Today's book review is The Death of Hockey, by Jeff Z. Klein and Karl-Eric Reif.

First thing to keep in mind is that this book was written before the last round of expansion teams; Atlanta, Columbus, and Minnesota entered the league. That's mentioned just to put things in perspective.

The authors make a very strong case that the owners of the NHL franchises are taking the wrong path to success. They provide multiple examples of ineptitude, mistakes and just plain idiocy on the part of the commissioner's office in some of what has been done.

Historical examples are given to show how things were in the past, and to show how things can still be repaired to lead the NHL back to success.

All in all, I’d say it's an entertaining romp through history looking at the ups and downs of the NHL. It's laid out in an easy-to-follow manner, with very little technical language, and whatever there may be is easily explained. Plenty of humor is thrown in throughout the books as well to keep the reader engaged.

Highly recommended in my opinion...

Link to Powell's City of Books: http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780771576225-1

Link to Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Death-Hockey-Little-Killing-Greatest/dp/0771576226/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361309645&sr=1-1&keywords=the+death+of+hockey