allegend Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I just finished reading Brian McFarlane's "A Helluva Life in Hockey". I really enjoyed it. There were a lot of great stories about people and events of the past 80+ years. Some stories were quite funny, while others were sad, like how the Canucks treated Robitaille. There is even a story describing Bruce Boudreau's rookie initiation. Has anybody read any hockey books lately that they would recommend? Not Messier's book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Net Worth by Alison Griffiths and David Cruise is a must The Game by Ken Dryden Burke's Law by Brian Burke Got gifted Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend by Dan Robson, looking forward to that one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nucker 67 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Quinn - Dan Robson The Game - Ken Dryden Playing With Fire - Theo Fleury 9 Lessons I learned From My Father - Murray Howe I enjoyed all of these a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I don't really read about athlete's, but Theo Fleury's book was good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Grapes by Don Cherry is also good for the stories about the AHL, especially Eddie Shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I'll reiterate what others have said in that "The Game" by Ken Dryden was a good book. Learned a lot about early 70s hockey culture. If you're looking for lots of history knowledge, The Hockey News has a good selection of books. The three I have are the following: - Hockey's Most Amazing Records, edited by Edward Fraser, 2011 - Top 10 - Counting Down the Game's Wonderful, Wild, Weird, and Wacky!, edited by Edward Fraser 2012 - The Ultimate Book of Hockey Lists, Edited by Sam McCaig, 2008 There's also a good book on Canuck history that was written to celebrate their 40th year, "Canucks at Forty" written by Greg Douglas and Grant Kerr (with a foreward by Jim Robson), which has some great stories and highlights some great and lesser known Canucks for the first 40 years of their tenure. A lot of these books are where I gained much of my knowledge about hockey history. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 30 minutes ago, King Heffy said: Net Worth by Alison Griffiths and David Cruise is a must The Game by Ken Dryden Burke's Law by Brian Burke Got gifted Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend by Dan Robson, looking forward to that one. I would also recommend watching the movie about Net Worth made in 1995. I don't believe it's perfectly factual, as it is a dramatical movie, not a documentary, but is heavily based on Lindsay's pursuit to players' rights. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 minute ago, -AJ- said: I would also recommend watching the movie about Net Worth made in 1995. I don't believe it's perfectly factual, as it is a dramatical movie, not a documentary, but is heavily based on Lindsay's pursuit to players' rights. Agreed, also the 1972 Summit Series adaptation is worth a watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just now, King Heffy said: Agreed, also the 1972 Summit Series adaptation is worth a watch. Absolutely. Up there with the Miracle on Ice. All good films that helped pique my interest in hockey history. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Burke's Law - Brian Burke Of Ice and Men - Bruce Dowbiggin Money Players - Bruce Dowbiggin Roger's World - (haven't finished...I find this one a bit slower than the others) Also started (but, again, couldn't really get into it...will revisit it later): James Duthie's The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys I'd highly recommend seeing Ice Guardians if you can. A good argument for why enforcers are necessary in hockey, from those who played that role in the NHL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) Two favorites I have read are; Burke's Law by Brian Burke Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend I guess I have read quite a few others, these have all been enjoyable; The Hammer - Dave Schultz = This one I really liked as it shed a lot of light on the career of hockey enforcers Tiger - A Hockey Story - Tiger Williams = Loved Tiger's insights on the Canucks when he was traded to them Ballard - A Potrait of Canada Most Controversial Sports Figure - Harald Ballard A Season to Remember - Vancouver Canucks = Good nostalgia but hard to read about the 2011 year Canucks at Forty Six Shooters - The Sutter Brothers = Legendary family shares their insights on their time in the NHL and how they got there. Everyday Hockey Heroes - Bob MacKenzie = Very good story telling here. Mr. Hockey - Gordie Howe = Excellent read by one of the greats The Crazy Game - How I Survived the Crease and Beyond - Clint Malarchuk = I really enjoyed this but difficult as he delves into mental illness Calling the Shots - Kelly Hrudey = Hrudey can be anti Canuck on TV but seems like a nice human being in this book. Hello Canada - The Life and Times of Foster Hewitt = Interesting how much of a techy Foster was aside from being a great play caller... A Season of Loss - Danny Heatley and Dan Snyder = tough read but powerful to see the grace from the Snyder family.. Others I have read but didn't enjoy; 99 - Wayne Gretzky = Didn't really enjoy this, Wayne's memory seems to be going if he think McSorley was a clean hockey player. Phil Esposito - Thunder and Lightning = Phil was not a good husband, I felt almost dirty after reading this and promptly threw the book away after. The Game - Ken Dryden = Not sure why, just didn't enjoy it. Bleeding Blue - Wendall Clark One left to read that I was gifted and will likely read since there is no hockey most days. Messier - No One Wins Alone Edited January 10, 2022 by GB5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -DLC- Posted January 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2022 20 minutes ago, -AJ- said: There's also a good book on Canuck history that was written to celebrate their 40th year, "Canucks at Forty" written by Greg Douglas and Grant Kerr (with a foreward by Jim Robson), which has some great stories and highlights some great and lesser known Canucks for the first 40 years of their tenure. A lot of these books are where I gained much of my knowledge about hockey history. Oh I have that book, they sold it at Save On Foods for More members. Trevor Linden was there doing a signing...I arrived at 5:30 am, first one there (even before anyone who worked there lol). They steered me wrong and sent me to the brand new book section, where I sat and waited. And waited. I saw people piling in and heading away from where I was waiting, so I decided to go see and, sure enough, a big long line up waiting for Trevor. The manager came over to me...he knew I'd been there first thing (we'd chatted in the book section). He felt bad so said "come with me" and we headed through a door and up some stairs to one of the offices where a few people were seated at a large table. Apparently they were the press and Trevor was coming up there after the event to do an interview. So I got be part of that! 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) @GB5 @smithers joe Well one book I recommend is John Ferguson's paperback.............. Totally Canadiana and describes alot of his early years in Saskatchewan You will learn why he was so tough! Joe, a must read for you! Edited January 10, 2022 by J.I.A.H.N 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 On the lighter side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PistolPete13 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 I’m currently reading The Crazy Game ..How I survived in the crease and beyond - Clint Malarchuk. Hard to put this one down . Great insights into the emotional and mental aspects of being a goalie at the NHL level. Just finished Burke’s Law. Great book. The Mike Danton book was a pretty good read as well. That agent of his was as crazy as they come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Flipper Posted February 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 8:20 PM, -DLC- said: Oh I have that book, they sold it at Save On Foods for More members. Trevor Linden was there doing a signing...I arrived at 5:30 am, first one there (even before anyone who worked there lol). They steered me wrong and sent me to the brand new book section, where I sat and waited. And waited. I saw people piling in and heading away from where I was waiting, so I decided to go see and, sure enough, a big long line up waiting for Trevor. The manager came over to me...he knew I'd been there first thing (we'd chatted in the book section). He felt bad so said "come with me" and we headed through a door and up some stairs to one of the offices where a few people were seated at a large table. Apparently they were the press and Trevor was coming up there after the event to do an interview. So I got be part of that! Very cool! I’ve read many hockey books like The Game and Fleury’s book but this is my Canuck collection 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck73_3 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 1/9/2022 at 6:44 PM, hammertime said: Great read, what a character and wild story. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 8:25 PM, Brock A Leg said: I have his autograph....my Dad got it when the Leafs chartered the fishing boat Dad was on for a day trip. Dad said he was the only guy on the boat who wasn't a jerk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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