University of Maine Ice Hockey (Images of Sports: Maine)
Price 15.59 - 32.47 USD
EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9780738555157
Brand
Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Author
Bob Briggs
Producer
Arcadia Publishing
Pages
128
Year of production
2008
Maine"s long winters would seem the ideal place for hockey to develop, but blistering winter conditions, frigid temperatures, and windchill made the sport unpleasant and even dangerous. The problem was not solved until 1976, when Harold Alfond donated a large sum of money for the establishment of a suitable facility for indoor hockey. University of Maine Ice Hockey tells the story of how a small school from Maine with a student body of under 12,000 rose to be one of the top-tier hockey programs in the nation, one of the great success stories in modern collegiate sports.