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David Skuy is back with another hockey themed young adult novel, Undergrounders . Buy the book: Amazon.ca -  Chapters  - Amazon.com Here's more from the publisher, Scholastic : Can playing hockey help a street kid get his life back? After his mom dies, and the landlord kicks him out, 12-year-old Jonathan faces the loneliness and danger of life on the streets -- until he meets Lewis. Lewis takes him under his wing and leads him to his new home among a group of kids living in an abandoned underground shopping mall who call themselves the "Undergrounders." Now renamed "Mouse," Jonathan runs errands, delivers packages and panhandles for food money. An escape from this life underground comes to him in the form of hockey gear. Stolen hockey gear, but hockey gear nonetheless. He suits up and heads to the community rink, where he befriends regular kids who welcome him into their game and onto their team. He agrees, knowing he can never tell them about being homel...

There's a new book out from Scholastic and author Nicole Mortillaro. Hockey Trailblazers is a book aimed at young readers looking for inspirational stories from real life hockey heroes. Buy the book: Amazon.ca  -  Chapters   - Amazon.com It is a well written, well presented juvenile literature offering. I would definitely recommend it for young, possibly reluctant, reader/hockey fan in your life. Here's more from the publisher, Scholastic The stories of five real hockey heroes who overcame challenges to play the game they love at the highest possible level! This inspiring book profiles hockey players whose talent and determination eventually broke down barriers in hockey and opened doors or the generations that followed. Readers will learn about: - Willie O’Ree, who challenged racial barriers as the first black player in the NHL. - George Armstrong, the first aboriginal player to make it big in the NHL, played 11 seasons as the Captain of the Maple Leaf...

There is a new book out on the 1972 Summit Series. Hockey Gods at the Summit: How the 1972 Canada-Soviet Hockey Summit Became a September to Remember is a very interesting project presented by former CFL player turned author Frank Cosentino. In this fictional retelling of the famed 1972 showdown between the Soviets and the Canadians, Cosentino has let's the ghosts of Canadian hockey's past play a big role in the series progression. Here's more from the publisher, General Store Publishing: In this evocative depiction of the famed 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey summit, Team Canada receives a heavenly assist from a group of gone-but-not-forgotten NHLers when it appears the greatest hockey series in this country's history might be forfeited to the Russians. Buy The Book: -  Chapters  -  Amazon.com Frank Cosentino, a retired Canadian professional football player, educator and coach, has written an imaginative fiction story based on the iconic 1972 Canada-Soviet hockey ...

The following book is a biography of Akardy Cherneyshev, the famed coach of Moscow Dynamo. It is written by a fellow named M. Aleksandrov. Published in 1979, this book is over 180 pages and contains over 20 rare black and white photos. Here's a look inside the book, including a photo of the great coach with the Stanley Cup! The next book is a biography of the great Sergei Makarov. This book was written by O.Spassky, and published in 1987, when Makarov may have been at the zenith of his greatness. Seriously, there was no doubt he was one of the top ten players in the world at that time, maybe even top 5. He should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The book is 190 pages. Here's a look inside: Here's another biography, this one about Victor Konovalenko. He was a Soviet goaltender in the days before anyone heard of Vladislav Tretiak. It is no wonder why no one in North America knows about him. This book, titled "Third Period," was published in 1986. And h...

In case you have not yet heard, former NHL tough guy Georges Laraque is defending the Canadian novel The Bone Cage  by Angie Abdou on CBC Radio's Canada Reads. Here's a nice article on CBC's website. The former NHL tough guy is so confident about the book he’ll be defending in this week’s Canada Reads debates, he’s already landing haymakers on the rest of the literary field. “It’s called Canada Reads. Can-a-da. Which means what book would the majority of Canadians be more attracted to read? And what is the biggest event that the country loves every four years? It’s the Olympics. People love our Olympic athletes.” “I truly believe the more people who will read this book, the better the support will be for our Canadian athletes,” Laraque said. “Instead of always complaining about the number of medals we’re winning, we’re going to understand the struggle they go through.” Here's the full story .

I have thoroughly enjoyed Billy Harris ' autobiography The Glory Years: Memories of a Decade, 1955-1965 . Published by Prentice Hall Canada back in 1989 Harris gives an insider's view on the Leafs of that era. Harris of course was a utility player on the Leafs in those days, so he definitely qualifies as an insider. He presents the story of his team, coaches and teammates candidly and articulately with a mixture of criticism and wry humor. It is an excellent history of the Leafs of that time frame, with some neat insight on the likes of Punch Imlach, Dick Duff, Bobby Baun, Tim Horton and Frank Mahovlich. Harris also tells his story from his youth to his years beyond the Leafs. He is a fascinating individual. An academic with many interests and a hockey man who embraced international hockey in a time where it was almost taboo for Canadians to do so, Harris was not your typical jock. All hockey book enthusiasts know there is a glut of Toronto Maple Leafs books about their g...

Here's a look at Hockey E-Books available at Amazon.com. These e-books are specifically for the Amazon Kindle .

The other day I shared some amazing photos from a rare Russian hockey book simply titled "Vladislav Tretiak." I thought now is a good time to look back at a few other books from the Soviet hockey era. Here is a real rare book from the 1967 World Hockey Championships. It is curiously titled "58:9." The 90 page book consists mostly of 80 black and white colours: Here's a 158 page book from 1984 about deceased hockey great Valeri Kharlamov: Here's a cover shot and a look inside of a 1979 book about coaching great Arkady Chernyshev Here's a rare 1987 book about the great Sergei Makarov. As you can see many great photos lie inside: Here is Bobby Hull's famous book "My Hockey" released in Russia in 1971: