Art Ross

Eric Zweig is a managing editor with Dan Diamond & Associates, consulting publisher to the National Hockey League. His books include Fever Season, Tough Guys: Hockey Rivals in Times of War and Disaster, Star Power: The Legend and Lore of Cyclone Taylor, and, most recently, Twenty Greatest Hockey Goals. He lives in Owen Sound, Ontario.

• Contents  Prologue Introduction: Big Game Player Part 1: Becoming a Legend 1 Growing up in the Hudson’s Bay Company 2 The Move to Montreal 3 Go West Young Man 4 Going Pro 5 Small Town Glory 6 A Fight to the Finish 7 Back to the Big City 8 A Wanderer Who Wanders 9 Money Madness 10 High Pay Leads to Hard Knocks 11 More Money Madness 12 Fighting the Salary Cap 13 A New Hockey War 14 Peace, War … and a Real War 15 Banned for Life … For a While 16 Memorable Moments 17 End of the Line 18 Life Goes On Part 2: Building the Bruins 19 On to Boston 20 Growing Pains 21 Buying a Better Team 22 New Rules, New Invention, and a New Job  23 A Big Year in Boston 24 Practice Doesn’t Quite Make Perfect 25 Battling the Great Depression 26 The Ace Bailey Incident 27 Big Changes 28 Back on Top … Twice! 29 World War Too 30 The War Years 31 Postwar Challenges 32 Hockey Immortality 33 A Great Loss to the Game EpilogueAcknowledgements Appendix: Career Statistics A Note on the Sources Selected Bibliography Index

It’s a big, fat slice of hockey past, one of those books that will delight those who consider themselves scholars of the game.