附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-383) and index.
Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction and Acknowledgements -- Chapter: 1 Birth of the Legend -- Chapter: 2 Frank Calderâ#x80;#x99;s Beginnings -- Chapter: 3 The Trash King and Yarn Spinner -- Chapter: 4 The Western Raiders and an Ottawa Power Play -- Chapter: 5 Livingstone, We Presume -- Chapter: 6 Livingstoneâ#x80;#x99;s Battles Begin -- Chapter: 7 The War of 1915: Real or Imagined? -- Chapter: 8 Two to One in Toronto -- Chapter: 9 Eddie Livingstone Goes to War -- Chapter: 10 Toronto: Shipped Out and Drummed Out -- Chapter: 11 The Litigious Era Begins
Chapter: 12 The Penny DropsChapter: 13 Quebec Bows Out -- Chapter: 14 Lichtenhein Loses the War -- Chapter: 15 Deyâ#x80;#x99;s Deceptions -- Chapter: 16 The Short, Chaotic Life of the Toronto Arenas -- Chapter: 17 The Battle for Hamilton -- Chapter: 18 Livvy Wins, but the NHL Gains Some Relief -- Chapter: 19 Hamilton is Hoodwinked -- Chapter: 20 The Steeltown Strike -- Chapter: 21 Stop Spreading the News -- Chapter: 22 The Original Ten -- Chapter: 23 Livvyâ#x80;#x99;s Comeback -- Chapter: 24 The Real Curse of Muldoon -- Chapter: 25 Leafs of a Different Colour
Chapter: 26 Conspiracy, Chicago StyleChapter: 27 Calder Steals the Cup -- Chapter: 28 Frank Calder Dies -- Chapter: 29 Livingstone at Peace -- Appendix A: What Happened to Them -- Appendix B: Hamilton-born Players in the NHL -- Appendix C: The Closing of Canada -- Appendix D: Calderâ#x80;#x99;s Damage -- Notes
摘要:Hockey lovers will be fascinated by the truth about how the National Hockey League was founded and how, through less than savory means, it captured permanent possession of the Stanley Cup. Deceptions and Doublecross begins with the 1917 conspiracy among a Montreal contingent of the National Hockey Association to oust Toronto owner Edward James Livingstone from the league. The result was the transformation of the NHA into the NHL, with Frank Calder as president, leaving Livingstone out in the cold. Under Calder's iron-fisted direction, the NHL became the only major hockey league in North America,
