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ISBN 978-0-9803829-7-6
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   Ice hockey is a speedy and physical sport played in
Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Russia,
Czech Republic, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and
Germany.  It is one of the four major North American
professional sports, and is represented by the
National Hockey League (NHL) at the highest level,
and the National Women's Hockey League
(NWHL), the highest level of women's ice hockey in
the world.It is the official national winter sport of
Canada, where the game enjoys immense
popularity, and is also the most popular spectator sport in Finland. Only six of the
thirty NHL franchises are based in Canada, but Canadian players outnumber
Americans in the league by a ratio of almost four to one. About
thirty percent of the league's players are non-North American.The sport's popularity in the U.S. is concentrated in certain regions, notably the Northeast, the Midwest, and Alaska.  While there are
64 total members of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF),
Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden
and the United States have finished in most of the coveted 1st, 2nd
and 3rd places at IIHF World Championships.
ICE HOCKEY is a complete history of the game, the players and
the excitement. The book includes the rules of the game, tactics and
how to play. Shaped as a hockey puck, the book is a must for all
hockey fans.
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