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The Original Six are hot these days. The Bruins and Blackhawks have won the last two Stanley Cups. The Red Wings are the class of hockey in recent years. Montreal and Toronto always have undying support, and quietly the Rangers are one of hockey's better teams right now. That makes for a great time for a book about hockey's glory days when these six teams were the only ones around. Enter Hockey's Original 6 . Written by Mike Leonetti, the book really is a beautiful showcase of the late Howard Barkley's hockey photography. Buy the Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Here's more from the publisher: "The hockey stars of the 1950s and '60s—Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe, Dave Keon, Bobby Hull, Jean Beliveau, Terry Sawchuk, Tim Horton, and others—were some of the most passionate players in National Hockey League history. These skillful and often colorful athletes played exhilarating hockey and were national heroes in a time when only six teams and fewer

Author  (and  TV news anchor ) Christie Casciano approached me today about her 2010 book release The Puck Hog . Both the story, and the story behind it, are fascinating. Buy The Book - Amazon.com - Amazon.ca First, the story. It's about a young girl named Sophia, and her hockey team wants to be the best in the league. But their biggest challenge isn't an opposing team, it’s Eddie, their puck-hogging teammate. A team trip to a Syracuse Crunch game and a pivotal moment on the ice may convince Eddie to become a better teammate, but will it be enough? Children will enjoy skating along on an emotional journey with this tight-knit group of youth hockey players. The Puck Hog, an early reader chapter book, encourages the values of fair play, playing together as a team, playing hard and having fun! The story is actually based on her own kids' experiences on the ice. "When I became a hockey mom I had a lot of free time in the stands," she said. "There is n

Erik and Robert Jacobson present their cute 40 page book Pond Hockey: Kita Learns to Skate . The book is aimed at readers aged 3 through 8. Little Kita can't wait to play ice hockey. But first he must learn to skate. His brother Bobby shows him how by demonstrating the correct movements. Kita practices hard and learns fast. Soon he's ready to play pond hockey with his big brother and new friend, Allie. What could be more fun than that? Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com The book is nicely illustrated, certain to capture the imaginations of youngsters. The story is a simple and fun quick read, teaching good lessons and friendship and sportsmanship. If you know a youngster who is about to learn to skate or to start playing hockey,  Pond Hockey: Kita Learns to Skate  would be an ideal gift.

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The annual hockey book classic National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012 features Zdeno Chara on the cover this year. Undoubtedly there will be regional covers for Canadian and major US markets. Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com

Noted children's hockey author Lorna Schultz-Nicholson has teamed up with Hockey Canada and illustrator Kelly Findlay to bring us a whole new hockey book franchise: Puckster! 2011 sees the first two books in what will likely be a series of releases over the coming years. Here they are: Puckster's First Hockey Sweater and Puckster's First Hockey Game . Here's the cover images: Pretty cute stuff. Here's more from the publisher: There are hundreds of thousands of young children enrolled in organized hockey associations all across Canada and nothing is more exciting for these kids than getting that first hockey sweater and playing in their first hockey game. With loads of exciting hockey action, great illustrations, and an entertaining story, young hockey fans everywhere will love to read—or be read— Puckster’s hockey adventures again and again. Each book is 24 pages long and published by Fenn. Buy The Books: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Lorna

Strach is back, and at it again. Sometimes I swear he does this stuff not to make a living, but just to needle Brian Burke. You may remember back in 2009 controversial writer Al Strachan released the straight-to-the-point book Why The Leafs Suck And How They Can Be Fixed . Well, he's back with an all new and update version of that book here in 2011. And of course, what else would you call it but Why The Leafs Still Suck Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Now updated to include both the disastrous 2009–10 season and the 2010–11 season, Al Strachan covers what’s gone wrong and why. With behind-the-scenes access and forty years of fascinating Leafs personalities and stories, Al discusses * How the downfall started and how Harold Ballard perpetuated it * Why fans were once again ill-served in the battle for club ownership after Ballard’s death * The three wasted first-round draft picks in one season * Why the Leafs passed on Wayne Gretzky * How the Phil Kesse

Must See T.V. for any Canadian hockey fan:  Le Chandail de hockey .  The Hockey Sweater . Roch Carrier 's most famous story is about a young boy who orders a Montreal Canadiens sweater from the Eaton's catalogue, but receives a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey instead. Brilliantly capturing the cultural tensions between English and French Canada, it is considered to be one of the most important works of Canadian literature ever written. The book is based on the real experience of Carrier growing up in an isolated part of Quebec in the 1940s. He, like all boys his age, was a big fan of the Montreal Canadiens and their star player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard.  When Carrier's Montreal Canadiens hockey sweater wears out, his mother orders a new one from Eaton's.  Unfortunately, the department store giant sends a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater instead, the Canadiens' bitter arch rivals. A loyal fan of  Les Habitants , Carrier protests having to wear the new swe

