Before the Stars: Early Major League Hockey and the St. Paul Athletic Club Team

by Roger A. Godin

Book Overview

In the early twentieth century, before the National Hockey League had established a presence in the United States, a team from St. Paul played at the highest levels of hockey in the country. Sports historian Roger A. Godin resurrects the story of the St. Paul Athletic Club team--the AC's--and argues they were instrumental in turning Minnesota into one of the nation's first hockey hotbeds and gave birth to what is now known as the "State of Hockey."...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873514769
• ISBN13: 9780873514767
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 10.0"