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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Naworynski, P. J.     Subjects     Olympic Winter Games (5th : 1948 : Saint Moritz, Switzerland)     Hockey teams -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Hockey players -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Veterans -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Naworynski, P. J.       by title:      Against all odds : t...       by call number:      796.96266 N328a     Search the Web     Naworynski, P. J.     Olympic Winter Games (5th : 1948 : Saint Moritz, Switzerland)     Hockey teams -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Hockey players -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Veterans -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

Against all odds : the untold story of Canada's unlikely hockey heroes / P.J. Naworynski. by Naworynski, P. J. Collins, 2017. Call #: 796.96266 N328a Subjects Olympic Winter Games (5th : 1948 : Saint Moritz, Switzerland)   Hockey teams -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.   Hockey players -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.   Veterans -- Canada -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781443450904 (pbk.) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  327 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  The announcement was shocking - Canada, the birthplace of hockey, would not be sending a team to the 1948 Winter Olympics in Switzerland. Outraged, a Royal Canadian Air Force squadron leader, Sandy Watson, quickly assembled a team of air force hockey players who were "amateur enough" to complete under the Olympic guidelines. Sergeant Frank Boucher was recruited to coach the team and begin the cross-Canada search for players. Hubert Brooks, a decorated flying officer and serial escapist from POW camps, was another early recruit. Andy Gilpin joined from the RCAF base in Whitehorse, as did airmen from Quebec, the Maritimes and western Canada. And when their starting goalie, Dick Ball, didn't pass a medical exam, Murray Dowey was called up from his job as a TTC driver and occasional practice goalie for the Toronto Maple Leafs. The ragtag team got off to a rough start, losing so many exhibition games that Canadian newspapers called them a disgrace to the country. But the RCAF Flyers battled back, and Boucher's defensive strategy paid off. They eliminated the American team, tied the Czech team and beat the Swiss as the hometown crowd pelted the Canadians with snowballs during the game. On the same ice where Barbara Ann Scott won a gold medal, the underdog RCAF Flyers also won Olympic gold, and their goalie, Murray Dowey, set an Olympic record that still stands. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 796.96266 N328a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 796.96266 N328a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 796.96266 N328a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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