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Changing the Game

A History of NHL Expansion

by Stephen Laroche ...

Changing the Game: A History of NHL Expansion celebrates an often-overlooked aspect of hockey history. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the NHL’s spread across the North American market in the 1920s along with the memorable expansions that began in 1967.Relive some great and painful moments from the debut seasons of forgotten teams such as the Montreal Maroons and California Seals along ... Read more

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Changing the Game: A History of NHL Expansion celebrates an often-overlooked aspect of hockey history. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the NHL’s spread across the North American market in the 1920s along with the memorable expansions that began in 1967.Relive some great and painful moments from the debut seasons of forgotten teams such as the Montreal Maroons and California Seals along
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Got 'Em, Got 'Em, Need 'Em

A Fan's Guide to Collecting the Top 100 Sports Cards of All Time

by Stephen Laroche, Jon Waldman ...

For over a hundred years, kids of all ages have enjoyed the thrill of collecting sports cards. Whether it was souvenirs from their parents' cigarette packs, pieces that came in bubble gum packages, or the modern dazzlers, the simple formula of pictures and text on cardboard have been a part of North American society for over a century.Now, take a look back at one of the most popular hobbies in ... Read more

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For over a hundred years, kids of all ages have enjoyed the thrill of collecting sports cards. Whether it was souvenirs from their parents' cigarette packs, pieces that came in bubble gum packages, or the modern dazzlers, the simple formula of pictures and text on cardboard have been a part of North American society for over a century.Now, take a look back at one of the most popular hobbies in
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The Lost 10 Point Night

Searching for My Hockey Hero . . . Jim Harrison

by David Ward ...

Jim Harrison grew up on the prairies, played Junior in Saskatchewan, and pro with the Bruins, Leafs, Hawks, and Oilers. Three years before a former teammate equaled the mark, Harrison set one of the most enduring and seemingly unreachable records in professional hockey with three goals and seven helpers on January 30, 1973. And almost nobody remembers.This is Harrison’s story: the games he played, ... Read more

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Jim Harrison grew up on the prairies, played Junior in Saskatchewan, and pro with the Bruins, Leafs, Hawks, and Oilers. Three years before a former teammate equaled the mark, Harrison set one of the most enduring and seemingly unreachable records in professional hockey with three goals and seven helpers on January 30, 1973. And almost nobody remembers.This is Harrison’s story: the games he played,
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The Goaltenders’ Union

Hockey’s Greatest Puckstoppers, Acrobats, and Flakes

by Greg Oliver, Richard Kamchen ...

Series Book 2 - Hockey's Greatest
In hockey, goalies have always been a contradiction — solitary men in a team game, the last line of defence and the stalwarts expected to save the day after any and every miscue and collapse from his teammates. It’s no wonder that anyone who played the position has had his sanity questioned; yet some of the biggest innovations in the game have come from its puckstoppers. In The Goaltenders’ Union, ... Read more

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In hockey, goalies have always been a contradiction — solitary men in a team game, the last line of defence and the stalwarts expected to save the day after any and every miscue and collapse from his teammates. It’s no wonder that anyone who played the position has had his sanity questioned; yet some of the biggest innovations in the game have come from its puckstoppers. In The Goaltenders’ Union,
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A Wild Stab For It

This is Game Eight from Russia

by Dave Bidini, Brian Pickell ...

On the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, a personal and poetic journey into the heart of hockey in CanadaAs summer turned to fall in 1972, Canada was redefining itself and its place in the world. Politically, a spirited election campaign asked probing questions about the nation’s past, present, and future — the nationalist pride of recent centennial celebrations contrasted with the ... Read more

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On the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series, a personal and poetic journey into the heart of hockey in CanadaAs summer turned to fall in 1972, Canada was redefining itself and its place in the world. Politically, a spirited election campaign asked probing questions about the nation’s past, present, and future — the nationalist pride of recent centennial celebrations contrasted with the
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He Shoots, He Saves

The Story of Hockey’s Collectable Treasures

by Jon Waldman ...

Whether it’s a ticket stub from a game that father and son saw together, an autographed photograph from a hero, or a puck that went up and over the boards, hockey memorabilia is a record of our beloved sport’s history.He Shoots, He Saves looks at hockey’s collectibles from hockey cards to commemorative beer cans to postage stamps. The book features artifacts from all 30 NHL teams, the greatest ... Read more

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Whether it’s a ticket stub from a game that father and son saw together, an autographed photograph from a hero, or a puck that went up and over the boards, hockey memorabilia is a record of our beloved sport’s history.He Shoots, He Saves looks at hockey’s collectibles from hockey cards to commemorative beer cans to postage stamps. The book features artifacts from all 30 NHL teams, the greatest
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Hockey Card Stories

True Tales! From 59 of Your Favourite Players

by Ken Reid ...

