Hockeys Hot Stove

Author : Al Strachan
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982147016
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey's Hot Stove written by Al Strachan and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories from behind the scenes of one of hockey’s longest running and most popular broadcasts, Hockey Night in Canada’s Satellite Hot Stove, from an insider who’s seen it all. For more than twenty years, hockey fans tuned in during intermission on Saturday nights to watch one of the most popular segments in the game’s long broadcasting history. They’d hear news from around the league, the latest rumours and gossip, and—of course—some of the most controversial opinions of the day. No, we’re not talking about Coach’s Corner. The Satellite Hot Stove was a revolutionary show for talking about the game we love. Here, during the second intermission of the first game of every Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, pundits, and insiders would convene in studios across North America—in arenas and other locales—to discuss the biggest topics. Hot Stove was the best place to get news, opinions, and a good laugh. And Al Strachan was in the middle of it all. A bestselling author and award-winning sports journalist, he has been writing and talking about hockey for more than forty years. As a regular TV pundit on Hot Stove, he witnessed the most exciting and talked-about episodes in the modern game. And more than once, his unfiltered, say-it-as-it-is style added controversy of its own, too. In this new book, he relives the best stories of his long career, from working with some of the biggest personalities, on and off the ice, to the hijinks that went on behind the cameras. From embarrassing himself in front of Scotty Bowman, to cooking up a plan with Wayne Gretzky to save hockey, and frank conversations with Ken Dryden and hockey’s elite, Hockey’s Hot Stove delivers all new hockey stories you won’t hear anywhere else.

Author : Al Strachan
Publisher : FENN-M&S
ISBN 13 : 0771083483
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over the Line written by Al Strachan and published by FENN-M&S. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey. Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp sense of humour, is read and enjoyed by millions of fans internationally. He has established unique and personal relationships with the biggest names in hockey from every generation and era and it is through these contacts that Strachan can step Over the Line to obtain exclusive access to information. Strachan has been writing about hockey for over forty years. He has experienced first-hand all that the game has to offer. From Stanley Cup victories, miraculous saves, and incredible goals to devastating hits and world class bouts, Strachan has been there to report on the most exciting, controversial, devastating, frustrating, humorous and talked-about episodes in the history of the game, whether it's Stanley Cup victories, miraculous saves, and incredible goals or devastating hits and world class bouts. In his latest adventure, he relives tales from the rink that will fascinate, amuse, shock, and entertain all fans of the game -- from dressing-room banter between player and coach to insider information on the League's revenue sharing program. It's all here, glorious page after glorious page of stuff that any fan of hockey must read.

Author : Scott H. Young
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443434124
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boys Of Saturday Night written by Scott H. Young and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first radio broadcast in November 1931, Hockey Night in Canada has been a Canadian tradition. In The Boys of Saturday Night, author Scott Young, a veteran sportscaster and journalist, dives into the engaging history of Hockey Night in Canada as it has unfolded in the decades since hockey broadcasts began over eighty years ago. Young recounts memories and stories of those who made their names through Hockey Night in Canada, including Dave Hodge, Danny Gallivan, Scotty Bowman and, of course, Don Cherry, and reveals how Hockey Night transformed itself into a Canadian institution.

Author : Michael McKinley
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143186728
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey Night in Canada written by Michael McKinley and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hockey Night in Canada has reached a great age (and for television, practically an immortal one) because it made itself into something that Canada couldn't live without. It is this surge of emotion that connected us all each week, and which connects us through the years to now. Hockey Night in Canada didn't just aim a camera at a game and observe what happened-it actively gave the country a prism through which it could see itself and its evolving diversity. We look where the eye of Hockey Night in Canada looks, and it looks at us. We remember what it remembers. We feel what it feels. That is the dynamic that has made the show much more than a long-lived TV success; it is a cultural juggernaut. Ask fans where they saw their first hockey game, and chances are it was on Hockey Night in Canada. Ask the players-male or female-what first got them into the rink, and the answer will be the same: they wanted to be like the players on Hockey Night in Canada.

Author : Al Strachan
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771083386
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 99 written by Al Strachan and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published with Wayne Gretzky's cooperation, this is the definitive biography of the greatest player that hockey has ever seen. From the time Wayne Gretzky began playing organized hockey at the age of six, his genius was evident. He scored one goal in his first season and 378 in his fifth. With the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and later with the Los Angeles Kings, he was virtually unstoppable. He won nine Hart trophies as the leading scorer, and four Stanley Cups. Later, with the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers, he continued to show leadership, finesse, and grace both on and off the ice. Based on thousands of hours of conversations with Gretzky, including new interviews, 99 details Gretzky's move to L.A., his role as player and coach for Canada Cup and Olympic teams, and career highlights such as his greatest goal and greatest game. Gretzky also discusses with Strachan the challenges in his career--the truth about the gambling "scandal" and the behind-the-scenes negotiations before his trade to the St. Louis Blues. In this revealing, insightful, and definitive biography, Al Strachan takes readers on a most remarkable journey and details the life of Wayne Gretzky as it has never been told before.

