Here are some additions to the titles posted to date.
Cross Check - Janice Law - 1997 Blueline Murder - James
Moffatt - 1970 The Pro #2 Death in the Crease - Richard
Curtis - 1975 Night Sins - Tami Hoag - 1996
The first three all revolve around hockey while the Hoag
thriller begins with a young boy disappearing from outside a
rink in a small Minnesota community after a hockey
practice.
A poster mentioned a hockey plotline in Steve Hamilton's
Winter of the Wolf Moon. Clearly Hamilton has little idea
about hockey as he has former baseball catcher Alex McKnight
putting on the goal pads for the first time and "stoning" a
team of high-level players in a game. This leads to a
confrontation in a bar following the game between McKnight
and the opposition's star player that kicks off the
storyline. As a long-time hockey player, I can guarantee that
a team of "ordinary" players would score almost at will
against a goalie with little skating and no goaltending
experience. These guys were supposedly experienced players
who were very upset because they couldn't score on McKnight.
It ruined the book for me.
I have some Jason Starr books (Fake I.D. and Nothing
Personal) in my TBR stack in my basement, but Tough Luck is
missing. Will have to find it to add to my hockey fiction
collection. And for the poster who asked if any of the Mike
Lupica sports mysteries included hockey, the answer is no.
The Emma Lathen hockey title is Murder Without Icing -
1972.
Kent Morgan getting his equipment ready for another season in
Winnipeg
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