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Certified beauties : more of hockey's greatest untold stories / by Duthie, James,1966-author.; Crosby, Sidney,1987-writer of foreword.;
"With its unpredictability, brutality, and camaraderie, hockey is full of great stories. And great characters. Certified Beauties is a new collection of the most compelling, hilarious, and heartwarming inside hockey stories -- the ones that the players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN's James Duthie as hockey's finest relive the highs, the lows, and heartwarming, hilarious moments on and off the ice including: how Brady and Matthew Tkachuk both pulled pranks on teammates that almost went horribly wrong; the night a stunned beer league team had to face Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl; the friendship of Darryl Sittler and Borje Salming and the remarkable story of Salming's final visit to Toronto; when Sarah Nurse became a superstar during the chaos of Covid-19; how a team of Canadian "misfits" turned disaster to gold in Riga; when Kevin Bieksa got a big break at the worst possible time; how Darcy Hordichuk captured an alligator and left it on Roberto Luongo's front porch. With a foreword by Sidney Crosby and a special chapter remembering Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, Certified Beauties is essential reading for every hockey fan"--
Subjects: Sports writing.; National Hockey League; Hockey players; Hockey;
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