Only The Dead Know The Brooklyn Americans

2017

Synopsis

Brooklyn hockey fans cheered when the Islanders moved to Barclays, but few realized that the borough was home to an earlier, little-known professional hockey team named the Brooklyn Americans. Birthed with a bootlegger's dough, the Americans pre-dated the New York Rangers and opened Madison Square Garden. Wearing star spangled uniforms, the Americans were the NHL's loveable losers while the 20s roared. But, when the depression ...