The rise of the underdog? The relative age effect reversal among Canadian-born NHL hockey players: A reply to Nolan and Howell

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 644-649

  Gibbs, Benjamin G ^a   Jarvis, Jonathan A ^a   Dufur, Mikaela J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

elite play; hockey; relative age effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867080947     PISSN: 10126902     EISSN: 14617218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1012690211414343     Document Type: Article

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