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With heart and humor, popular hockey author Andrew Podnieks highlights the game’s vital place in the fabric of daily life in Canada. Accompanied by stunning color images, the 65 “mini-essays” here bring to life the glorious events, objects, and artifacts that form the sport's collective memory — tabletop hockey and backyard rinks, the heart-quickening drama of overtime goals, and the quiet majesty of the Zamboni. To flip through these pages is to wander through a museum brimming with hockey legend and lore.
Price: $19.99
Pages: 144
Publisher: Greystone Books
Imprint: Greystone Books
Publication Date:
01 December 2009
ISBN: 9781926812052
Format: eBook
Andrew Podnieks is the bestselling author of more than 20 hockey books. He has worked extensively with the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Canadian Hockey Association, and the Hockey Hall of Fame on a variety of projects, from Olympic games and world championships to website development. He lives in Toronto.
• Introduction
• The Puck
• Victoria Skating Rink
• Rideau Hall
• The Three Stars
• St. Lawrence Starch Company
• The Richard Riot
• The Stick
• The Hat Trick
• The Tragically Hip
• Souvenir Programme
• Beer
• Chiclets
• Table Top Hockey
• Bobby Orr’s Knee
• Dun Da-Dun Da-Dun
• Always So Good at Tim Hortons
• Espo Speaks to a Nation
• Henderson Has Scored for Canada
• Stompin’ Tom
• Goalie Masks
• Got Him, Got Him, Need Him
• Slapshot
• Peter Puck
• Our National Anthem
• Homemade Cups
• The Hockey Sweater
• Stanley Cup Parade
• House League Jacket
• Gretzky’s First Trophy
• The Dressing Room
• Target
• X’s and O’s
• Hockey Mom
• Grapes
• Basement Hockey
• Canada’s Royal Wedding
• The Hounds
• Arena as Living Room
• Summer Snow
• A Museum of One’s Own
• The Sutters
• Men Shake Hands
• Car!
• Backyard Rink
• That Orange Ball
• Road Hockey Goalie
• Stamping the Cup
• Little Stanley Cup
• Stanley’s Travels
• Gretzky’s Restaurant
• He Lives Just Down the Road
• Cuts Heal
• National Patois
• The Zamboni Man
• Lucky Loonie
• Cullen Dealerships
• Politics
• The Toque
• Shania
• Plaster Rock Hockey
• Can You Sign This?
• Living the Hockey Life
• Dreaming in Junior
• Madonna of the Rink
• The Puck
• Victoria Skating Rink
• Rideau Hall
• The Three Stars
• St. Lawrence Starch Company
• The Richard Riot
• The Stick
• The Hat Trick
• The Tragically Hip
• Souvenir Programme
• Beer
• Chiclets
• Table Top Hockey
• Bobby Orr’s Knee
• Dun Da-Dun Da-Dun
• Always So Good at Tim Hortons
• Espo Speaks to a Nation
• Henderson Has Scored for Canada
• Stompin’ Tom
• Goalie Masks
• Got Him, Got Him, Need Him
• Slapshot
• Peter Puck
• Our National Anthem
• Homemade Cups
• The Hockey Sweater
• Stanley Cup Parade
• House League Jacket
• Gretzky’s First Trophy
• The Dressing Room
• Target
• X’s and O’s
• Hockey Mom
• Grapes
• Basement Hockey
• Canada’s Royal Wedding
• The Hounds
• Arena as Living Room
• Summer Snow
• A Museum of One’s Own
• The Sutters
• Men Shake Hands
• Car!
• Backyard Rink
• That Orange Ball
• Road Hockey Goalie
• Stamping the Cup
• Little Stanley Cup
• Stanley’s Travels
• Gretzky’s Restaurant
• He Lives Just Down the Road
• Cuts Heal
• National Patois
• The Zamboni Man
• Lucky Loonie
• Cullen Dealerships
• Politics
• The Toque
• Shania
• Plaster Rock Hockey
• Can You Sign This?
• Living the Hockey Life
• Dreaming in Junior
• Madonna of the Rink