Yet the game has been changed just as much off the ice where, for better and for worse, many of hockey's movers and shakers have made their mark on the game –
in behind-the-scenes negotiations (Gary Bettman), shady backroom deals (Alan Eagleson), in front of the microphone (Foster Hewitt), on the phone (Bruce McNall), in the front office (Sam Pollock), behind the bench (Scotty Bowman) and on Saturday night television (Don Cherry).

Hockey's Powerbrokers pays homage to 100 years of hockey with the definitive list of the sport's most influential people ever. From to the seismic shift of Wayne Gretzky coming to America, to Willie O'Ree breaking the color barrier, to Anatoli Tarasov laying the groundwork
for the sublime finesse of Soviet hockey – hockey's biggest game changers are compiled here. Together, these 100 on-ice icons and off-ice authorities have shaped the sport into what it is today: the world's greatest game.

Ronnie Shuker is an editor at large for The Hockey News.