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It's not a free ride to the NHL. Veteran journalist Ken Campbell and hockey industry insider Jim Parcels expose the high cost of pursuing Canada's national dream in a new book  Selling The Dream : Paying the NHL price…on and off the ice. Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Both Ken Campbell and Jim Parcels have been involved in the game at different levels for the better part of two decades. Selling the Dream  takes a hard look at Canada's national pastime and exposes the real issues faced by parents today; the realities of advancing to hockey's highest level in an elite system, the increasing costs of playing minor hockey, the expected career duration in each league, and the odds of playing in the NHL. Costs now prohibit a huge number of potential players from advancing to the NHL. Drawing on research and experience, the authors expose some of the misconceptions around playing junior, college and professional hockey, telling the stories of t

Jamie McLennan offers us a back-up goalie's hilarious behind-the-mask look at life in the NHL in his first book, The Best Seat in the House: Stories from the NHLInside the Room, on the Ice and on the Bench . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Jamie McLennan spent twenty years playing professional hockey. Sort of. As the backup for such legendary goalies as Grant Fuhr, Ron Hextall, Roberto Luongo, and Miikka Kiprusoff, he saw everything—except much playing time. In  The Best Seat in the House , McLennan looks back on his unique career, from breaking into the NHL, to working with the legends, to life on the road and in the league, offering readers an unprecedented glimpse into life inside the locker room. Filled with tales of camaraderie and crazy antics, the book covers 20 years on and off the ice—including McLennan's disastrous meeting with Gene Simmons, accidentally calling Lady Gaga a troll to her face, charging an opposing team's mascot on the

The NHL and NHLPA may not be able to agree to much these days, but they did get together again for their annual photo-book release Reflections 2012: The NHL Hockey Year in Photographs Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com A spectacular pictorial commemoration of the 2011-12 NHL season that captures the power, speed, and grace of professional hockey. Hockey is a sport that inspires passion and dedication in both players and fans. Since its humble beginnings on the uneven ice of frozen ponds, the game has brought people together to rejoice in victory and commiserate in defeat. Reflections 2012 presents a year of hockey''s joys and sorrows, all captured by the sport''s best photographers. Relive the season through stunning images of the NHL''s brightest stars -- Henrik Lundqvist, Claude Giroux, Henrik Zetterberg, Steven Stamkos, Nicklas Lidstrom, Evgeni Malkin, and many others. Revisit the NHL Winter Classic where snow fell on the latest d

The monumental spring 1994 face-off between the New Jersey Devils and New York Rangers is recaptured in Tim Sullivan's mesmerizing account, Battle on the Hudson: The Devils, the Rangers, and the NHL's Greatest Series Ever Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Arguably one of the greatest series in NHL history, it changed the face of hockey in the New York metropolitan area through 27 periods in seven games across 13 days, during which Ranger captain Mark Messier guaranteed a game-six victory. The book presents a definitive portrayal of these two determined teams: the Rangers, an original-six franchise desperate to win their first title in 54 years, and the Devils, the underappreciated new kid from across the Hudson River who feverishly wanted to forge an identity of their own. This in-depth retrospective conducts an unforgettable rollercoaster ride of emotions that lives in the hearts and minds of hockey fans forever.

Released in March 2012, prolific author Lorna Schultz Nicholson has expanded into the realm of Young Adult novels. Nicholson is well established in the middle grade fiction category as well as hockey non-fiction for various audiences. Nicholson's foray into the YA shelves of your favorite bookstore includes the hockey themed book Rookie . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Fresh off the plane from Vancouver, sixteen-year-old hockey player Aaron Wong is excited to be starting his first year at Podium. Aaron has to make friends and fit into a new high school, while adjusting to a new home and a family. Things seem to be going well for the rookie, but the hockey team captain has it in for him. Aaron’s world is turned upside down when the captain makes him the target of a brutal hazing at the team’s first party. To turn his year around, Aaron has to overcome his embarrassment and confide in friends and coaching staff. The 144 page book is an easy read. It wou

Those in Toronto on September 11th can take in the ECW Press launch party for Dave Bidini's new hockey book A Wild Stab For It: This Is Game Eight From Russia . Buy The Book:  Amazon.ca  -  Chapters  -  Amazon.com

