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Encompassing some of the most revered moments in sports history as
well as some of the most forgotten, " The Salt Lake Loonie &
Other Stories Every Sports Fan Should Know "by Brett and Jesse
Matlock is a survival guide to table-top sports talk.
Arming the greenhorn and the journeyman sports fan with new
insights and takes on sports stories that cover the classical to
the comical--what was "the Curse of the Bambino"? Who won the
so-called "Battle of the Sexes" in tennis? What is the real story
behind "The Salt Lake Loonie"? Organized by themes and identifiied
by fun sport symbols, "The Salt Lake Loonie "makes for an easy and
engaging read. Fast Facts are interspersed throughout, arming
sports fans with new insights and fun bits of trivia. With an
introduction by Olympic gold medalist Hayley Wickenheiser and
illustrations by Dwight Allott, "The Salt Lake Loonie "is destined
to be the "sports bible" that every fan will love.
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In late 1975 and early 1976, at the height of the Cold War, two of
the Soviet Union’s long-dominant national hockey teams traveled
to North America to play an eight-game series against the best
teams in the National Hockey League. The culmination of the
“Super Series” was HC CSKA Moscow’s faceoff against the
reigning champion Flyers in Philadelphia on January 11, 1976. Known
as the “Red Army Club,” HC CSKA hadn’t lost a game in the
series. Known as the “Broad Street Bullies,” the Flyers were
determined to bring the Red Army team’s winning streak to an end
with their trademark aggressive style of play. Based largely on
interviews, Ed Gruver’s book will tell the story of this epic
game and series as it lays out the stakes involved: nothing less
than the credibility of the NHL. If the Red Army team had completed
its series sweep by defeating the two-time Stanley Cup champion
Flyers, the NHL would no longer have been able to claim primacy of
place in professional-level hockey. Gruver also describes how the
game and series affected the styles of both Russian and NHL teams.
The Soviets adopted a more physical brand of hockey, while the NHL
increasingly focused on passing and speed.
The fun and easy way to coach youth hockey - no experience required
Hockey is growing in leaps and bounds around the world, but the
demand for qualified coaches far outstrips availability. Moms and
dads are being recruited to step in and assume the role of coach
even with nothing more than feigned interest for credentials.
"Coaching Hockey For Dummies" is ideally suited to meet these
growing needs: its message is clear, the information thorough and
user friendly, and it brings along a great attitude.
For anyone new to coaching, "Coaching Hockey For Dummies" will
provide an invaluable reference. Unlike other coaching books, which
only cover what happens on the ice, "Coaching Hockey For Dummies"
covers every aspect of hockey coaching, from what equipment a coach
needs, to holding player-parent meetings, to the perfect drills to
develop individual and team skills.
Does hockey provide a better understanding of the differences
between Canadian and Quebecois nationalisms? Is there a fundamental
relationship between the hockey arena and the political arena? What
have we lost as a society in abolishing the tie game? Are salaries
in the NHL really that outrageous? Is hockey more art than sport?
Should hockey players be banned from using performance-enhancing
drugs at all costs? Do goalies suffer from angst? Does our national
sport have its own mythology and metaphysics? Do hockey brawls
reflect our true human nature more than we would care to admit? And
what would it be like if the great philosophers were to face off on
the ice? This is a team of philosophy and hockey buffs go deep with
these fascinating questions and many others in this examination of
a worshiped sport elevated to something akin to a cult. Accessibly
written and peppered with humour, the essays in this book will
charm specialists, sports fans, and everyone in between. Whether
you're a fan of Richard, Gretzky, Crosby, Plato, Kant, or
Kierkegaard, you're invited to be a spectator at this very special
meeting of minds!
2017-18 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the
National Hockey League. But the league almost didn't survive its
first year. Bob Duff chronicles the trials and tribulations of that
first season, and tells the story of that first generation of
hockey heroes who lent their names to the game they loved, and
helped to make it great. Bob Duff, former sports columnist for the
Windsor Star, has covered the NHL since 1988 and is a contributor
to The Hockey News and msnbc.com.
