Book Review: A to Z Guide to Hockey Terms David OConnor | February 9, 2013 Books that fit in your pocket can be useful. One can pull it out in the car, maybe the mall, or even the ridiculously-long line at the grocery store. Better yet, there’s one book you can quickly pull out at the rink, and this it it.
Hockey Book Review: Gare Joyce’s The Code David OConnor | January 29, 2013 There have been books about hockey scouts before. And there have been more than a few great murder mysteries written. But novels about hockey scouts who get caught up in a murder mystery? They come few and far between.
Book Review: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber Ross Bonander | January 17, 2013 Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts by Julian Rubinstein (2005, New York: Back Bay Books.…
Reviewing Bruce Dowbiggin’s ‘The Stick’ Mark Ascione | January 12, 2013 Reviewing Bruce Dowbiggin’s ‘The Stick; A history, a celebration, an elegy’, a useful and enjoyable look at an icon of hockey.
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.)…
Book Review: The Goal of My Life: A Memoir Mark Ascione | December 30, 2012 Paul Henderson is best known as a former NHL player and hero of the 1972 Summit Series for Canada. The majority of people who have any idea about the name ‘Paul Henderson’ will make that connection. And, most recently, it’s become known that he now is dealing with cancer.
Book Review: The Hockey News Top 10 Mark Ascione | December 10, 2012 The Hockey News is a famous hockey publication that pumps out great content on a regular basis but does that mean you should go ahead and read their Top 10?
Battle on the Hudson: The Greatest Playoff Series in NHL History Michael Rappaport | December 3, 2012 Seven games in thirteen days, 27 periods, two teams six miles apart, and two organizations taking very different routes in their quest to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. These are…
Review: The Best of Down Goes Brown Christopher Ralph | November 16, 2012 The Best of Down Goes Brown: Greatest Hits and Brand New Classics-to-Be from Hockey’s Most Hilarious Blog <– Link to Amazon.com A Potential Antidote To NHL Withdrawal Syndrome: If when…
Book Review: Dit Clapper and the Rise of the Boston Bruins Bob Mand | October 16, 2012 In Dit: Dit Clapper and The Rise Of The Boston Bruins, authors Stewart Richardson and Richard LeBlanc illustrate the life and career of one of the great players in hockey’s…
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.…
Sean Moloney: An Incredible Journey Margann Laurissa | October 15, 2012 Life these days has not been easy for Sean Moloney. Everyday, the well-loved goalie coach at Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania has a struggle that is unlike any that…