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2010 Olympics DVD Sets and Books

During TSN's/CTV's flashback memories of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games I could not help but swell up with great pride as I quickly relived the greatest hockey and sporting event in my life. I'm sure the summer Olympics in London will be amazing, and I wish all the competitors and Team Canada in particular all the best. But right now I really, really want to watch this: The image above is the cover shot of  Hockey Gold 2010 DVD Vancouver Olympic Games  dvd box set. This 5 disc set is the official commemorative dvd box set of the men's and women's hockey tournament from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The box set runs for about $50. It is also available on  Blu Ray  . Also available ($60 or $80 for Blu-Ray) is  XXI 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games [5 Disc Blu-Ray Box Set]  reliving all the sports and events of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Here's the cover shot: Vancouver Olympics fans will also happy to hit their favorite bookst

Original Six Dynasties: Detroit Red Wings by Bob Duff

Notable hockey historian/author Bob Duff debuts a promising new series with Original Six Dynasties: The Detroit Red Wings Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Lindsay. Abel. Howe. Sawchuk. Decades later, the names still resonate with Detroit Red Wings fans. The Wings were the dominant American-based team of the NHL's so-called Original Six era, when teams played each other 14 times a season, and rivalries were bitter. Often referred to as the New York Yankees of hockey, Wings GM Jack Adams would have none of it. "The Yankees," he said, "are the Red Wings of baseball."

Next Goal Wins! by Liam Maguire

Hockey historian/Trivia king Liam Maguire has a new book out in 2012:  Next Goal Wins!: The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia By The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com - Kindle Fun, always surprising and a hockey lover's treasure chest of the little-known facts that shaped the game, you cannot Google the stuff that Liam Maguire shares in this entertaining little book. About 30% updated, revised and renewed from Liam’s 2001 trivia collection, What's the Score?, First Goal Wins! includes a foreword by Wayne Gretzky. Liam has scoured the depths of the NHL archives and stats to put together many of these questions and answers, which you can't get from just looking up your favourite player on Wikipedia. What sets his take on hockey trivia apart from the many pretenders out there is the magical connections he builds between the numbers, the players and the game's history. Besides the straight goods, you always get the

Tales From The Toronto Maple Leafs Locker Room by David Shoalts

The Sports Publishing "Locker Room" franchise is now set to include Tales from the Toronto Maple Leafs Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Maple Leafs Stories Ever Told . Buy The Book:  Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com These books tend to be kind of hit and miss. Fans of each particular team will always be interested, but otherwise the books tend to be pretty formulaic. But the publishers tried to correct that with the Leafs edition by enlisting veteran writer David Shoalts. The glory years for the Toronto Maple Leafs four Stanley Cups in the 1960s may be distant memories, but what the team lacks in recent accomplishments is made up for by their history, which is rich in drama, pathos, and, most of all, humor.  Figures connected to the Maple Leafs from the 1950s to the present offer their best stories, including some new takes on the team s legends. Players, coaches, broadcasters, and team executives come together to share a long list of funny anecdotes a