Thread: Hockey books

Originally Posted by Kings4188:2576883

I am trying to find a copy of that book, sounds like a good one to read. Where did you buy it? Says only amazon Canada has it for sale. Nothing came up for Barnes and noble or even eBay.

If your talking about the Mike Danton book, I think i got it from amazon.ca, they shipped it to the states. I also read the Probert book, it wasnt nearly as good but interesting too. Boys of Winter (about 1980 USA team) was a good, short read. The Game by Dryden was okay, but didnt like it as much as the previous books mentioned...

Thank you for your help. Yes, I was talking about the mike Danton book.

Originally Posted by Dana

The Game is an awesome choice.

If you want to read an interesting book about how the NHL owners and Alan Eagleson really screwed over the players when Eagleson was head of the NHLPA.

Amazon.com: Game Misconduct: Alan Eagleson and the Corruption of Hockey (9781551990187): Russ Conway: Books

I've never heard of this one. Does it go into the Bobby Orr deal with the Blackhawks and how Eagleson screwed Orr over....?

jom

Amazed this wasn't the first suggestion:

My Favorite




Many pictures




Bashes Bobby Clarke

I really liked Kerry Fraser's book. Don't remember the title right now, but gives lots of insight into what is said between players and refs on the ice and managing games they don't get out of hand.

Originally Posted by jom

I've never heard of this one. Does it go into the Bobby Orr deal with the Blackhawks and how Eagleson screwed Orr over....?

jom

It's been awhile since I read it but I'm sure there's stuff in there. I know it talks about how some of the players were screwed out of pension and disability payments. Like he would charge the players a fee saying he was fighting the insurance companies to get disability money for them, when the insurance companies weren't trying to dispute the claims. So then when the claim got paid out, the players ended up with very little of the money.

The NHLPA was pretty much paying for his lifestyle too, like for clothes, personal travel not related to NHLPA business, an apartment, etc.

Originally Posted by Kings4188

I am looking for a good book to read about of course the sport we all love hockey. I wanted to get some suggestions please. I saw their are books about Gretzky and la kings called hockeywood, or A Season of Loss, a Lifetime of Forgiveness: The Dan Snyder and Dany Heatley Story.
and the list can go on. Just wanted to know what books that might be good to read.

Read "The Code" , like Vegas Hockey mentioned, I second it.

It taught me so much I didn't know about Hockey, and Enforcers.

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