How did a small Canadian regional league come to dominate a North
American continental sport? Joining the Clubs: The Business of the
National Hockey League to 1945 tells the fascinating story of the
game off the ice, offering a play-by-play of cooperation and
competition among owners, players, arenas, and spectators that
produced a major league business enterprise. Ross explores the ways
in which the NHL organized itself to maintain long-term stability,
deal with its labor force, and adapt its product and structure to
the demands of local, regional, and international markets. He
argues that sports leagues like the NHL pursued a strategy that
responded both to standard commercial incentives and also to
consumer demands that the product provide cultural meaning. Leagues
successfully used the cartel form - an ostensibly illegal
association of businesses that cooperated to monopolize the market
for professional hockey - along with a focus on locally branded
clubs, to manage competition and attract spectators to the sport.
In addition, the NHL had another special challenge: unlike other
major leagues, it was a binational league that had to sell and
manage its sport in two different countries. Joining the Clubs pays
close attention to these national differences, as well as to the
context of a historical period characterized by war and peace, by
rapid economic growth and dire recession, and by the momentous
technological and social changes of the modern age.
The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago White Sox is a
decade-by-decade look at one of the American League's original
eight teams, starting with the franchise's Windy City beginnings in
1900 as the Chicago White Stockings (the former name of crosstown
rivals the Cubs) and ending with the current team. For more than a
century, the Chicago Tribune has documented every Sox season
through original reporting, photography, and box scores. For the
first time, this mountain of Sox history has been mined and curated
by the paper's sports department into a single one-of-a-kind
volume. Each era in Sox history includes its own timeline, profiles
of key players and coaches, and feature stories that highlight it
all, from the heavy hitters to the no-hitters to the one-hit
wonders. To be a Sox fan means to know breathtaking highs and
dramatic lows. The team's halcyon days—starting with the
championship it won during the first official season of the newly
formed American League in 1901—have always been punctuated with
doldrums and stormy stretches, including a period of time in the
'80s when it looked likely that the team would leave Chicago. But
with the diehard support of their fans, the "Good Guys" have always
made a comeback—including the team's landmark 2005 World Series
win, the first by any Chicago major league team in 88 years. This
book records it all. The award-winning journalists, photographers,
and editors of the Chicago Tribune have produced a comprehensive
collector's item that every Sox fan will love.
Ryan Minkoff was blessed with athleticism, perseverance, and an
unquenchable passion for playing hockey. So were ten thousand other
young players in Minnesota. Throw in nearly three-quarters of a
million other young players across the country and millions in
Canada--all hoping for one of the limited spots on a Division I
team-and you have some serious competition. In the tradition of
against-the-odds sports titles such as The Blind Side and Hoosiers,
Ryan Minkoff's story is for anyone who roots for an underdog whose
dreams will not fade in the face of overwhelming odds
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the NHL, Golden Boys looks
at fifty players that have shaped the history of hockey in
Manitoba. Featuring detailed biographies, rare photographs and
plenty of never-been-told before stories, Golden Boys is sure to
delight, surprise and cause arguments amongst hockey fans young and
old.
For Canadians, hockey is the game. Shared experiences and
memories-lacing up for the first time, shinny on an outdoor rink,
Sidney Crosby's historic goal, or the one scored by Maurice
Richard-make hockey more than just a game. While the relationship
between hockey and national identity has been studied, where does
the game fit into our understanding of multiple, diverse Canadian
identities today? This interdisciplinary book considers hockey,
both as professional and amateur sport, and both in historical and
contemporary context, in relation to larger themes in Canadian
Studies, including gender, race/ethnicity, ability, sexuality,
geography, and reflects upon all aspects of hockey in Canadian
life: play, fandom, sports broadcasting, and community activism.
This interdisciplinary scholarly collection is an extension of the
"Hockey in Canada: More Than Just a Game" exhibition presented by
the Canadian Museum of History. This book is published in English.
