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Index and is distributed by Disticor and Magazines Canada. an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario March 2015 reviewcanada.ca 1 Rinkside Reading What does hockey’s literature say about the sport? NAOKO ASANO they are male or female? He Puckstruck: Distracted, covers that as well. He writes Delighted and Distressed by about hockey’s lexicon (the Canada’s Hockey Obsession only word hockey can truly Stephen Smith claim for its own, we learn, is Greystone Books deke); about fighting, teeth 416 pages, hardcover (or lack thereof) and stitches; ISBN 9781771640480 about game-day meals and the history of booing; about referees and the golden age of friend once told train travel. He catalogues the me something funny various items thrown on the ice Aabout the old Hockey over the years (eggs were a fan Night in Canada theme song: favourite), and writes about the whenever she hears it, the evolution of the game in Russia smell of baked beans wafts and Sweden. If Smith ever gets up her nose.

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