Hockey history like you've never seen it before. Who knew that paperwork could be so fascinating? In Written in Blue and White, author Greg Oliver explores the fascinating archives of Allan Stitt, one of hockey's leading...
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Author:Logothetis, PaulSummary:The first ever biography of Toe Blake — Hockey Hall of Famer and eleven-time Stanley Cup winner 'Holy Dirty Dora!' Hector 'Toe' Blake would bark while pacing behind the Montreal Canadiens bench, hands thrust into his...
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Author:Diamond, Dan, Duplacey, James, Zweig, EricSummary:There is no greater reward for a hockey player than winning the Stanley Cup. The Ultimate Prize chronicles the evolution of the sport from the first recorded game played in 1875 to the 2002 Champion Detroit Red Wings. Photographs and...
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Author:Howling, EricSummary:Fourteen-year-old Logan Grant is the star center for the Westside Wolves bantam hockey team. He has all the skills and all the looks, but he has alienated many of his teammates with his me-first attitude. One night Logan's life is...
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Author:Carrier, Roch, Fischman, Sheila, Bidini, DaveSummary:The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and...
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Author:Bowering, GeorgeSummary:Canada's former poet laureate looks back at a life lived in literature and hockey fandom Hockey forms the backdrop of our lives. For many Canadians, the big moments--births, deaths, marriages, moves--are all mixed up with the wins and...
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9-year-old Gabe (Gabriella) Murray lives and breathes hockey. She's the youngest player on her new team, she has a nifty move that her teammates call "the Gabe," and she shares a lucky number with her hero, Hayley Wickenheiser: number...
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Author:Gzowski, PeterSummary:In this bestselling timeless classic, Peter Gzowski recounts the 1980-81 season he spent travelling around the NHL circuit with the Edmonton Oilers. These were the days when the young Oilers, led by a teenaged Wayne Gretzky, were poised...
- Author:Poulin, AndréeSummary:
The legendary goalie who revolutionized the game of hockey - Young Jacques Plante's way of playing hockey may look different from everyone else's. Instead of a puck, he uses a tennis ball, and his shin pads are made out of potato sacks...
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A car accident injures her parents and paralyzes Janine from the waist down. Her best friend and teammate urges Janine to look into sledge hockey. At first dismissing the sport as being just for the disabled, Janine agrees to play if...
- Author:Vollman, RobSummary:
With every passing season, statistical analysis is playing an ever-increasing role in how hockey is played and covered. Knowledge of the underlying numbers can help fans stretch their enjoyment of the game. Acting as an invaluable...
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Author:Johnston, MikeSummary:What makes players simply the best? That’s what coach Mike Johnston and former NHL great Ryan Walter set out to discover in Simply the Best: Players on Performance. The authors interviewed these top competitors to discover how they...
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Author:MacGregor, RoySummary:The Screech Owls are invited to compete in a four-day skills competition in Detroit. Along with another team, they will be participating in a reality show called Goals & Dreams. They're staying at a fancy hotel, being showered with...
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Author:Smith, StephenSummary:Like many a Canadian kid, Stephen Smith was up on skates first thing as a boy, out in the weather chasing a puck and the promise of an NHL career. Back indoors after that didn’t quite work out, he turned to the bookshelf. That’s where,...
- Author:Potvin, Marie, Lakhdari, NadiaSummary:
Le début de la saison s'annonce rude pour les Lynx ! Après un match nul, ils subissent leur première défaite et elle est de taille. L'entraîneur brasse ses trios, la pression monte et le nombre d'entraînements augmente. L...
- Author:Bérubé, FrançoisSummary:
Alexis Chevarie, 15 ans, entame une nouvelle saison de hockey, la dernière avant de pouvoir accéder à la Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec. Cette fois-ci, il est attitré à l'équipe midget AAA des Albatros, à Rivière-du-Loup....
- Author:Reid, KenSummary:
From the national bestselling author of One Night Only come 39 new stories about what a big-league goal can mean to an NHLer Including interviews with Billy Smith, Chris Mason, Damian Rhodes, Christian Thomas, and Slap Shot's Dave...
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Author:Etue, Elizabeth, Wiliams, Megan K.Summary:Using personal accounts from star players, interviews with sport insiders and striking photographs, On the Edge provides a dramatic look into the business and politics of women's hockey.
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Author:Corbett Sampson, NatalieSummary:It's 1977, and 10-year-old Tina couldn't be happier about her life. Not because she just moved to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, but because she's finally old enough to make her dream come true: she can play on a real hockey team. But when she...
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Author:Maggs, RandallSummary:A new edition of a hockey saga, wrapping the game’s story
in the “intense, moody, contradictory” character of Terry Sawchuk,
one of its greatest goalies.Denied the leap and dash up the ice,
what goalies know...
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