On my most recent camping trip I got quite a bit of reading in. I cracked the spines of some old favorites, and one new non-hockey release: Off The Post by Risto Pakarinen The Rink: Stories From Hockey's Home Towns by Chris Cuthbert and Scott Russell The Mad Men of Hockey by Trent Frayne And, in my non-hockey reading, I picked up the new twist on the old Canadian Classic: The Wealthy Barber Returns

Product Description On the Wing: A History of the Windsor Spitfires  covers the history of the Squadron from its first inception in 1946/47, through it’s rebirth in 1975, to the team’s final two years, battling tremendous adversity to become two-time Memorial Cup Champions. Complete with more than 150 photographs, many of them in colour, and many available for the first time, On the Wing offers a history of the team, its heroes, struggles and victories, and is a volume that no true Windsor Spitfire fan, or, indeed, hockey fan, should be without. Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters About the Authors: Bob Duff has been a columnist with the Windsor Star for nearly 30 years, and has covered hockey, and the Spitfires for most of this period. He has authored or do-authored more than a dozen sports and hockey books, including autobiographies of Steve Yzerman, Bob Probert and Johnny Bower. Jim Parker has been a sports writer for the Windsor Star for two decades, and has covered the

Author Jay VandeVoorde is joined by six 2010-2011 Muskegon Lumberjacks Players: Paul Berrafato, Matt DeBlouw, Micki Mihailovich, Casey Thrush, Brendan Woods and Mark Yanis in writing Muskegon Lumberjacks-The Life of a Hockey Puck! A children's book exploring what life would be like for a hockey puck in a real-life game situation at the L. C. Walker Sports Arena in Muskegon, Michigan. Follow the antics of an Official USHL Hockey Puck as he is slapped, passed, scored, and beaten during the scope of a hockey game. Experience a hockey game as the game puck even describes the rough and tumble fights that take place during a contest. Come inside Muskegon Lumberjacks-The Life of a Hockey Puck! Witness what the world of USHL and Lumberjack hockey is really like! Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com

Hockey Trivia for Kids 3: Stanley Cup Edition  is the ultimate hockey trivia collection - all about our beloved Cup! How many Stanley Cups are there? Why does the Cup always seem to end up in Mario Lemieux''s pool? What are some of the strangest things that have sat in the Cup bowl? This book answers all of these questions and more - all about our beloved Stanley Cup! Kids can continue to wow their friends with their amazing hockey knowledge. Chock full of amazing facts delivered in the same style as the previous Hockey Trivia books, this book is a flat-out winner! About The Author: Eric Zweig''s love of sports and compiling facts about them started early: by the age of ten, he was already filling school notebooks with game reports and statistics. Eric has also worked as a writer and producer for CBC Radio Sports and TSN SportsRadio. He lives in Owen Sound, Ontario, with his wife Barbara. Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com

After the Boston Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 2011, Sports Publishing re-released their 2003 book Tales from the Boston Bruins Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Bruins Stories Ever Told Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Product Description In this fascinating collection of Bruins tales, Kerry Keene brings readers behind the scenes and captures the stories that have defined the franchise throughout its storied history. From the team s inception in 1924 up through their 2011 championship run, Tales from the Boston Bruins Locker Room has it all. This treasure trove of Bruins lore brings Boston s best hockey players to life with stories about Bobby Orr, Ray Bourque, Phil Esposito, Zdeno Chara, Tim Thomas, and other Bruins legends. Learn what Bruins jersey number was retired twice, who started the tradition of painting stitches on hockey masks, how the 1977 Bruins team inspired author George Plimpton to write the book Open Net, and relive the greatest moments

Revised in it's third incarnation since 2007, Chris McDonell and Firefly Books are back with Hockey's Greatest Stars: Legends and Young Lions Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Here's more from the publisher: Profiles of the best players of all time plus the up-and-coming new stars. Hockey fans everywhere are always hungry for more information on the game. Hockey''s Greatest Stars profiles hockey''s greatest players -- the all-stars and the promising young lions. Fans will enjoy the book''s lively and incisive commentary combined with memorable quotes and insider tales of trades and off-ice antics. The book profiles 60 of the greatest NHL players of all time plus the 20 top players of today. Each profile is illustrated with action-packed photographs. The legends include: Wayne Gretzky Maurice Richard Bobby Hull Tim Horton Gordie Howe While the young lions include: Sidney Crosby Alex Ovechkin Steve Stamkos Drew Dou

Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com From The Publisher: The bible for hockey coaches at all levels of competition. Mike Smith's Hockey Playbook is a practical handbook for coaches seeking to improve their players and better their team-play. The book features systems for defensive, offensive and special-team situations, all accompanied by annotated, easy-to-understand diagrams. The systems range from conservative to aggressive -- some are intended for big, physical teams; others for fast-skating and highly skilled teams; and some work for both. Smith also includes teaching methods and drills for honing specific skills. The first challenge for every coach is to determine the abilities of each skater. The approach in Mike Smith''s Hockey Playbook is effective with players of all ages and levels of ability. Coaches can match systems with team strategy, bringing a special creative magic to one of the fastest team sports in the world. Mike Smith'&#