Hockey category: 570 books
Orr
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
NHL legend Bobby Orr tells his story from his Ontario childhood to his years with the Bruins and Blackhawks, to today in this New York Times bestseller.
Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest defenseman ever to play the game of hockey. But all the brilliant achievements leave unsaid...
Jacques Plante
The Man Who Changed the Face of Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
The first full-scale biography of a legendary and award-winning NHL goalie who transformed the game.
“There are a lot of very good goalies, there are even a fair number of great goalies. But there aren’t many important goalies. And Jacques Plante was an important goalie.” Ken Dryden
On...
Jean Beliveau
My Life in Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
The classic hockey biography, fully updated: all new material on a decade of personal challenge and a troubled game, with a new introduction by Wayne Gretzky.
For close to twenty seasons, Jean Beliveau was le Gros Bill, "the gentle giant" centreman and captain of the fabled Montreal...
Coach
The Pat Burns Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Pat Burns was one of the great NHL coaches. He worked with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, and seemed always to enjoy instant success. He capped his extraordinary career by coaching the New Jersey Devils to a Stanley Cup victory in 2003. Cancer--his...
A Matter of Inches
How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
No job in the world of sports is as intimidating, exhilarating, and stress-ridden as that of a hockey goaltender. Clint Malarchuk did that job while suffering high anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder and had his career nearly literally cut short by a skate across his neck, to date...
by Dave Bidini
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2011
Bidini returns to the game he loves best
In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto’s McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking about...
The Pepper Kid
The Life and Times of Ken Randall, Hockey's Bad Hombre
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
History comes to life in this sweeping saga about the first captain of Toronto's original NHL team. Ken Randall's journey
begins in the days of pro hockey's infancy as he toiled in over 100 arenas that no longer exist, won two Stanley Cups, and played with and against the early icons of the...
East Coast NHLers
The stories of the lives and careers of players from the Maritimes and Newfoundland
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
Only in the 1960s did NHL teams start to look for hockey talent east of Quebec. Then the stream of talented players started, culminating with the record-breaking achievements of Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia's Sidney Crosby.
<>Here are the stories of a dozen NHL hockey players who learned...
by Tie Domi
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
From hockey’s most prolific fighter comes a sports memoir unlike any other—passionate, funny, and candid, Shift Work chronicles Domi’s sixteen tumultuous seasons in the NHL.
Making it through a single fight as an enforcer in the NHL is a sign of toughness. Making it through 333 of them...
The Metro Prystai Story
A Legend from the Golden Age of Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
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...
by Leonardo Gobbi
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Tyler Gron, alias l'InGrontenibile, racconta, a fumetti, la stagione 2015/16 dell'hockey Milano.
Viene descritta l'InGrontenibile-Mania sviluppatasi intorno all'atleta.
Infine l'InGrontenibile spiega, da par suo, le principali regole dell'hockey su ghiaccio.
Il volume è arrichito da una galleria di fumettisti famosi.
Jordin Tootoo
The highs and lows in the journey of the first Inuk to play in the NHL
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
Hockey is a relatively new sport in Canada's North. It wasn't until 2003 that Jordin Kudluk "Thunder" Tootoo became the first Inuk to play in an NHL game. Although hockey is a rough sport to begin with, Jordin Tootoo is known for having to "fight his way through." Jordin has had...
by Gail Herman, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
After breaking or tying more than sixty records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One." Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair...
The Stanley Cup
All about Pro Hockey's Biggest Event
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Ever since Montreal won the first Stanley Cup in 1893, teams have aimed to win the silver trophy for themselves. Every spring 16 teams face off in the playoffs to become the National Hockey League champion. Discover the greatest teams, players, and historic moments from the Stanley Cup Finals.