The Metro Prystai Story

Author : Frank Block
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460256374

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The Metro Prystai Story by Frank Block Pdf

From humble beginnings in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, to twice winning the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings, the story of Metro Prystai is one of hard work, camaraderie, and a passion for the game. Set in the golden age of hockey, Frank Block presents Prystai's life though extensive research and tell-all interviews with the legend himself and several famous contemporaries, including Red Kelly, Emile Francis, and Ted Lindsay. This inside look at the life of one of the all-time greats is a must-read for every fan of the game....

Author : Kelly, Leonard ñRedî
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781770909328

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The Red Kelly Story by Kelly, Leonard ñRedî Pdf

The life and times of the eight-time Stanley Cup winner When Boston coach Lynn Patrick was asked who heÍd pick between Rocket Richard or Gordie Howe he answered, ñNeither! IÍll take Red Kelly!î The only player to have won eight Stanley Cups without playing for Montreal, Red began his life in hockey on the cedar swamps near Port Dover, Ontario, and went on to win accolades and championships as a Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leaf. Go back in time with Red as he reminisces about his childhood: the time he nearly drowned; when he brought St. MichaelÍs College to three provincial championships; and his jump into a career with the NHL where sportsmanlike conduct won him multiple Lady Byng trophies. While playing with the Leafs, he served as member of parliament in Lester PearsonÍs government. After retiring in 1967 as a player, Red coached for a decade in the NHL with Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Toronto. This is a fascinating biography of a life well lived „ on and off the ice.

Author : Wayne Gretzky,Kirstie McLellan Day
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735232631

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99: Stories of the Game by Wayne Gretzky,Kirstie McLellan Day Pdf

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER First he rewrote the record book. Now, to mark the NHL's ninety-ninth anniversary, Wayne Gretzky has written the story of our game. In 99: Stories of the Game, Gretzky looks back on the last ninety-nine years and tells us, from his point of view, about the NHL’s most memorable moments. We already know what he means to the game. Now he shows us what the game means to him. From hockey's fierce early battles on natural ice; through its mythical golden era, where Howe, Richard, Béliveau, Hull, Orr, and Esposito defined greatness; through the unforgettable dynasties in Montreal, New York, and Edmonton and the success stories of today’s NHL, Gretzky takes us onto the ice and into the dressing room to share never-before-published stories about the great players and great characters who have inspired him. With the insight of someone who knows the incomparable thrill of lifting the Stanley Cup, as well as the agony of falling short against a bitter rival, Gretzky weaves in his own memories with the saga of the game that has meant so much to him. Warm, direct, and personal, these are accounts of friendship and rivalry, triumphs and upsets, role players and heroes. All of them great stories of the game.

Author : Henry Hall Roxborough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Hockey
ISBN : UOM:39015034654734

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The Stanley Cup Story by Henry Hall Roxborough Pdf

Author : University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center
Publisher : University of Regina Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0889771618

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Saskatchewan First Nations by University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center Pdf

This book begins with an introductory section that briefly reviews the history of First Nations political development in Saskatchewan, the historical process of First Nations education, health care among Saskatchewan First Nations, the development of First Nations media, and First Nations people in sports. The main section contains over 125 biographies of Saskatchewan First Nations people which together demonstrate the diversity & department of this community and their contribution to the province.

Author : Stan Fischler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Strange but True Hockey Stories by Stan Fischler Pdf

Author : Sheila Mae Harris
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525595790

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Cow, Sow, and Sheila by Sheila Mae Harris Pdf

Sheila Harris and I have been friends for a long time. And the most amazing thing she ever did was marry a farmer. No one was more unsuited for farm life than this girl. And in the dead of night she would think. "What have I got myself into?" You are going to find out. You are going to discover that she embraced her life with amazing passion, and bravery and intelligence. She was honoured to be part of this life I watched her with amazement. Does every community in Saskatchewan have a story like this one? Perhaps but this long time "best friend" of mine has done her homework on this one." —Bernice Phillips, Sheila's best friend "She was cute as a button, smart and sassy, with a great laugh. The irrepressible and sometimes rascally young farmer, Gordon Harris swept her into marriage before she turned twenty. The adventures began. The dizzying switch from city girl to farm wife. Sheila is a storyteller, and she has wonderful tales to share, with self-deprecating humour and keen insight. "A book to counter the chaos of today." —Nancy Morrison, Retired Lawyer and Supreme Court Judge

