Rare hockey book arrives at Concordia University

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CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY

************************* MONTREAL, - On Thursday, January 4, 2007, Concordia University will become the new home to Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game, a rare book on Canadian hockey, thanks to the generosity of Brian Malone.

Malone will officially donate the book to Concordia's Centre for Canadian Irish Studies, at 11 a.m. at the offices of Ogilvy Renault (1981 McGill College, Suite 1100, Cope Room).

The book was recently restored by Library and Archives Canada at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who himself is writing a history of hockey in Canada and was respectful of the book's historical importance. Published in 1899, Hockey: Canada's Royal Winter Game was written by Quebec City native Arthur Farrell, himself a winner of two Stanley Cups with the Montreal Shamrocks and later inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Only three copies are known to exist and Malone inherited his copy from his father, Dr. J.M.F. Malone, team doctor for the Trois Rivières Reds in the 40s and 50s.

The book will ultimately be housed in Concordia University's archives.

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