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Download or read book The Complete World Hockey Association, 9e written by Scott Surgent and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete World Hockey Association, 9e, is the latest edition of the "big" book, featuring as complete a historical and statistical reference of the old WHA. the only major-league to go head-to-head with the established National Hockey League in the past 80 years. It was the league that featured Bobby Hull, Gordie Howe and Frank Mahovlich, the league that introduced top-notch European talent such as Anders Hedberg, Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg and Vaclav Nedomansky to the North American game, and the league that featured teen-age stars (and future stars) such as Wayne Gretzky, Mike Gartner, Michel Goulet, Rod Langway and Mark Messier. In The Complete WHA, 9e, detailed history is given of the league and for each team, as well as yearly team thumbnails, game-by-game results by team, complete player and goaltender statistics, a complete registry for all players, goaltenders and coaches, complete draft lists, an expanded section on the significant games of the WHA, the international series against various European squads, anecdotal stories such as the Slap Shot movie connection, the rise and fall of the PHL, details of the failed WHA-2004, and much more! First published in 1995, the Complete World Hockey Association is now in its 9th edition, and is the most complete resource available on the WHA, a must for historians and fans alike.