Author : Stefan Szymanski,Silke-Maria Weineck
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620974438

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City of Champions by Stefan Szymanski,Silke-Maria Weineck Pdf

The changing fortunes of Detroit, told through the lens of the city's major sporting events, by the bestselling author of Soccernomics, and a prizewinning cultural critic From Ty Cobb and Hank Greenberg to the Bad Boys, from Joe Louis and Gordie Howe to the Malice at the Palace, City of Champions explores the history of Detroit through the stories of its most gifted athletes and most celebrated teams, linking iconic events in the history of Motown sports to the city's shifting fortunes. In an era when many teams have left rustbelt cities to relocate elsewhere, Detroit has held on to its franchises, and there is currently great hope in the revival of the city focused on its downtown sports complexes—but to whose benefit? Szymanski and Weineck show how the fate of the teams in Detroit's stadiums, gyms, and fields is echoed in the rise and fall of the car industry, political upheavals ushered in by the depression, World War II, the 1967 uprising, and its recent bankruptcy and renewal. Driven by the conviction that sports not only mirror society but also have a special power to create both community and enduring narratives that help define a city's sense of self, City of Champions is a unique history of the most American of cities.

Author : Mike Commito
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781459741867

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Hockey 365 by Mike Commito Pdf

A hockey history moment for every day of the year! A few seconds can make a game, even a season, and behind each play is a piece of history. Mike Commito marks every day of the year with a great moment in hockey and shows how today's game is part of an ongoing story that dates back to its origins on frozen ponds. From the National hockey League’s first games in 1917 to Auston Matthews's electrifying four-goal debut for the Maple Leafs in 2016, Hockey 365 has something for everyone and is sure to give you a better appreciation for the sport we all love.

Author : Leslie P. Kozak
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525565045

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Play Up! Play Up! And Play the Game! by Leslie P. Kozak Pdf

In August 1956 at 3 o’clock in the morning a 15-year old aspiring hockey player boarded a Greyhound bus in Yorkton, Saskatchewan to begin a journey that first took him to Maple Leaf Gardens where he achieved his childhood dream of playing in the NHL and then the journey unexpectantly led him down a path where he was able to build a 45-year career as a scientist in modern molecular medicine. Leslie Kozak explores his early life to determine how the environment created his intense competitive spirit. This exploration of life takes the reader through Leslie’s years at St. Michael’s College School, a short interlude as a Trappist monk, success as a Toronto Maple Leaf, then followed within days by a depressed fracture of his skull that ended his hockey career. Out of this journey emerges a molecular geneticist who dedicates himself in a 45-year research career to the exploration of body heat production and energy metabolism in response to a cold environment and how they could provide solutions to obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Author : Ken Dryden
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780771027529

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Scotty by Ken Dryden Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A hockey life like no other. A hockey book like no other. Scotty Bowman is recognized as the best coach in hockey history, and one of the greatest coaches in all of sports. He won more games and more Stanley Cups than anyone else. Despite all the changes in hockey, he coached at the very top for more than four decades, his first Cup win and his last an astonishing thirty-nine years apart. Yet perhaps most uniquely, different from anyone else who has ever lived or ever will again, he has continuously experienced the best of hockey since he was fourteen years old. With his precious standing room pass to the Montreal Forum, he saw "Rocket" Richard play at his peak every Saturday night. He saw Gordie Howe as a seventeen-year-old just starting out. He scouted Bobby Orr as a thirteen-year-old in Parry Sound, Ontario. He coached Guy Lafleur and Mario Lemieux. He coached against Wayne Gretzky. For the past decade, as an advisor for the Chicago Blackhawks, he has watched Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, and Connor McDavid. He has seen it all up close. Ken Dryden was a Hall-of-Fame goaltender with the Montreal Canadiens. His critically acclaimed and bestselling books have shaped the way we read and think about hockey. Now the player and coach who won five Stanley Cups together team up once again as Dryden gives his coach a new test: Tell us about all these players and teams you've seen, but imagine yourself as their coach. Tell us about their weaknesses, not just their strengths. Tell us how you would coach them and coach against them. And then choose the top eight teams of all time, match them up against one another in a playoff series, and, separating the near-great from the great, tell us who would win. And why. Scotty is about a life—a hockey life, a Canadian life, a life of achievement. It is Scotty Bowman in his natural element, behind the bench one more time.

