The World Hockey Association, 11e By Scott Surgent • 532 pages • 8.5 x 11 inches • Perfect bind Click on the image for ordering information The World Hockey Association burst onto the hockey scene in 1972, icing 12 teams and aiming to be the first competitive major hockey league to challenge the National Hockey League since the 1920s. For seven seasons, the WHA managed to survive, by hook and by crook, often on the verge of collapse, before having four of its teams absorbed into the NHL in 1979. Yet its legacy is profound, and it changed completely the landscape of professional hockey in North America. It was the first league to aggressively draft and sign American-born players, college players and European talent. Its wide-open style of play attracted fans and contrasted sharply with the NHL's conservative defensive game. After the WHA's demise in 1979, nothing was written on the old league for many years, with the risk of the WHA becoming completely forgotten! Remember, this was the league that gave the hockey world Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Rod Langway, Michel Goulet and Mike Gartner, among the many who graduated to the NHL after the merger. The "Big Book" is as complete a resource anywhere available on the WHA. This is the "big" book, with the most complete information available anywhere on the WHA. The 11th Edition features new formatting and much updating to pre-existing chapters. Features include: • Complete game-by-game scores and running standings for each team for each season with player transactions, complete player and goaltender statistics, by season and by team, including secondary categories such as power-play goals, short-handed goals, shooting percentage, plus/minus rating, etc • History of the league from its inception to demise, and its after-effects on the NHL, post 1979 • Team Chronologies • Complete standings, playoff results and game summaries for the championship AVCO Cup finals • Game by game line scores with scoring by period, shots on goal, goaltenders, and goal scorers • NEW Hat Tricks • Complete player and goaltender register with biographical information • Intraleague Records • Splits • Over 400 player and coaches headshots, • Complete draft lists including the 1972 General Player Draft and NEW expanded information on the 1979 Expansion draft • EXPANDED Detailed accounts of the WHA against international competition, including the 1974 USSR series and NEW game summaries against the 1974 WCJA • EXPANDED Game summaries to many significant games • Complete coaches statistics and registers • List of first goals scored by all players, by date • NEW Milestone Goals • Anecdotal stories • Arenas of the World Hockey Association :: NEW The Hockey Spectator :: The Pacific Hockey League :: Slap Shot :: EXPANDED Referees & Linesmen :: EXPANDED Player Movement :: Attendance :: Penalty Shots :: The WHA-2004 :: All-Star Games :: and more!

The World Hockey Association Fact Book, 2e By Scott Surgent • 390 pages • 6 x 9 inches • Perfect bind Click on the image for ordering information This compactly-sized 6 by 9 inch book distills the main themes and information from the big book in a smaller, more convenient format. Take it with you on business trips, to the beach, anywhere! Features include: • Updated in April 2023 to reflect new information and to correct any errors. • History of the league from its inception to demise, • Standings, playoff results and game summaries for the championship AVCO Cup finals, • Game scores, with goals by periods, ordered by date, • Overtime goals, • Team thumbnails for each season, • Player and goaltender statistics, by season and by team, • Complete player and goaltender register, • EXPANDED All player and coaches headshots (All 807 of the 807 players, all 50 non-interim coaches, all principal team owners, league executives, principal players of the 1974 USSR team, and more. Many images updated with better quality) • All-time scoring by franchise, • Complete draft lists including the 1972 General Player Draft, • EXPANDED Detailed accounts of the WHA against international competition, including the 1974 USSR series, • EXPANDED Game summaries to many significant games, • Complete coaches statistics and registers, • Player transaction lists, • Anecdotal stories

Reviews, Podcasts and Media Article: Color of Hockey: Alton White (THN), by William Douglas • March 8, 2020 Review: US Sports History, by Rick Macales • Feb 6, 2021 Retro Review: Sports Collector's Digest, by John Leptich • July 26, 1996 (The address listed therein is no longer valid) Podcast: Good Seats Still Available, by Tim Hanlon • Feb 28, 2021

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