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Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey

Russ Conway

Paperback | Pages: 324 pages

Rating: 4.06 | 89 Users | 8 Reviews

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Title	:	Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey
Author	:	Russ Conway
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 324 pages
Published	:	January 1st 1997 by Macfarlane Walter & Ross (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Sports. Hockey. Nonfiction. History

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Russ Conway has worked at the Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Massachusetts, since 1967. For more than five years, he pursued the details of this fascinating story, an investigation that focused increasingly on the activities of Canada’s Alan Eagleson, once regarded as the most powerful figure in professional hockey. Conway’s series for the Eagle Tribune, “Cracking Ice,” from which this book was developed has been at the heart of the FBI and US Justice Department investigations that led to the 1994 indictment of Alan Eagleson.

Among other things, Conway’s sensational exposé documents the following:

Eagleson’s defrauding of injured players seeking career-ending disability insurance.

Eagleson’s use of National Hockey League Players’ Association money for questionable and unauthorized loans to friends and associates, one of whom was also his partner in business ventures.

Eagleson’s exploitation of his position as head of the NHLPA and driving force behind the Canada Cup to obtain everything from free clothing to free air travel to France.

Eagleson’s outright theft of Canada Cup money via a scheme that saw Irving Ungerman’s company, All Canada Sports, retain control of end-board advertising during Team Canada games.

Conway’s discovery, while investigating the conduct of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into Eagleson that Timothy Lemay, a lawyer on loan from the federal Department of Justice, was working out of the same office in Newmarket, Ontario, as the RCMP, which was collaborating with US authorities. Lemay worked for Eagleson’s law firm; Eagleson had Lemay do work for Hockey Canada; Lemay is Eagleson’s son’s brother-in-law.

Game Misconduct is much more than a sports story: it embraces business, politics, and true crime; indeed, some have called it the biggest scandal in professional sports since the 1919 Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. It is unquestionably among the most impressive and explosive examples of determined, investigative journalism in recent years.


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Original Title:	Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey
ISBN:	1551990180 (ISBN13: 9781551990187)
Edition Language:	English

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If you wonder why there is a more-than-contentious relationship between NHL players and the league, and a fraught relationship between the players and their own union, read this scathing indictment of the NHLPA's years under R. Alan Eagleson.

Well-written and compelling. It's overloaded with financial details, some of which are repetitive and/or bewildering, but creates a compelling and appalling case. It would be interesting to read an update on where things stand for Eagleson and other major players now.

This was a masterpiece of investigative journalism and a ferocity for finding the truth. The players in the NHL gave their healthy bodies up for a pittance and were robbed and pilfered throughout. This is a book worthy of a pulitzer prize.

Journalist Russ Conway's investigation into now-disbarred Canadian attorney/ice hockey promoter/political power broker/player agent/real estate speculator/colossal egoist R. Alan Eagleson is a revelation in hubris and corruption. After insinuating himself into the financial affairs of many National Hockey League players between the mid 1960s and the early 1990s as both an agent and as the founder/head of the NHL Players' Association, Eagleson is revealed to be a consummate grifter who: defrauded

A stellar bit of investigative journalism that holds up all these years later. As an aside, I wonder if/how Conway would reevaluate his opinion re: the enlightened administration (266) of still-commissioner Gary Bettman.

An exhaustive investigation into the corruption of the former head of the NHL Players Association. A fascinating, as well as disgusting, read on what a person will do for greed. Conway does a great job laying out the facts and figures that brought down an empire that straddled two countries. I might add, that this was not the finest moment for the RCMP.

Alan Eagleson. The most hated man in hockey ... a man who betrayed Bobby Orr. It's all here. Conway uncovered everything and put it all together.