Product Description

NHL stars and legends reveal key moments of their careers.

The greatest hockey players of all time share their most vivid memories of the game they love. These stories and anecdotes are essentially joyful, occasionally heart-breaking, and always heartfelt.

Their reminiscences include:

• Dramatic overtime goals
• Record-breaking games
• Team camaraderie
• Devastating trades
• Career-ending injuries.

Thrilling color photographs enhance the personal stories of players from such hockey legends as:

• Rocket Richard
• Gordie Howe
• Jean Beliveau
• Bobby Orr
• Wayne Gretzky.

The book also includes the hottest players of today such as:

• Steve Yzerman
• Mario Lemieux
• Jeremy Roenick.

Told in the players' own words, these stories are infused with the same skill, spirit, character and determination that carried each of these men to the heights of the National Hockey League and made hockey one of the most popular sports in the world.

As hockey attracts more fans of all ages, so will For the Love of Hockey.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #150541 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-10
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .52" h x 9.02" w x 11.52" l, 2.26 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Amazon.ca
As much as golf or baseball, hockey is bound to its traditions and history. Grand stories of the "Original Six," unending bus rides across the frozen Prairies, and "lacing 'em up" after disfiguring facial lacerations are as much a part of the game as the sticks and pucks. In For the Love of Hockey, Chris McDonell has compiled the personal stories of 91 of the game's greatest talents. From vintage photos to Gordie Howe explaining how he acquired his first pair of skates, this book is special. Highlights? Try these: a photo of a young Ray Bourque; Ted Lindsay telling of his struggle in starting the player's association; Sergei Federov's tale of childhood hockey in Russia; "Boom Boom" Geoffrion recalling his introducing the slap shot to the NHL; a photo of Lanny McDonald and his massive red moustache. There are gems scattered generously throughout this book, and the spirit of old time hockey is alive and well within these pages. --S. Duda

Review
Stunning visual and statistical record ... [players] are succinctly profiled with relevant stats, anecdotal material and vintage photographs. (Harvey Frommer SportsWritersDirect on foxsports.com 20001106)

An admirable scrapbook that will hold the attention of any hockey fan. (Globe and Mail 20041123)

Current and former NHL stars reveal significant moments of their careers. (USA Today )

Something to treasure. (London Free Press )

Features stunning photography of the players profiled. (Rudy Mezzetta Hockey News )

Rudy Mezzetta, Hockey News 11/23/2004
Features stunning photography of the players profiled.