Hockey category: 570 books
Hockey
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2018
Long considered Canadian, ice hockey is in truth a worldwide phenomenon--and has been for centuries. In Hockey: A Global History, Stephen Hardy and Andrew C. Holman draw on twenty-five years of research to present THE monumental end-to-end history of the sport. Here is the story of on-ice stars and...
by Sean Cromarty
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
The 50 Week Hockey Training Manual is a comprehensive training e-book designed to give athletes of all levels the template for strength in sport. Athletic success is contingent on control of variables such as situation/season, training design (sets, reps, rest, tempo), stage of training, and level of...
Hockey - The Definitive Guide to the Sport of Hockey
Your Favorite Sports, #2
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This book is for anyone who wants to know about this popular sport, that has a huge, passionate following across the world. It was written to share a passion for the sport and tell you more about it’s history and how to play this fine game.
Hockey is an amazing game and one with a huge following...
by Various
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject of sport. The titles in this range include 'Correct Technique for the Great Sport of Golf,' 'A Traditional Guide to Swimming and Diving,' 'The Great Sport...
TAKE A SHOT
A Guide to AAA Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2017
I always wanted to share the skills and knowledge that I have gained from my experience coaching beginners to elite athletes at my hockey school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Ice hockey is a sport where players move at a tremendous speed while displaying great athleticism through...
by Sandra Caron, Tim Whitehead
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Skating thru Hockey: A Fan's Guide to Youth, College, and the Professional Game provides the basics for understanding hockey – including the various levels, how it is played, and the basic offensive and defensive situations. It also includes a close-up look at what happens before, during, and...
by Pearle Nerenberg, Margot Lacoste
Language: French
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Ce guide pratique est le plus utile jamais écrit sur la nutrition sportive pour le hockey. Il vise le joueur qui souhaite maximiser sa performance en profitant des dernières avancées scientifiques. Le livre répond à toutes tes questions concernant la nutrition sportive...
Mr. Hockey
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
**THE DEFINITIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPORTS LEGEND
The NHL may never see anyone like Gordie Howe again. Known as Mr. Hockey, he led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cups and is the only player to have competed in the league in five different decades.
In Mr. Hockey, the man widely...
Herb Brooks: The Inside Story of a Hockey Mastermind
The Inside Story of a Hockey Mastermind
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
The U. S. hockey team's victory at the 1980 Olympics was a "Miracle on Ice"--a miracle largely brought about by Herb Brooks, the legendary coach who forged that invincible team. Famously antagonistic toward the press at Lake Placid, Brooks nonetheless turned to sportswriter John Gilbert...
Sudden Death
The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2012
Sudden Death brings to life the incredible ongoing saga of the Swift Current Broncos hockey team. After a tragic game-day bus accident on December 30, 1986, left four of its star players dead, the first-year Western Hockey League team was faced with nearly insurmountable odds against not only its...
Game Change
The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
**Shortlisted for the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
A Globe and Mail Best Book**
From the bestselling author and Hall of Famer Ken Dryden, this is the story of NHLer Steve Montador—who was diagnosed with CTE after his death in 2015—the remarkable evolution of hockey...
Slim and None
My Wild Ride from the WHA to the NHL and All the Way to Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
From his start as an owner in the World Hockey Association at the age of 28 (“slim and none” was a Boston sportswriter’s assessment of Howard’s chances when he was first awarded the New England Whalers franchise), to winning the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins and then on to Hollywood...
Sam Quek
Hope and a Hockey Stick
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. This was the first time a British ladies team had won gold, but what is much less known is that Sam’s rise to the top of her spot was far from easy.
Sam missed out on being part of Team GB at...
Gretzky to Lemieux
The Story of the 1987 Canada Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey, Fuhr, all on the same team — in their prime. The greatest collection of hockey talent ever assembled, playing the games of their lives.
Three epic 6-5 contests between Canada and the Soviet Union decided the ’87 Canada Cup.
Canada evened the series,...