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Rebecca Dobrinski

Originally from Chicago, I'm doing time in the now professional hockey-less Birmingham, Alabama (but we have club hockey!). Between working, reading, and writing, hockey is that little distraction that keeps me sane. At least once a month, and especially when the Blackhawks are in town, I can be found in Bridgestone Arena cheering on the Predators (except, of course, when the Blackhawks are in town).

Book Review: The NHL A Centennial History

Rebecca Dobrinski | January 6, 2014

The NHL is well on its way to celebrating 100 years of hockey entertainment. D’arcy Jenish commemorates those 100 years in The NHL A Centennial History.

Book Review: Next Goal Wins, NHL Trivia

Rebecca Dobrinski | March 11, 2013

Next Goal Wins!: The Ultimate NHL Historian’s One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia  By Liam Maguire, with a foreword by Wayne Gretzky.  (2012, Toronto: Random House Canada. Softcover. Pp. 227. $19.50…

Book Review: Dropping the Gloves

Rebecca Dobrinski | January 2, 2013

Dropping the Gloves: Inside the Fiercely Combative World of Professional Hockey.  By Barry Melrose, with Roger Vaughan.  (2012, Toronto: Fenn/M&S. Hardcover. Pp. 240. $27.99 US / $29.99 CAN. ISBN 978-0-7710-5694-9.)…

Review – Breakaway: From Behind the Iron Curtain to the NHL

Rebecca Dobrinski | October 15, 2012

Breakaway: From Behind the Iron Curtain to the NHL – The Untold Story of Hockey’s Great Escapes. By Tal Pinchevsky. (2012, Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd. Hardcover.…

Book Review: Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers

Rebecca Dobrinski | September 9, 2012

Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers. By Sam Wesley with David Wesley. (2005, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 96. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55028-887-2.) Published during the last NHL lockout, who knew…

Book Review: The Year of the Los Angeles Kings

Rebecca Dobrinski | July 8, 2012

The Year of the Los Angeles Kings: Celebrating the 2012 Stanley Cup Champions   By Andrew Podnieks.  (2012, Toronto: Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. Softcover. Pp. 160. $19.99. ISBN 978-0-7710-5510-4.)   Forty-five…

Book Review: Cracking the Ice

Rebecca Dobrinski | July 3, 2012

Cracking the Ice (advance proof copy).  By Dave Hendrickson. (2011, Lodi, New Jersey: WestSide Books. Softcover. Pp. 366. $16.95. ISBN 978-1-934813-55-3.)   The sad reality has been, with as far…

Local Newscaster Complains about NJ-LA Overtime Game

Rebecca Dobrinski | June 3, 2012

Despite the strides the NHL has made in the “non-traditional” markets throughout the southern and western United States, there always seems to be a wrench thrown into the system. Last…

Book Review: Warning – This Book is Not About Hockey

Rebecca Dobrinski | May 11, 2012

The Sugar-Frosted Nutsack. By Mark Leyner. (2012, New York: Little, Brown and Company. Hardcover. Pp.247. $24.99 US / $27.99 Canada.  ISBN 978-0-316-60845-9.) For that matter, it could be difficult to…

Book Review: East Coast NHLers

Rebecca Dobrinski | May 11, 2012

East Coast NHLers: The stories of the lives and careers of players from the Maritimes and Newfoundland.  By Paul White.  (2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia: Formac Publishing Company Ltd. Softcover. Pp.…

Book Review: Maurice Richard

Rebecca Dobrinski | January 7, 2012

Maurice Richard: The Most Amazing Hockey Player Ever.  By Chris Robinson.  (2011, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 128.  $9.95. ISBN 978-1-55277-900-2.) “Don’t let anyone say that it’s…

Hockey Book Review: Black and Gold

Rebecca Dobrinski | December 26, 2011

Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs (Revised & Updated).  Photography by Steve Babineau.  Written by Rob Simpson.  (2012, Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada,…

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