Author : Dave King
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551994151
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of Russia written by Dave King and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2012-11-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look inside the Russian Super League by its first Canadian coach. Until now no Canadian had penetrated the coaching ranks of Russian hockey, but the year after the NHL lockout, Dave King became head coach of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. From the beginning, King, Canada’s long-time national coach and former coach of both the Flames and Blue Jackets, realized he was in for an adventure. His first meeting with team officials in a Vienna hotel lobby included six fast-talking Russians and the “bag-man” — assistant general manager Oleg Kuprianov, who always carried a little black bag full of U.S. one hundred dollar bills. The mission seemed simple enough: keep the old Soviet style combination play on offence, but improve the team’s defensive play — and win a Russian Super League Championship. Yet, as King’s diary of his time in Russia reveals, coaching an elite Russian team is anything but simple. King of Russia details the world of Russian hockey from the inside, intimately acquainting us with the lives of key players, owners, managers, and fans, while granting us a unique perspective on life in an industrial town in the new Russia. And introducing us to Evgeni Malkin, Magnitogorsk’s star and the NHL’s newest phenomenon.

Author : John Shannon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198216901X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Evolve Or Die written by John Shannon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Michael McKinley’s Hockey: A People’s History and Bob Cole’s Now I’m Catching On—a book about what’s changed in hockey, what never should, and a celebration of what we love about the game, from the broadcaster, analyst, and longtime executive producer of Hockey Night in Canada, John Shannon. For decades, Hockey Night in Canada has been the gold standard not just for hockey broadcasts, but for all sports across North America. It shows the stories of the game: on-ice heroics, the love and support of family, small-town values, and big-city lights. Meet the person who shaped that standard. John Shannon was the longtime executive producer of Hockey Night in Canada, starting at the bottom and working his way up through the 1980s and 1990s. He has a unique view of the game and how the way we enjoy it has developed. Technology plays a role, but it’s about the storytelling—modern-day gladiators and their trials—and hockey provides endless good stories. Shannon’s world behind the scenes is every bit as colourful and unexpected as what happens on the ice—and just as full of rich characters. From standing up to the Edmonton Oilers’ mighty Glen Sather to ordering then Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau to keep out of a dressing room, these stories illuminate the big moments and people that have made the game special. Shannon captures a nostalgia for the great broadcasts of the past—complete with baby blue Hockey Night in Canada blazers—and a pride in how far we’ve come in improving the game and expanding on the stories we tell. He also shares the keys to a long and successful career: integrity, loyalty, determination, and above all passion. Much has changed in the sport and how we enjoy it, but Shannon’s career shows that some things must always remain.

Author : Rick Westhead
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1443458929
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding Murph written by Rick Westhead and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize JOE MURPHY HAD IT ALL. In 1986, he became the first college-educated hockey player selected first overall in the NHL entry draft. He won a Stanley Cup in Edmonton four years later. But since then, his life has taken a tragic turn, largely due to the untreated brain injuries he suffered as a player. Murphy’s life didn’t begin on a track that would lead to homelessness. He was smart, dedicated to hockey and was a key player for the Oilers, Red Wings and Blackhawks, among other teams. But one vicious body check changed his life forever. Despite being shaken by the hit, Murphy was cleared to return to the game. Soon after, his entire life seemed to change. Murphy became a journeyman, moving from team to team. Along the way, other NHLers said they noticed something different about him, too. Murphy wasn’t acting like himself and soon found himself out of the NHL entirely. Eventually, Murphy became homeless. In the spring of 2018, Murphy made his way to Kenora, Ontario, where he lived in the bush, spending his days outside a local convenience store, muttering to himself and taking handouts of food and drinks from passersby. The player who had once set the NHL aflame now slept by the side of the road in the unforgiving North. In Finding Murph, Rick Westhead traces the true story of Joe Murphy and examines the role of the NHL in the downward spiral of one of the league’s most promising players.

Author : Brian McFarlane
Publisher : Bolton, Ont. : Fenn Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781551682631
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best of the Original Six written by Brian McFarlane and published by Bolton, Ont. : Fenn Pub.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hockey fans who witnessed the original six NHL teams-Toronto, Montreal, Detroit, Chicago, Boston, and New York-insist that those teams were the greatest clubs ever. The Original Six boasted Montreal's Punch Line (Richard, Lach, and Blake), Detroit's Production Line (Lindsay, Howe, and Abel), Chicago's Million Dollar Line (Hull, Hay, and Balfour), Toronto's Kid Line (Jackson, Conacher, and Primeau), and Boston's Uke Line (Horvath, Stasiuk, and Bucyk). Teams met 14 times per season, and the rivalries were intense. There was no fraternization, no players' associations, no friendly golf tournaments, or hockey schools. It was all about playing for your team and winning the game. And what memorable games they were: Rocket's blazing eyes, the Golden Jet in flight, Andy Bathgate's movie star looks, Dave Keon's slick moves, Gordie Howe's flashing elbows, and Ted Lindsay's raised stick. Who will forget Hall or Bower returning to the ice just minutes after taking a puck to the face-stitched up and ready for more? There were hip checks and bench-clearing brawls. There were classic playoff games and ongoing feuds. It was tough, but real hockey and we waited all week for Saturday night-Hockey Night, and the voices of hockey-Foster Hewitt, Danny Gallivan, and the Hot Stove League. Memories of Original Six hockey will never fade. Veteran hockey historian Brian McFarlane provides a wealth of information about this infamous and legendary era. He brings the players, the excitement, and the thrill of the game to each page of this must-have book for anyone who has ever laced up the skates, stepped onto a fresh sheet of ice, and for that brief moment felt like the Big M or the Rocket.

Author : Lewis J. Poteet
Publisher : Studio 9 Books & Music
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey Talk written by Lewis J. Poteet and published by Studio 9 Books & Music. This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Hockey Talk", readers will find all kinds of expressions that come from hockey's history: famous names, famous places, events that have become part of hockey lore, technical terms and jargon.