The Law Of Hockey

Download or read book The Law of Hockey written by John Barnes (Barrister-at-law) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Burke's Law written by Brian Burke and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER The gruffest man in hockey opens up about the challenges, the feuds, and the tragedies he's fought through. Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities--no, personalities full-stop--in the media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life. He has been a player, an agent, a league executive, a scout, a Stanley Cup-winning GM, an Olympic GM, and a media analyst. He has worked with Pat Quinn, Gary Bettman, and an array of future Hall of Fame players. No one knows the game better, and no one commands more attention when they open up about it. But there is more to Brian Burke than hockey. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, and an accomplished businessman with hard-earned lessons that comefrom highly scrutinized decisions made at the helm of multi-million-dollar companies. And despite his brusque persona on camera and in the boardroom, he is nevertheless a father with a story to tell. He lost his youngest son in a car accident, and has had to grapple with that grief, even in the glare of the spotlight. Many Canadians and hockey fans knew Brendan Burke's name already, because his father had become one of the country's most outspoken gay-rights advocates when Brendan came out in 2009. From someone whose grandmother told him never to start a fight, but never to run from one either, Burke's Law is an unforgettable account of old beefs and old friendships, scores settled and differences forgiven, and many lessons learned the hard way.

Download or read book Sports and the Law in Canada written by John Barnes and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1988 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The object of this second edition of the book, as with the first, "is to provide an introductory account of Canadian sports law that discusses legal and administrative aspects in the context of the wider social, economic and other issues." Barnes attempts to cover a wide breadth of topics and therefore, each one is dealt with summarily. The book is written like a textbook with extensive footnoting and is essentially a compilation of case results, facts, and other peoples' opinions reduced to a series of short summaries in various areas. The book rarely devotes more than a sentence, or paragraph, at most, to any particular issue or discussion. As an introduction to sports law in totality, it succeeds admirably. This book is particularly useful in that it is written from a Canadian perspective. While the book contains expected chapters on criminal law, compensation for sports injuries, organization of professional leagues and legal regulation of sports, it is very helpful in its discussion of amateur sports organizations and government policies which relate to the various levels of sport in Canada. As expected, the second edition of the book contains updated mate-rial, including sections on two recent major developments affecting this area: the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the The Competition Act. Winnipeggers who constantly hear about the dangers of the local National Hockey League franchise moving to the United States will be interested in the book's discussion of the NHL's attempt to block the move of the St. Louis Blues to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Discussed under the section of the book dealing with The Competition Act, Barnes points out that the NHL argued at the federal government hearings on the situation surrounding the aborted move that the NHL had a responsibility to keep the franchise in St. Louis in recognition of the support given by fans there, and that the League would take similar action to prevent a Canadian team's moving to the United States.

Download or read book Little Hockey written by Matt Napier and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Round and black--do you know its name? You need this disk to play the game." Answer: Puck. Now even the smallest of fans can enjoy a book about their favorite sport. Rhyming riddles accompanied by colorful artwork help introduce the game's simplest, most basic elements.

Download or read book McCown's Law written by Bob McCown and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hockey’s most controversial authority gives you everything you need to know to be Canada’s best-informed armchair coach. Sports talk-radio personality Bob McCown knows what he’s talking about, and he’s not afraid to say what’s on his mind. Depending on your own strongly held opinions, some of Bob’s will have you cheering in agreement while others will tempt you to throw the book out the window (if you weren’t enjoying the damn thing so much).McCown’s Lawwill be fuelling and informing heated discussions at the bar for years to come. A sample of Chairman Bob’s opinions: -The Leafs haven’t won the Stanley Cup in 40 years for a perfectly logical reason: they have the crappiest players. -It’s time the law put hockey’s most violent offenders in something more restrictive than the penalty box. -Let’s leave Olympic hockey to the men. -Eric Lindros won’t end up in the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he still deserves to be mentioned right alongside the all-time greats. -Slovakia, not Canada, may just be the greatest hockey nation on Earth. -The Ottawa Senators. Are these guys a bunch of chokers or what?

Download or read book Game Misconduct written by Russ Conway and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russ Conway has worked at the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts, since 1967. For more than five years, he pursued the details of this fascinating story, an investigation that focused increasingly on the activities of Canada’s Alan Eagleson, once regarded as the most powerful figure in professional hockey. Conway’s series for the Eagle Tribune, “Cracking Ice,” from which this book was developed has been at the heart of the FBI and US Justice Department investigations that led to the 1994 indictment of Alan Eagleson. Among other things, Conway’s sensational exposé documents the following: Eagleson’s defrauding of injured players seeking career-ending disability insurance. Eagleson’s use of National Hockey League Players’ Association money for questionable and unauthorized loans to friends and associates, one of whom was also his partner in business ventures. Eagleson’s exploitation of his position as head of the NHLPA and driving force behind the Canada Cup to obtain everything from free clothing to free air travel to France. Eagleson’s outright theft of Canada Cup money via a scheme that saw Irving Ungerman’s company, All Canada Sports, retain control of end-board advertising during Team Canada games. Conway’s discovery, while investigating the conduct of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into Eagleson that Timothy Lemay, a lawyer on loan from the federal Department of Justice, was working out of the same office in Newmarket, Ontario, as the RCMP, which was collaborating with US authorities. Lemay worked for Eagleson’s law firm; Eagleson had Lemay do work for Hockey Canada; Lemay is Eagleson’s son’s brother-in-law. Game Misconduct is much more than a sports story: it embraces business, politics, and true crime; indeed, some have called it the biggest scandal in professional sports since the 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. It is unquestionably among the most impressive and explosive examples of determined, investigative journalism in recent years. From the Hardcover edition.

Download or read book Major Misconduct written by Jeremy Allingham and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sobering yet crucial analysis of fighting in hockey, and its devastating consequences.