Dry ice: academic takes on the national game are largely offside.(Artificial Ice: Hockey, Culture and Commerce)(Book review) From: Literary Review of Canada | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 Literary Review of Canada, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Artificial Ice: Hockey, Culture and Commerce David Whitson and Richard Gruneau, editors Broadview Press 283 pages, softcover ISBN 1551930552

An agnostic's guide to our favourite game, Artificial Ice: Hockey, Culture and Commerce is a collection of academic essays that question what it would call media-sponsored myths about Canada's hockey past, while offering additional pieces that are skeptical of the game's professional future in the United States.

Speaking as an occasional hockey writer, I was looking forward to the collection for a number of reasons. The book's ...