Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Ice hockey films, National Hockey League media, McFarlane NHL Sports Picks, List of films based on sports books, Slap Shot, Sporting News, Canada Russia '72, Ice hockey in popular culture, Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Broad Street Bullies, Pride, Happy Gilmore, Maurice Richard, Ice hockey broadcasting, Miracle, My Heavenly Hockey Club, Sudden Death, Les Boys, The Hockey Sweater, Score: A Hockey Musical, Den Brother, Miracle on Ice, Breakfast with Scot, Ice Kings, Go Figure, The Hockey News, Youngblood, Legends of Hockey, 1954-55 Topps Hockey, Mystery, Alaska, Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, Pour toujours, les Canadiens , Small Saves, Net Worth, Go Southern Ice Hockey Club, Hockey Homicide, Viasat Hockey, Pond Hockey, Don Cherry's Rock'Em Sock'em Hockey, Professional Hockey Writers' Association, Perfectly Normal, NHL Official Guide & Record Book, H-E Double Hockey Sticks, Ice Hockey Journalists UK, Junior, Too Colourful for the League, Paperback Hero, Slap Shot 3: The Junior League, The Hockey Book for Girls, HA'Aki. Excerpt: McFarlane Sports Picks is the name given to the line of sports-related action figures released by McFarlane Toys, a company founded by Spawn creator Todd McFarlane. The figures feature lifelike renderings of select stars in the four most popular sports in North America - hockey, football, baseball and basketball. The company has official licensing rights to the major professional leagues of each of these sports. An avid sports fan, collector of sports memorabilia and a former part-owner of a professional hockey team (Edmonton Oilers), Todd McFarlane created McFarlane Sports Picks in 2000 with the release of a series of NHL hockey players. The figures were licensed by the NHLPA but not by the league itself; as such, the players' jerseys featured the colours of the teams for whic...