. William Antoine, Little Current, Ontario11. Roddy Soosay, Hobbema, Alberta12. Fred SasakamoosePART IIChildhoodsDocument 2In the Beginning Was the Sweater: L’abominable feuille d’érable of Ste-JustineJohn WillisSainte-Justine, QuebecSelling the NHLSainte-Justine in the Late 1940sBibliographyChapter 4Decolonizing the Hockey Novel: Ambivalence and Apotheosisin Richard Wagamese’s Indian HorseSam McKegney and Trevor J. PhillipsIndigenous Ambivalence and Settler Belonging through HockeyThe False Promise of InclusionFrom Ambivalence to Apotheosis: Individual Achievement and CommunalResurgenceConclusion: To Transform a Game, Not an IndividualBibliographyChapter 5“Here they come! Look them over!”: Youth, Citizenship,and the Emergence of Minor Hockey in CanadaCarly Adams and Jason Laurendeau(Minor) Hockey ScholarshipChildren, Childhood, and Nation-BuildingThe Development and Commercialization of Minor Hockey“Aiding the Youth of Our Nation”ConclusionBibliographyChapter 6A Myth within a Myth: “Outdoor Shinny” as the Nurseryfor Canada’s National GameRobert RutherdalePlacing Outdoor Hockey’s Symbolic Appeal in Historical ContextAssessments of the Outdoor Rink in Life, Writing and MemoryCommunity Fatherhood and Memories of the “Zukeadome”The Symbolic Appeal of Outdoor Ice and Canada’s National GameBibliographyPART IIIWhose Game?Document 3Skating in the Drainage DitchesHayley WickenheiserDocument 4Tyrone’s StoryEmily SadlerChapter 7Thirty Years of “Going Global”: Women’s International Hockey,Cultural Diplomacy, and the Pursuit of ExcellenceJulie StevensIntroductionCultural Relations, Cultural Diplomacy, and HockeyHow Did We Get Here (2018) From There (1987)?Fran RiderPerforming on the World StageCarla MacLeodSarah MurrayWelcoming the WorldShannon MillerDanielle GoyetteFrom National Team to Hockey ProgramsMargot PageLaura RollinsLindsay McAlpineCommunity and Competition within Women’s International HockeyHayley WickenheiserAcknowledgementsBibliographyChapter 8Women’s Recreational Hockey: A New Player ProfileDenyse Lafrance HorningReview of Women’s Hockey LiteratureWomen’s Recreational HockeyPlayer ProfilesKey InfluencersBenefits and Challenges of PlayInteraction among Player CohortsRecommendationsPromote Women’s HockeyFocus on Skill DevelopmentImprove Ice-Time AccessibilityRestructure Leagues to Expand Participation OptionsCultivate a Supportive Female Hockey CommunityConclusionsBibliographyPART IVReporting HockeyDocument 5Hockey in New MediaJoe PelletierChapter 9O Canada, We Stand On Guard For Thee: Representations of CanadianHockey Players in the Swedish Press, 1920–2016Tobias StarkAnalytical ConsiderationsThe Pioneering Years, 1920–1939The Cold War Era, 1945–1989Curtain Fall, 1989–2016BibliographyChapter 10The Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi Broadcast:A Case Study in Ethnic Sports MediaCourtney Szto and Richard GruneauHockey Night(s) in CanadaEthnic (Sports) MediaHockey Night Canada in Punjabi: From the Sidelines to Centre Stage“Bonino Bonino Bonino!”Ethnic Sports Media: Lessons LearnedConclusionBibliographyChapter 11Taking Slap Shots at the House: When the Canadian MediaTurn Curlers into Hockey PlayersKristi A. AllainNational Identity and the Reproduction of Canadian Hockey MasculinityCanadian Hockey Masculinity and the Transformation of CurlingThe Problem of Narrowing Canadian Sports MasculinitiesBibliographyChapter 12Tweeting Sexism and Homophobia: Gender and Sexuality in theDigital Lives of Male Major Midget AAA Hockey Players in CanadaCheryl A. MacDonaldThe Broader StudyThe Social-Media Content AnalysisDiscussionConclusionBibliographyPART VRethinking the ProsDocument 6Maurice Richard : notre icôneBenoît MelançonDocument 7Joseph Cletus (Joe) Malone, 1890-1969Marc DurandChapter 13Trust and Antitrust: The Failure of the First National Hockey LeaguePlayers’ Association, 1956–1958J. Andrew RossMore than a Game, a BusinessA Resurgence of Athlete ActivismNot Out “to make trouble”Congress and the Courts“Union”The EndBibliographyLegal citationsChapitre 14Eric Lindros et les Nordiques de Québec : deux solitudes ?Laurent TurcotUn jeune prodigeLe repêchage de 1991Un dossier qui se politiseL’échangeBibliographieChapter 15Whiteness and Hockey in Canada: Lessons from Semi-StructuredInterviews with Retired Professional PlayersNathan Kalman-LambCanada, Multiculturalism, and WhitenessSport, Race, and Whiteness in CanadaMethodologyHockey, Whiteness, and the Disavowal of Race(ism)Racism and Violence in Canadian HockeyBibliographyContributorsIndex