Title: Gold Medal Misfits
Subtitle: How the Unwanted 1948 Flyers Scored Olympic Glory and Established Canada As a Hockey Powerhouse
Description: For sports fans everywhere. The untold story of a team cobbled together at the last minute that was so severely trounced in an exhibition match that many Canadians were against sending them to the Olympics for fear of embarrassment. With little financial support, the team stayed in fleabag hotels and were widely ridiculed -- until they hit Olympic ice and made hockey history. A never-before-told story.

Rare interviews with some of the original players and key people behind the scenes are skilfully woven into a breathtaking story of scorn, triumph and redemption. This is sports writing at its finest. MacAdam breathes life into his characters and keeps our heart rates soaring as he skillfully helps us relive hockey history and masterfully builds tension to the breaking point.
Subjects: History, Hockey players, Interviews, RCAF Flyers (Hockey team), Olympic Winter Games (5th : 1948 : Saint Moritz, Switzerland), Olympic Winter Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01410622, Hockey, history, Hockey, Nonfiction, Olympic athletes, Olympic History, Olympic Hockey players, Sports, Sports, canada
Places: Canada, St. Moritz (Switzerland)
Time periods: 1948 Winter Olympics