Posts Tagged ‘hockey’
The McNamara Brothers
99 Stories of the Game
First he rewrote the record book. Now, to mark the NHL’s 99th anniversary, Wayne Gretzky has written the story of our game. No one has been as close to the game as Wayne Gretzky. When he first laced up skates in the NHL, he changed the league. And by the time he had hung up…
Read MoreHeart of the Blackhawks
“The book is a sympathetic and detailed account of Pilote’s journey to Hockey immortality . . . Hockey fans — especially old time Hawks devotees — will delight in the portraits offered here of Pilote’s equally famous teammates.” — Publishers Weekly From the beginning, the hockey gods looked favourably on Pierre Pilote, a French Canadian…
Read MoreAll The Way
The bestselling story of a true warrior’s toughest battle, now in paperback It seemed as though nothing could stop Jordin Tootoo on the ice. The captain, a fan favourite, a star in international competition, Tootoo was always a leader. And when he was drafted by Nashville in 2001 and made the Predators out of camp…
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Rocket Blues
When Rocket gets cut from his AAA bantam hockey team, he needs to re-evaluate his priorities. Bryan Rockwood (aka “Rocket”) is faced with the unthinkable: being cut from the Huskies — the AAA hockey team he has played on for three years. With no other teams interested in him, Bryan reluctantly joins a AA team,…
Read MoreIce Time
Rocket has finally achieved his dream – he’s been drafted to the NHL! Following a great Major Junior career, Rocket is drafted in the NHL draft! However, the scouts still feel that Rocket needs some retooling to be an NHLer. He is sent to the AHL for seasoning, and told he should hit the weight…
Read MoreLast Shot
In this follow-up to Rocket Blues, Rocket is drafted in the OHL tryouts and heads off to training camp in his pursuit of one day becoming a hockey legend! Now almost 16 years old, Rocket has been drafted by an OHL team in the 13th round. His mom however has different plans for his future…
Read MoreMr Hockey Gordie Howe
The sensational bestselling autobiography from the guy who defined the game There will never be another player like Mr. Hockey. Certainly no one has ever come close to matching Gordie Howe’s incredible twenty consecutive seasons among the top five scorers in the NHL. No one has come close to scoring 100 points after the age…
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