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Title: Nice word if you can get it(1).
Author: Nick Earls
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2000
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Page: 106

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Chapters: Syd Howe, Frank Finnigan, Bill Beveridge, Carl Voss, Bill Cowley, Des Roche, Mickey Blake, Earl Roche, Nick Wasnie, Bud Cook, Ralph Bowman, Glen Brydson, Eddie Finnigan, Ossie Asmundson, Gerry Shannon, Ted Graham, Burr Williams, Fido Purpur, Pete Kelly, Irv Frew, Max Kaminsky, Gene Carrigan, George Patterson, Joe Lamb, Walter Kalbfleisch, Vernon Ayres, Archie Wilcox, Vic Ripley, Bill Taugher. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 75. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sydney Harris Howe (September 18, 1911 in Ottawa, Ontario May 20, 1976) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Quakers, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Eagles and Detroit Red Wings. Howe played in the NHL from 192930 to 194546 primarily with the Detroit Red Wings where he would enjoy his greatest personal and team successes. One of the leading scorers of his era, Syd Howe was a part of three Stanley Cup championships with the Red Wings. Syd Howe often skated on Patterson's Creek and the Rideau Canal with his brother Lawrence 'Pete' Howe while growing up in his hometown of Ottawa, Ontario. He played hockey with the Glebe Collegiate high school team and the Lansdowne Park Juveniles in 1926 before joining the Ottawa Gunners junior team in the newly-formed Ottawa City Hockey League. He and his Gunners teammates became the first Ottawa club to reach the Memorial Cup finals when they took on the Regina Monarchs in 1928, losing the best-of-three final by two games to one. Howe was a top scorer during the playdowns, registering nine goals and 13 points in eight games. He joined the NHL with his hometown Ottawa Senators for the last 12 games of the 192930 NHL season and was loaned to the Philadelphia Quakers for the 193031 ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1880781 ... Read more

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Chapters: Sprague Cleghorn, Duquesne Gardens, Gord Fraser, Red Anderson, Des Roche, Earl Roche, Nick Wasnie, Conrad Bourcier, Jean Bourcier, Ludger Desmarais, Bill Hudson, Bill Holmes, Melville Vail. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:"The Arena" "The Gardens" Duquesne Gardens was the main sports arena located in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA during the first half of the 20th century. It opened 3 years after a fire destroyed the city's prior sports arena, the Schenley Park Casino , in 1896. The arena was the first hockey rink to use glass above the dasher boards. Developed locally by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company , Herculite glass was first tested in Pittsburgh. Most rinks were using wire mesh before the shatterproof glass was invented. The Gardens was the home arena of the AHL 's Pittsburgh Hornets , NHL 's Pittsburgh Pirates and the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League .History Beginnings Situated near the corner of Fifth Avenue and Craig Street in the city's Oakland neighborhood, Duquesne Gardens was constructed in 1890 as a trolley barn. Then in 1895, Christopher Lyman Magee , a Pittsburgh politician, spent nearly $500,000 to purchase and renovate the building. He renamed the structure the Duquesne Gardens in 1896, although it was always called it the "Arena" by the locals. The sports arena was designed to seat 6,500 people.In its early days, the building hosted rodeos and the circus . The Gardens also featured Pittsburgh Golden Gloves boxing and housed a movie theater. However the facility's main attraction was the artificial ice surface. According to Total Hockey, the official encyclopedia of the NHL, Pittsburgh was one of the first cities in North America to lure amateur Canadian players for what was a standard $30 a week stipend and a local job in the early 1900s. The ... ... Read more