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  • The Devil And Bobby Hull

    How Hockey's Original Million-Dollar Man Became the Game's Lost Legend

    by Gare Joyce ...
    An award-winning writer sets the record straight on hockey's forgotten golden boy--Bobby HullIn his prime, few could dispute Bobby Hull's athletic brilliance--the first to have five 50-goal seasons, the highest scorer on the 1976 Canada Cup team, the first to use the slapshot as a scoring weapon, and the first hockey player to sign a million-dollar contract. With his body-builder torso, and his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Future Greats and Heartbreaks

    A Year Undercover in the Secret World of NHL Scouts

    by Gare Joyce ...
    “One of this continent’s master craftsmen of sporting prose” (Sports Illustrated) and three-time National Magazine Award-winner Gare Joyce goes undercover to learn the secrets of NHL scouts.Veteran sports writer Gare Joyce realizes a long-held secret ambition as he spends a full season embedded as a hockey scout. Joyce’s year on the hockey beat is a steep learning curve for him; NHL scouts spend ... Read more

    Was $13.99 CAD Now $10.99 CAD

  • Young Leafs

    The Making of a New Hockey History

    by Gare Joyce ...
    An in-depth and behind-the-scenes look at how Auston Matthews and a gang of talented young hockey players are breaking from Toronto’s troubled sporting past and rekindling the city’s love for its team.Auston Matthews made history on October 12, 2016 by becoming the first player in the modern game to score four goals in his NHL debut. It was a momentous occasion for the talented young All-Star, but ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Most Valuable

    How Sidney Crosby Became the Best Player in Hockey's Greatest Era and Changed the Game Forever

    by Gare Joyce ...
    **#1 National BestsellerThis hockey generation's brightest talent has been plagued by concussions. Now, the very style of play that has brought Crosby such success may be heralding the end of his career.**Sidney Crosby is arguably the best player ever to put on skates. You could argue that Bobby was better, or Wayne, or Gordie. But it would be hard to argue that any of those guys changed the game ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

  • When the Lights Went Out

    How One Brawl Ended Hockey's Cold War and Changed the Game

    by Gare Joyce ...
    When the Lights Went Out tells the story of a moment in the 1987 World Junior Championship that forever changed the lives of the players involved, and ignited a debate that has yet to subside about the way the game is meant to be played.When Team Canada skated onto the ice that night in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, they thought they were 60 minutes away from a gold medal. Future superstars like ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Thirty Years Of The Game At Its Best

    by Gare Joyce ...
    The season’s must-have gift book Some sports seem to have a natural home. Soccer in Brazil, rugby in New Zealand, cricket in India. And Canada’s game? Why hockey, of course. But it wasn’t always that way. By 1982, the Soviets had won every World Junior Hockey Championship except one, while Canada had earned only a single bronze medal. And then Hockey Canada launched the Programme of Excellence, a ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

  • Portrait of a Hockey Scribe

    Life on Press Row

    by Gare Joyce ...
    For four decades, Gare Joyce has profiled hockey’s icons and obscurities, but he’s saved the strangest and funniest stories for Portrait of a Hockey Scribe.A memoir tracking a child’s worship of sportswriters, Portrait of a Hockey Scribe is a cautionary tale about getting exactly what you want — for Joyce, a seat in Maple Leaf Gardens’ press box.Joyce spares himself no embarrassment in cataloging ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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    Winning Is Everything

    by Paul Logothetis ...
    The first ever biography of Toe Blake — Hockey Hall of Famer and eleven-time Stanley Cup winner“Holy Dirty Dora!” Hector “Toe” Blake would bark while pacing behind the Montreal Canadiens bench, hands thrust into his pockets, jawing at chewing gum before intentionally banging his forehead into the glass that separates players and fans. No lead was safe or sufficient for the lifelong hockey man at ... Read more

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  • 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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  • My Last Fight

    The True Story of a Hockey Rock Star

    by Darren McCarty, Kevin Allen ...
    Looking back on a memorable career, Darren McCarty recounts his time as one of the most visible and beloved members of the Detroit Red Wings as well as his personal struggles with addiction, finances, and women and his daily battles to overcome them. As a member of four Red Wings' Stanley Cup–winning teams, McCarty played the role of enforcer from 1993 to 2004 and returning again in 2008 and 2009. ... Read more

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  • Overtime

    by Chris Chelios, Kevin Allen ...
    Feared on the ice for his toughness and his skill with the puck, Chris Chelios was one of the finest defencemen of his era. A stalwart blueliner with the Canadiens, Red Wings and Thrashers, Chelios roamed the ice with a rare confidence that earned him the respect of his teammates and opponents alike. Off the ice, Chelios was well known for his antics too. He carried his high level of ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Tales of a First-Round Nothing

    My Life as an NHL Footnote

    by Terry Ryan ...
    Terry Ryan was poised to take the hockey world by storm when he was selected eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL draft, their highest draft pick in a decade. Expected to go on to become a hockey star, Ryan played a total of eight NHL games for the Canadiens, scoring no goals and no assists: not exactly the career he, or anyone else, was expecting.Though Terry’s NHL career wasn ... Read more

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