Proceedings
Proceedings

Author: North American Society for Sport History

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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My Last Fight
My Last Fight

Author: Darren McCarty

Publisher: Triumph Books

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1633191494

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Looking back on a memorable career, Darren McCarty recounts his time as one of the most visible and beloved members of the Detroit Red Wings as well as his personal struggles with addiction, finances, and women and his daily battles to overcome them. As a member of four Red Wings' Stanley Cup&–winning teams, McCarty played the role of enforcer from 1993 to 2004 and returning again in 2008 and 2009. His “Grind Line” with teammates Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby physically overmatched some of the best offensive lines in the NHL, but he was more than just a brawler: his 127 career goals included several of the highlight variety, including an inside-out move against Philadelphia in the clinching game of the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals. As colorful a character as any NHL player, he has arms adorned with tattoos, and he was the lead singer in the hard rock band Grinder during the offseason. Yet this autobiography details what may have endeared him most to his fans: the honest, open way he has dealt with his struggles in life off the ice. Whether dealing with substance abuse, bankruptcy, divorce, or the death of his father, Darren McCarty has always seemed to persevere.

Puckstruck
Puckstruck

Author: Stephen Smith

Publisher: Greystone Books

Published: 2014-10-25

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 177164091X

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Like many a Canadian kid, Stephen Smith was up on skates first thing as a boy, out in the weather chasing a puck and the promise of an NHL career. Back indoors after that didn’t quite work out, he turned to the bookshelf. That’s where, without entirely meaning to, he ended up reading all the hockey books. There was Crunch and Boom Boom, Slashing! and High Stick; there was Max Bentley: Hockey’s Dipsy-Doodle Dandy, Blue Line Murder, and Nagano, a Czech hockey opera. There was Blood on the Ice, Cracked Ice, Fire On Ice, Power On Ice, Cowboy On Ice, and Steel On Ice. In Puckstruck, Smith chronicles his wide-eyed and sometimes wincing wander through hockey’s literature, language, and culture, weighing its excitement and unbridled joy against its costs and vexing brutality. In exploring his own lifelong love of the game, hoping to surprise some sense out of it, he sifts hockey’s narratives in search of hockey’s heart, what it means and why it should distress us even as we celebrate its glories. On a journey to discover what the game might have to say about who we are as Canadians, he seeks to answer some of its essential riddles.

No Logo
No Logo

Author: Naomi Klein

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2000-01-15

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780312203436

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"What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands." Billy Bragg from the bookjacket.

The Calgary Flames
The Calgary Flames

Author: Peter Boer

Publisher: OverTime Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781897277072

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From the early days at the Corral to the supercharged celebrations on the Red Mile in 2004, this young team has sparked a great deal of excitement from its fans. Read more about Calgary's heroes on ice: - The Flames originally played out of the old Corral, which held barely 7000 people, and the organization operated out of a trailer in Stampede Park - Lanny McDonald scored the Stanley Cup winning goal in what turned out to be his final NHL game in 1989 - Joe Nieuwendyk, team captain from 1991 to 1995, was one of only a handful of rookies to score more than 50 goals in his first NHL season - Sergei Priakin joined the Flames roster as the first player from the USSR to be allowed to play in the NHL - Sergei Makarov, once a part of the feared KLM line of the CCCP team, won the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year in his first year in the NHL at the age of 31 - The Flames traded Joe Nieuwendyk to Dallas for a little-known prospect named Jarome Iginla - Theoren Fleury started his career in Calgary before his life began to spiral out of control - Two of the Sutter brothers (Brian and Darryl) have coached the Flames in the last 10 years - Players such as Jarome Iginla, Mika Kiprusoff and Dion Phaneuf are set to take the Calgary Flames into a new era of victories and hope for the Stanley Cup. And so much more...