Book Review: The Instigator – How Gary Bettman Remade the League and Changed the Game Forever Mark Ascione | October 8, 2012 Gary Bettman is a polarizing figure. In the almost 20 years since his installation as NHL commissioner, the league has expanded from 26 teams to 30; 2 franchises left Canada,…
Book Review- “Hockeytown Doc” Gives Readers Rare Perspective Ross Bonander | October 1, 2012 “I’d never before seen a player leave the bench and go into the medical room in the middle of a game unless he was injured and needed immediate attention ……
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 – Fish Sticks: The Fall and Rise of the New York Islanders Anatoliy Metter | August 13, 2012 “Sometimes the greatness of the past can become a burden on the present and future. Especially when the present and future always seem so bleak.” – Peter Botte & Alan…
Stillpower Review: The Sports Whisperer Christopher Ralph | July 16, 2012 Book Review: Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life By Garret Kramer with foreword by Minnesota Wild’s Zach Parise In his thought-provoking book Stillpower (the opposite of willpower), Garrett…
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…
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.…
Essential Hockey Read: Behind The Moves Christopher Ralph | April 21, 2012 The Essential Hockey Read & Reference: Behind the Moves: NHL General Managers Tell How Winners Are Built by Jason Farris (Foreward by Brian Burke) Like a Datsyukian breakaway clinical finish,…
Tough Guy – My Life on the Edge by Bob Probert Peter Harling | March 26, 2012 Bob Probert was arguably the best enforcer in the History of the NHL. He finished fifth all time with 3,300 penalty minutes and was in 238 fights in his career.…
Fighting the Good Fight: Taking a Look at Adam Proteau’s Book Monica McAlister | March 8, 2012 To fight or not to fight that is the question… And it keeps going un answered because as hockey fans we are already a niche market in the United States…