Includes one chapter in French. - Le hockey est le sport des
Canadiens Les experiences et les souvenirs que nous partageons -
lacer ses patins pour la toute premiere fois, jouer une partie de
hockey de rue, le but historique marque par Sidney Crosby, ou celui
de Maurice Richard - font du hockey bien plus qu'un sport. Bien que
le lien entre hockey et identite nationale ait ete etudie, il faut
s'interroger sur la place qu'occupe ce sport dans notre
comprehension des identites canadiennes diverses et multiples
d'aujourd'hui. Cet ouvrage interdisciplinaire explore le hockey
tant comme sport professionnel qu'amateur, depuis une approche
tantot historique, tantot actuelle, en lien avec des problematiques
en Etudes canadiennes, dont le genre, la race et l'ethnicite, la
competence, la sexualite, la geographique, et lance une reflexion
sur les divers aspects du hockey dans la vie des Canadiens : le
jeu, les supporters, la radiodiffusion, l'activisme communautaire.
Cet ouvrage complete l'exposition de " Hockey : Plus qu'un simple
jeu ", presentee par le Musee canadien de l'histoire. Ce livre est
publie en anglais. Comprend un chapitre en francais.
The Fife Flyers have played ice hockey for over ten decades and are
the oldest team currently playing at the highest level of the game
in Britain. During that time the sport has witnessed radical change
which has resulted in periods of boom and bust, from fully
professional status to strictly amateur and combinations in
between. But for almost 85 years the team from the Gallatown Rink
in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has endured. Such longevity is a naturally rich
source of stories and memories for those who have either played
for, supported or indeed been in opposition to the Fife Flyers. Or
simply for hockey fans in general. The stories come from the
diligent reporting by local journalists, without whom much of the
detail of the game would have been lost. Ice Hockey is not a sport
that enjoys an extensive archive of data. Much of the history of
the Fife Flyers has never been documented, and this book is not a
full history. What it does aims to do is to give an insight into
both the different eras of hockey and the fortunes and misfortunes
of one Club along the way.
They are motivators, key strategists, tough bosses, and
choreographers. They can be branded as heroes, ousted as
scapegoats, quietly valued as friends, and everything in between.
It's all in the job description for an NHL head coach. In Behind
the Bench, ESPN's Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and
candid conversations with some of the game's most notable modern
luminaries—names like Mike Babcock, Joel Quenneville, Dan Bylsma,
Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock, and Claude Julien—all of whom share
their singular views on topics ranging from leadership secrets to
on-ice game plans. Dissect some of hockey's greatest moments with
the men who set the pieces in motion. Go straight to the source on
what it's like to manage a dressing room full of the league's top
stars or execute line changes with everything at stake. Signature
games, including Stanley Cup finals, Olympic gold medal clashes,
and World Championship contests—both wins and losses—are
reflected upon and broken down in detail, making this essential
reading for current and aspiring coaches, players, and hockey fans
alike.
Pond Hockey is a fiction tale of a country boy who heads to the big
city to seek his fortune, only to encounter defeat. Todd then
returns home to his ailing mother where he rediscovers the local
pond where he played hockey in his youth. Todd comes to head the
men's hockey team as they prepare for the world pond hockey
championship in Canada and en route discovers how to put past
failures behind him.
Bill Mosienko was one of Manitobas greatest hockey players and
athletes. This is his story. Mosienko became a hockey legend in
1952 when he recorded the fastest hat-trick in NHL history -- a
record that stands to this day. This biography tells the story of a
Manitoba legend, from his childhood spent skating on the rinks of
Winnipegs North End in the 1920s and 30s to his illustrious
fourteen-year NHL career to his return to Winnipeg to play with the
Winnipeg Warriors to his post-retirement career as the owner of the
iconic Mosienko Bowling Lanes. Through exclusive interviews with
Mosienkos friends, family, and teammates, Dillello paints a vivid
picture of Mosienko, a man known for his sportsmanship and
community spirit as well as well as his incredible hockey talent.
Mosienko became a hockey legend in 1952 when he recorded the
fastest hat-trick in NHL history -- a record that stands to this
day. This biography tells the story of a Manitoba legend, from his
childhood spent skating on the rinks of Winnipegs North End in the
1920s and 30s to his illustrious fourteen-year NHL career to his
return to Winnipeg to play with the Winnipeg Warriors to his
post-retirement career as the owner of the iconic Mosienko Bowling
Lanes. Through exclusive interviews with Mosienkos friends, family,
and teammates, Dillello paints a vivid picture of Mosienko, a man
known for his sportsmanship and community spirit as well as well as
his incredible hockey talent.
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