Andrew Podnieks
Author of Canadian Gold 2002: Making Hockey History
Works by Andrew Podnieks
The Complete Hockey Dictionary: More than 12,000 Words and Phrases and Their Specific Hockey Definitions (2007) 13 copies
Portraits of the Game: Classic Photographs from the Turofsky Collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame (1997) 7 copies
Celebrating the game : photographs from the Bereswill collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame (2006) 6 copies
The Year of the Blackhawks: Celebrating Chicago's 2009-10 Stanley Cup Championship Season (2010) 4 copies
The Blue and White Book: The Most Complete Toronto Maple Leafs Fact Book Ever Published (1995) 3 copies
Little Book of Baseball Stories 3 copies
Where Countries Come to Play: Celebrating the World of Olympic Hockey and the Triple Gold Club (2013) 2 copies
IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All-Time: Official International Ice Hockey Federation Publication (2008) 2 copies
Hockey Stats 2020 1 copy
Portraits of the game: classic photographs from the Turofsky collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame 1 copy
Portrait of the Game 1 copy
The Year of the Penguins: Celebrating Pittsburgh's 2008-09 Stanley Cup Championship Season (2009) 1 copy
LITTLE BOOK OF MOE NORMAN 1 copy
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Honoured Canadiens by Andrew Podnieks
Hockey
Player vs. player, team vs. team, country vs. country and ideology vs. ideology.
40 years on and still the best series in sport history.
The 1972 summit series changed the sport of hockey and Canada. Tired of not being able to send the best to world championships and Olympics, the National Hockey League put together a team of Canadians to play the perennial winners from Russia (USSR). The finish was uncertain until the dramatic final seconds of the last game.
The book is a series of stories about each of the 8 games between Canada and Russia, and the exhibition games against Sweden (2) and Czechoslovakia (1), followed by recollections of the players from the Canadian team. Although I recall the series as a child and have watched and read other accounts, this series still evokes emotion. The book was enjoyed thoroughly and finished in two sittings, but I do admit some biases to the topic. If you are a hockey fan you probably already know the story but then you would enjoy the book anyway.… (more)
40 years on and still the best series in sport history.
The 1972 summit series changed the sport of hockey and Canada. Tired of not being able to send the best to world championships and Olympics, the National Hockey League put together a team of Canadians to play the perennial winners from Russia (USSR). The finish was uncertain until the dramatic final seconds of the last game.
The book is a series of stories about each of the 8 games between Canada and Russia, and the exhibition games against Sweden (2) and Czechoslovakia (1), followed by recollections of the players from the Canadian team. Although I recall the series as a child and have watched and read other accounts, this series still evokes emotion. The book was enjoyed thoroughly and finished in two sittings, but I do admit some biases to the topic. If you are a hockey fan you probably already know the story but then you would enjoy the book anyway.… (more)
A little disappointed when I bought it (sight unseen) as left hand page is an image; right hand page is a complete entry (the look of the book is very nice and clean), but I did enjoy reading it. Perfect for "bathroom reading" as each pair of pages are complete in themselves. Disagree with the facts in a few places, found some inclusions and exclusions off, but overall liked. Just don't expect "a read".
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