Hockey Night Fever Mullets, Mayhem and the Game's Coming of Age in the 1970s

Modern hockey was born in the sport''s wild, sensational, sometimes ugly Seventies growth spurt. The forces at play in the decade''s battle for hockey supremacy-dazzling speed vs. brute force-are now, for better or worse, part of hockey''s DNA. This book is a welcome reappraisal of the ten years that changed how the sport was played and experienced. Informed by first-hand interviews with players and game officials, and sprinkled with sidebars on the art and artifacts that defined Seventies hockey, the book brings dramatically alive hockey''s most eventful years.