Series Book 1 - Hockey Card Stories
"Nobody enjoys the full kaleidoscope of the game quite like Kenny, from banana blades and '70s staches to air-brushed, mistake-laden hockey cards." —Jeff Marek, Sportsnet Hockey host and Marek vs. Wyshynski podcast co-hostHockey Card Stories reveals what was really going on in your favorite old hockey cards through the eyes of the players depicted on them. Some of the cards are definitely worth a ... Read more

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"Nobody enjoys the full kaleidoscope of the game quite like Kenny, from banana blades and '70s staches to air-brushed, mistake-laden hockey cards." —Jeff Marek, Sportsnet Hockey host and Marek vs. Wyshynski podcast co-hostHockey Card Stories reveals what was really going on in your favorite old hockey cards through the eyes of the players depicted on them. Some of the cards are definitely worth a
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Season Ticket

by Roger Angell ...

Angell's absorbing collection traces the highs and lows of major-league baseball in the 1980sRoger Angell once again journeys through five seasons of America's national pastime—chronicling the larger-than-life narratives and on-field intricacies of baseball from 1982 to 1987. Angell's collected New Yorker essays, written in his unique voice as a fan and baseball aficionado, cover the development ... Read more

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Angell's absorbing collection traces the highs and lows of major-league baseball in the 1980sRoger Angell once again journeys through five seasons of America's national pastime—chronicling the larger-than-life narratives and on-field intricacies of baseball from 1982 to 1987. Angell's collected New Yorker essays, written in his unique voice as a fan and baseball aficionado, cover the development
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The NHL

100 Years of On-Ice Action and Boardroom Battles

by D'Arcy Jenish ...

The National Hockey League -- born in a Montreal hotel room on November 26, 1917 -- has much to celebrate as it approaches its centenary. Millions of fans from Montreal to Miami and Edmonton to Anaheim attend NHL games leach year, millions more watch on TV and the league pays its best players multi-million annual salaries.Over the course of its first century, the NHL's fortunes have ebbed and ... Read more

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The National Hockey League -- born in a Montreal hotel room on November 26, 1917 -- has much to celebrate as it approaches its centenary. Millions of fans from Montreal to Miami and Edmonton to Anaheim attend NHL games leach year, millions more watch on TV and the league pays its best players multi-million annual salaries.Over the course of its first century, the NHL's fortunes have ebbed and
... Read more
Slim and None

My Wild Ride from the WHA to the NHL and All the Way to Hollywood

by Howard Baldwin ...

From his start as an owner in the World Hockey Association at the age of 28 (“slim and none” was a Boston sportswriter’s assessment of Howard’s chances when he was first awarded the New England Whalers franchise), to winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins and then on to Hollywood success, sports entrepreneur and film producer Howard Baldwin recounts his spirited and hugely ... Read more

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From his start as an owner in the World Hockey Association at the age of 28 (“slim and none” was a Boston sportswriter’s assessment of Howard’s chances when he was first awarded the New England Whalers franchise), to winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins and then on to Hollywood success, sports entrepreneur and film producer Howard Baldwin recounts his spirited and hugely
... Read more
Don’t Call Me Goon

Hockey’s Greatest Enforcers, Gunslingers, and Bad Boys

by Greg Oliver, Richard Kamchen ...

Series Book 1 - Hockey’s Greatest
A fresh, analytical, and entertaining take on hockey’s tough guysIn professional hockey, enforcers are often as popular with fans as the stars who cash the big paycheques. Called upon to duke it out with a fellow troublemaker, or to shadow (and bruise) an opponent’s top scorer, these men get the crowds out of their seats, the sports-radio shows buzzing, and the TV audience spilling their beers in ... Read more

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A fresh, analytical, and entertaining take on hockey’s tough guysIn professional hockey, enforcers are often as popular with fans as the stars who cash the big paycheques. Called upon to duke it out with a fellow troublemaker, or to shadow (and bruise) an opponent’s top scorer, these men get the crowds out of their seats, the sports-radio shows buzzing, and the TV audience spilling their beers in
... Read more
The Teammates

A Portrait of a Friendship

by David Halberstam ...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times– bestselling journalist "has given [Williams, Pesky, DiMaggio, and Doerr] a glorious, flaming autumnal epilogue" ( Time ).More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his... ... Read more

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, New York Times– bestselling journalist "has given [Williams, Pesky, DiMaggio, and Doerr] a glorious, flaming autumnal epilogue" ( Time ).More than 6 years after his death David Halberstam remains one of this country's most respected journalists and revered authorities on American life and history in the years since WWII. A Pulitzer Prize-winner for his...
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