Eddie Shore and that Old Time Hockey
C. Michael Hiam (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2010)
Having grown up just outside of Boston, I spent countless nights at the Garden watching the Bruins in the 1970s and 1980s. Always hanging above me was Number 2; the retired number of Eddie Shore. After reading Hiam's book, I now have a much better understanding of why #2 hung from the rafters. This book took me back in time to the Boston Garden of the 1920s and 30s. The reader cannot help but be propelled to a time before helmets and masks, when spectators became part of the game, and when Eddie Shore ruled the hockey world.
C. Michael Hiam has done excellent research to provide a comprehensive look at Shore from his childhood in Saskatchewan, throughout his life on the ice, and ultimately his death. Hiam also neatly incorporates details of the other teams and players in the league at the time, affording the reader an emotional attachment to the events that unfolded both on and off the ice.
I recommend this book, not only to Bruins' fans, but to anyone interested in the history of the NHL.
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