Andrew Podnieks

Andrew Podnieks is a Canadian author and ice hockey historian. He has written more than 45 books about hockey. He also has contributed extensively to international hockey research at the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Hockey Hall of Fame, Hockey Canada, and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Some of his books have been translated into French and Swedish. He is also a frequent contributor to www.IIHF.com, the official website of international hockey.

Podnieks books can be divided into six distinct categories: pictorial, historical, statistical, biographical, trivia-based, and commercial.

Under the pseudonym Peter Bailey:

The first was co-authored with Rob Hynes, the second and third with Jeff Davis and the last with Anthony Jenkins.

Podnieks has published several books on international hockey, starting with Canada’s Olympic Hockey Teams: The Complete History, 1920-1998. Additionally, he has produced detailed historical and statistical information for Hockey Canada for Canada’s history at the World Championships, World Women’s Championships, World Junior Championships, and Olympics. He has also created media guides for the IIHF for the World Women’s Championship, the World Junior Championship, and the senior men’s World Championship.

Podnieks has been the author of nearly every official coffee-table book produced by the Hockey Hall of Fame over the last decade, starting with Portraits of the Game and continuing with Shooting Stars, Lord Stanley’s Cup, Canadian Gold 2002, Honoured Members, Silverware, Celebrating the Game, and World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF.

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