Product Description: Part reference guide, part history, and part celebration of this hallowed game, The Complete Hockey Dictionary defines every hockey term. From familiar words that take on special significance in hockey (doorstop or cowpie, for example), to technical terms (backhand, fence), to need-to-know hockey history (the Pollock Agreement of 1967), this is the ultimate guide for all hockey enthusiasts...read more

The beginning of the 2008/2009 NHL season marks a significant date in hockey history, for it celebrates the centenary of one of the leagues most storied franchises — the Montreal Canadiens. Through their 100 years, the Montreal Canadiens have demonstrated their will to succeed by capturing more Stanley Cups (24) than any other team in hockey history. The Stanley Cup is the most recognized trophy in sports and the most coveted trophy in the hockey world. Montreal’s ability to win as many times as their history shows would not have been possible without the contributions made by their many talented members, and this book is dedicated to them. The Montreal Canadiens have sent 62 players and builders on to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Honoured Canadiens profiles each and every one of the 62 inductees, providing riveting biographical information and spectacular photographs from the collections of the Hockey Hall of Fame itself. From early stars like Howie Morenz and Aurele Joliat to Original Six stars such as Maurice "Rocket" Richard and Jacques Plante, to modern legends including Guy Lafleur and Larry Robinson, Honoured Canadiens provides the complete roster of Canadiens' greats in detail never before experienced.

Product Description: All the facts, stats and personal stories about the world's best golfers. Straight from the leaderboard, Golf Now! captures the best and brightest personalities of the clubhouse. Tee off with Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Ernie Els, Annika Sorenstam, Michelle Wie, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk and many more...read more

A lighthearted dictionary of esoteric hockey terms past and present offers insight into the sport at its innermost level, in a guide that reveals the often humorous definitions of such terms as 'cowpie' and 'wall rats.'

Product Description: From its humble beginnings in France in 1908 to the centennial World Championships in Canada in 2008, the International Ice Hockey Federation has represented a remarkable rise in the popularity of hockey throughout the world. One Hundred Years charts the growth of the IIHF and traces the development of the game and its players...read more

Product Description: With heart and humor, popular hockey author Andrew Podnieks highlights the game’s vital place in the fabric of daily life in Canada. Accompanied by stunning color images, the 65 “mini-essays” here bring to life the glorious events, objects, and artifacts that form the sport's collective memory — tabletop hockey and backyard rinks, the heart-quickening drama of overtime goals, and the quiet majesty of the Zamboni...read more

Product Description: From Team Canada's glorious gold medal at the 2005 World Junior Championship to Joe Thornton's title with HC Davos in Switzerland, the 2004-05 hocky season was full of event. The Lost Season documents a year of struggle in the NHL but celebrates the game played at every level across Canada and around the world...read more

Product Description: From The Little Book of Hockey Sweaters:Wayne Gretzky grew up idolizing Gordie Howe and his #9, and as a kid he wore that number whenever he could. But when Gretzky arrived in the OHL to play junior hockey in the Soo in 1977, #9 was on the back of veteran forward Brian Gualazzi...read more

Chronicles the history of the sport from its beginning in the 1800s, when it was played by English soldiers on the ice-bound lakes of Nova Scotia, through the Depression, into the age-of-rage in the 1960s, to contemporary times, when the Stanley Cup became an international commodity.

Product Description: From the Allan Cup to Zamboni, Sid Abel to Steve Yzerman, attack zone to wrist shot, this A-Z treasure trove covers everything on and off the ice in the world's most thrilling, exhilarating game. Want to know instantly what ignited the notorious Richard Riot in the mid-1950s? How the Russians came to dominate international hockey so fast? Who the first black NHLer was and why the league was so slow to integrate? Or, maybe you're fascinated by when and where the first hockey game took place, what the five-hole is, and how to forecheck...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This comprehensive coffee-table book has more hockey history, personal stories, photographs, and statistics than has ever before been collected in one volume. From the birth of hockey on the frozen lakes and rivers of Canada to the Stanley Cup finals of the year 2000, every detail is here...read more

Product Description: The Three Stars and Other Selections features obscure hockey lists such as: Highest Point Totals by a Player in His Second NHL Season Players To Hold Single Season Records for More Than One Team Best NHL Players Born in New York State Most Career NHL Goals Without a 30-Goal Season Largest Point Decrease by an NHL Team in One Season Fastest Trips to the Stanley Cup Final by an Expansion Team The Three Stars and Other Selections contains information not previously available, and will have hockey trivia fans testing their friends and seeing who can name the ten least known players to score a cup-clinching goal...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Recounts the life and hockey career of the Japanese-Canadian hockey star. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Classic Photographs from the Turofsky Collection at the Hockey Hall of FameFor almost thirty years, from the late 1920s to the mid-1950s, brothers Nat and Lou Turofsky photographed the Original Six hockey teams in action, capturing forever many of the greatest moments in hockey history, like Maurice Richard shattering "breakproof" Herculite glass and Bill Barilko flying through the air as he wins the Stanley Cup in overtime...read more

Product Description: "A hidden treasure for the hockey world."Craig Campbell, The Hockey Hall of Fame "The real excitement in Lewis Portnoy's life began one night 30 years ago, when he witnessed a savage brawl in a now shattered establishment just east of Dogtown (St...read more

Recounts the life and hockey career of the goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and the Colorado Avalanche, who played on three Stanley Cup teams, was twice named the most valuable player in the playoffs, and won the V/ACezina Trophy as the year's leading goalie three times.Recounts the life and hockey career of the goalie for the Montreal Canadiens and the Colorado Avalanche, who played on three Stanley Cup teams, was twice named the most valuable player in the playoffs, and won the Vezina Trophy as the year's leading goalie three times

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