In the 1970s, with the National Hockey League reigning supreme, two Californians who knew nothing about ice hockey decided to start a rival league.

It would be called the World Hockey Association and would kick off a wild ride that would change the face of ice hockey.

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Aside from contemporary newspaper reports and research I’d done for my book The Seven Deadly Sins of Sport, for those interested in this story, there is one great book, Ed Willes’ The Rebel League: The Short and Unruly Life of the World Hockey Association .

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