Author : John Finley, MD
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781617499951

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Hockeytown Doc by John Finley, MD Pdf

Reflecting on nearly five decades with the Detroit Red Wings, Dr. John Finley takes sports fans far beyond closed doors and into the trainer's room where cuts were bandaged, broken noses were reset, sore muscles were rubbed out, and casts made for broken bones. In this stellar memoir, Dr. Finley recounts his experiences with the stars on the revitalized Red Wings franchise in recent years, including Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom, as well as heroes of previous generations, including 1972 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Gordie Howe. Along the way, Dr. Finley shares some of the most vivid accounts ever written on the subject of sports injuries, including the hundreds of stitches he applied to Borje Salming's face after it was cut by Gerard Gallant's errant skate blade, as well as his recommendation on the knee injury sustained by a young Steve Yzerman that ultimately helped maintain his Hall of Fame career.

Author : Kevin Allen
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781600781551

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Then Wayne Said to Mario. . . by Kevin Allen Pdf

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. From the locker room to the ice, the book includes stories about Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, among others, allowing readers to relive the highlights and the celebrations.

Author : Richard Kincaide
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781613216194

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Legends of the Detroit Red Wings by Richard Kincaide Pdf

Kincaide brings to life what was at once the most glorious and the most tumultuous time in Detroit hockey history, the Original Six era. Red Wings stars interviewed for Legends of the Detroit Red Wings won 35 Stanley Cups between them. These are stories told by the biggest names in hockey both in Detroit and across Canada from the mid-1940s into the late 1960s. Legends like Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Bill Gadsby, and Red Kelly, as well as other stars from the National Hockey League from 50 years ago and longer, share their stories as they saw them—as they lived them. A few things readers will discover include who Red Wings legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Ted Lindsay thinks is the greatest Red Wing of all time and how trades by iron-fisted Detroit general manager Jack Adams ruined a team many players felt should have won a half-dozen more Stanley Cups. Legends of the Detroit Red Wings is hockey history in the truest sense of the term.

Author : Roy MacSkimming
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781771000611

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Gordie by Roy MacSkimming Pdf

The author of Cold War shoots and scores with the only full-length biography to cover the entire playing career of the Red Wings’ superstar. Before Gretzky, before Russians played in the National Hockey League, before multimillion-dollar salaries, there was Gordie Howe: the greatest star ever to play hockey. This richly illustrated, thoroughly researched and completely unauthorized biography takes readers behind the sports icon to reveal a man who remains immensely popular with young and old. The Howe legend begins on the frozen sloughs of Saskatchewan, where a painfully shy boy from a poverty-ridden family discovered his one advantage in life: major athletic talent. Signed by the Detroit Red Wings at 16, Howe joined celebrated teammates Sid Abel, Ted Lindsay, Terry Sawchuk and Red Kelly to forge a team that dominated the NHL as only the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers have since. Six-time leading scorer, six-time Hart Trophy winner as the most valuable player, Howe surpassed Rocket Richard’s NHL goals record to reach an amazing total of 801, unmatched for years until finally Gretzky caught up to his mentor and idol. “Far superior to the hero-worshiping, gee-whiz, then-we-played, ghostwritten autobiographies so popular today . . . Must reading for hockey fans.” —Booklist “A very impressive book . . . thoughtful, well-written and marvelously evocative of the era when the NHL had only six teams and the Red Wings were one of the best . . . an excellent biography.” —The Sporting News