Ted Starkey and ECW Press offer the new book Red Rising: The Washington Capitals Story . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com From the depths of the National Hockey League basement in 2003, to the league's most recognizable, successful, and offensively potent team just seven years later, this book chronicles the rebranding and reemergence of the Washington Capitals. Fueled by the arrival of charismatic Russian superstar Alexander Ovechkin, as well as other gifted young players, the Caps have transformed themselves from a chronically underachieving organization with an eroding fan base into an organization that players, media, and fans respect. Featuring original interviews with Capitals players, coaches, and staff from the past decade, including team owner Ted Leonsis, as well as the expertise of dozens of the NHL's most informed media personalities, this work examines how the once-anonymous hockey franchise became not only a success in Washington,

Paul Romanuk is back with the latest rendition of his annual Hockey Superstars series. Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Here's more from the publisher: Learn about more of the NHL's greatest stars in this perennial favourite! More than twenty-five years after this annual''s first publication, kids (and their parents!) still look forward to Paul Romanuk''s Hockey Superstars each season. Seventeen NHL superstars are profiled with glossy, full-page, full-colour photos, as well as bios, previous-season stats, and pull-out interview quotes. Hockey Superstars also features fun, interactive fill-in pages so kids can choose and track their favourite players, learn about referee signals, and count down to the Cup! This all-star collection features Phil Kessel, Steve Stamkos Evgeni Malkin, Marian Hossa, Zdeno Chara, Marian Gaborik... and many more! A must-have for any hockey fan as they head into the next exciting hockey season!

Jakki Clarke, the daughter of the Flyers legend Bobby Clarke, is coming out with Flyer Lives: Philadelphia Hockey Greats Share Their Personal Stories . Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters - Amazon.com Stretching back to the team’s birth in the National Hockey League expansion of 1967, this record follows the Philadelphia Flyers’ story, starting with the rabid fan base they built during their “Broad Street Bullies” era of the 1970s. The hard-charging Bullies’ back-to-back Stanley Cup victories in 1974 and 1975 are documented, and the team’s status as a perennial contender is illustrated through their 34 playoff appearances. Penned by charismatic superstar and team manager Bobby Clarke’s own daughter Jakki, this account reflects the personal relationships the author established with many of the team’s best skaters.  Drawn from up-close interviews with more than 30 of the Flyers’ greats regarding their lives, playing careers, challenges, and successes, this compilation is a must

The official biography of an NHL legend - Available now! By the time he retired, Brad Park had surpassed the great Bobby Orr in career assists by a defenseman. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame the first year he was eligible, and later named one of the Top 100 NHL players of all time by  The Hockey News , Park will forever be remembered as one of the greatest men ever to take the ice. The first and only authorized biography of Park's life and career,  Straight Shooter: The Brad Park Story , delves deeper into his legendary success than any book has before, bringing together exclusive, candid insights from Park himself, as well as interviews with dozens of players, family members, and key figures from the hockey world. Covering Park's early years growing up in Toronto, to his first exposure to the NHL with the New York Rangers and his stellar performance with the Boston Bruins, through the twilight of his career and retirement, the book examines every aspect of h

The Year of the Los Angeles Kings: Celebrating the 2012 Stanley Cup Champions , is the only officially endorsed and licensed Championship book by the NHL and is the must-have Stanley Cup collectible for all fans of the game! Buy The Book: Amazon.ca - Chapters -  Amazon.com The Los Angeles Kings won their team's first Stanley Cup after a dominant postseason run that saw them go 16-4 while setting a record for Playoff wins on the road. They started the season as unlikely contenders, built a strong team over the season, and then battled their way through the two-month marathon that is the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In the end, the Kings' roster not only looked like a Cup champion, but played like one. Led by American-born captain Dustin Brown, the Kings dominated the postseason. Drew Doughty and Anze Kopitar, complemented by newly acquired forwards Mike Richards and Jeff Carter, formed the core of a team that faced the best in the League, and won. But the emergence of Conn

One of the best books on the 1972 Summit Series is now on available as an ebook. Cold War: The Amazing Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972  is newly re-released available on Kindle for just $9.99. Here's my original review of the identical traditional release : Roy MacSkimming is a gifted Canadian writer, as proven in the book Cold War. He attempts to re-capture much of the drama, suspense and symbolism of both the on ice action and off of it. Of course, it is nearly impossible to truly relive the era, especially to audiences that never lived through it in the first place. Even it has become even harder to explain to newer generations as the world in 1972 is as foreign to them as the Soviet players were to us.. Regardless, MacSkimming comes as close as anyone has in reliving the series in it's original context as anyone has in print. The book definitely serves as a definitive history of the 1972 Summit Series. Factually the book is very solid. The author also stretch