Ice hockey

Knowledge and memory are an important part of the fabric of being a fan.

Written for every sports fan who follows the NHL and the Stanley Cup, this account goes behind the scenes to peek into the private world of the players, coaches, and decision makers-all while eavesdropping on their personal conversations.

In Playing With Fire, Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home.

This endearing story of perseverance and determination casts new light on the memorable 50-year career Lou Nanne achieved in hockey while both on and off the rink.

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly includes the best and worst teams and players of all time, the most clutch performances and performers, the biggest choke jobs and chokers, great comebacks and blown leads, plus overrated and underrated players and coaches.

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly includes the best and worst teams and players of all time, the most clutch performances and performers, the biggest choke jobs and chokers, great comebacks and blown leads, plus overrated and underrated players and coaches.

Documenting his notorious career with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks, Bob Probert details in this autobiography how he racked up points, penalty minutes, and bar bills, establishing himself as one of the most feared enforcers in the history of the NHL.

For the first time in 39 years, the Boston Bruins have finally raised the Stanley Cup again, riding the heroics of goalie and Conn Smythe Award winner Tim Thomas and besting the Vancouver Canucks in seven games to bring the Cup back to New England.

With 101 family-oriented stories by hockey fans, hockey families, and NHLers, this book will delight anyone who enjoys hockey, whether in the backyard, in school, or at the professional level.

Updated & expanded-this entry in the bestselling bathroom reader series is full of hockey trivia on the sport's colorful history, legendary players, and more.

A multidimensional biography of one of Philadelphia's ultimate power brokers.

Bruce Boudreau is living a hockey Cinderella story.

The history of hockey is filled with the bizarre, the unexpected, and the hard to believe.

In Blood Feud, Colorado Avalanche beat writer Adrian Dater not only submits that the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry was the most feverish match-up in recent years, but also that there was none better played.

Stan Fischler, hockey journalist since 1954 and Lester Patrick Award-winner "e;for contributions to hockey in the United States,"e; covers the sport's history, its origins, rules, players, and more!

Hockey's history, its origins, rules, players, and more!

A Saturday night spent with Ron MacLean has been a tradition for twenty-five years.

What defines one National Hockey League season from another are those moments-the record-setting goals, the stunning saves, the thrilling overtime victories-that flash before the eyes of hockey fans.

One hot afternoon in 1998, Dave Bidini – who loves hockey, watches it, plays it, and breathes it – found the Stanley Cup final so tedious to watch that at one point he clicked channels to Martha Stewart – and never switched back.

A sobering yet crucial analysis of fighting in hockey, and its devastating consequences.

Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team.

Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team.

This book presents the complete history of New Yorks greatest modern sports rivalry: The battle between the New York Rangers and New York Islanders.

An inspiring volume of stories about Canada's most beloved sporthockeyand the everyday heroes who embody the spirit of the game and help shape its future, from the pros who compete in NHL arenas to the dreamers and fans who play on backyard rinks.

This is the story of hockey, one scar at a time.

Ryan Minkoff was blessed with athleticism, perseverance, and an unquenchable passion for playing hockey.

More than twenty years after departing Hartford, Connecticut, for Raleigh, North Carolina, the NHL's Whalers continue to inspire passion among fans.

The whole world knows how much hockey is a vital part of Canadian culture.

Expectations are too high for beginners in hockey.

The National Hockey League is at its apex in terms of its business success.

The National Hockey League is at its apex in terms of its business success.

In 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup - later known as the Stanley Cup - to crown the first Canadian hockey champions.

In 1892, Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley donated the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup - later known as the Stanley Cup - to crown the first Canadian hockey champions.

On April 13, 2013, two teamsseparated by less than eightmiles in southern Connecticutplayed before a packed housein Pittsburgh and a national TVaudience for college hockeysnational championship.

From hockeys most prolific fighter comes a sports memoir unlike any otherpassionate, funny, and candid, Shift Work chronicles Domis sixteen tumultuous seasons in the NHL.

When the NHL announced in early 1976 that its two worst teams, the Washington Capitals and Kansas City Scouts, would travel to Japan for a four-game exhibition series dubbed the Coca-Cola Bottlers' Cup, fans and media were baffled.

The Cleveland Barons should never have existed.

One of the most influential sportsmen of the late 20th century, Johnny F.

Among the "e;Original Six"e; National Hockey League clubs to survive the Great Depression, the Boston Bruins have a vibrant history.

The 1969-70 season marked a turning point in the history of the National Hockey League.

Philadelphia has been a hockey town since 1897.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have captured the Stanley Cup five times since 1991--more than any NHL team during the same period.

Directionless yet driven by a fervent desire to make something of himself, Doug "e;The Thug"e; Smith took his only marketable job skill--amateur boxing--and followed an unlikely career path to become a hockey enforcer, a.

After forays into American football, golf and the world of professional boxing, George Plimpton accepts his riskiest assignment yet: taking to the ice as goalie for his beloved National Hockey League team, the Boston Bruins.

Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject of sport.

This vintage book contains an account of American ice hockey in the late nineteenth century.