Literature

J.W. (Bill) Fitsell, How hockey happened

J.W. (Bill) Fitsell, How hockey happened

J.W. (Bill) Fitsell, How hockey happened, Pictorial History of the Origins of Canada's National Winter Game, Quarry Press, 2008

A book by hockey historian J.W. (Bill) Fitsell, who puts to rest the longstanding debate over hockey's origin. How Hockey Happened tells the real story of the game's roots in a number of 19th century stick-ball games -- Native American gugahawat and European hurling, shinty, bandy, and field hockey, as well as North American shinny, ricket, and ice polo.