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Before the lights go out : a season inside a game worth saving / by Fitz-Gerald, Sean,author.;
" A love letter to a sport that's losing itself, from one of Canada's best sports writers. Canadian hockey is approaching a state of crisis. It's become more expensive, more exclusive, and effectively off-limits to huge swaths of the potential sports-loving population. Youth registration numbers are stagnant; efforts to appeal to new Canadians are often grim at best; the game, increasingly, does not resemble the country of which it's for so long been an integral part. These signs worried Sean Fitz-Gerald. As a lifelong hockey fan and father of a young mixed-race son falling headlong in love with the game, he wanted to get to the roots of these issues. His entry point: a season with the Peterborough Petes, a storied OHL team far from its former glory in a once-emblematic Canadian city that is finding itself on the wrong side of the country's changing demographics. Fitz-Gerald profiles the players, coaches and front office staff, a mix of world-class talents with NHL aspirations and Peterborough natives happy with more modest dreams. Through their experiences, their widely varied motivations and expectations, we get a rich, colourful understanding of who ends up playing hockey in Canada and why. Fitz-Gerald interweaves the action of the season with portraits of public figures who've shaped and been shaped by the game: authors who captured its spirit, politicians who exploited it, and broadcasters who try to embody and sell it. He finds his way into community meetings full of angry season ticket holders, as well as into sterile boardrooms full of the sport's institutional brain trust, unable to break away from the inertia of tradition and hopelessly at war with itself. Before the Lights Go Out is a moving, funny, yet unsettling picture of a sport at a crossroads. Fitz-Gerald's warm but rigorous journalistic approach reads, in the end, like a letter to a troubled friend: it's not too late to save hockey in this country, but who has the will to do it?"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Peterborough Petes (Junior hockey team); Hockey teams; Hockey;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Klondikers : Dawson City's Stanley Cup challenge and how a nation fell in love with hockey / by Falconer, Tim,1958-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.With 'Klondikers', join a ragtag group of misfits from Dawson City as they scrap to become the 1905 Stanley Cup champions and cement hockey as Canadas national pastime. Tim Falconer lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Dawson City Nuggets (Hockey team); Stanley Cup (Hockey); Hockey players.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Grit and glory : celebrating 40 years of the Edmonton Oilers / by Schultz Nicholson, Lorna,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The complete story of the Edmonton Oilers--from Wayne Gretzky and the dynasty years, to Connor McDavid and the future, and everything in between When the Edmonton Oilers joined the NHL in 1979, the team owner, Peter Pocklington, proclaimed they would win their first Stanley Cup within five years. A bold statement that turned out to be half right: they not only won the Cup in 1984, but won it four more times over the next six years, forging one of the most dominant dynasties ever. The Oilers have always been a team of determination--fast scoring, hard hitting, and creative hockey that has earned them loyal fans across North America. The team has faced adversity, both on and off the ice. As a small market team the Oilers have struggled to compete in the NHL, but always found a way. From the biggest trade in history that saw the Great One leave for L.A., to the eleventh hour negotiations that kept the team in Edmonton with a cadre of thirty-seven passionate owners--there is no club like it. And now with super star Connor McDavid leading the roster there's never been greater promise for the future. With forty years of NHL action to celebrate, acclaimed sports writer Lorna Schultz takes a journey back to the Oiler's phenomenal highs and challenging lows, the larger than life characters and amazing records, to tell the remarkable story of the hardest working club in the game. Fully illustrated with rare and exciting images, and published in full partnership with the Edmonton Oilers, this is the must have book for Oilers fans everywhere."--
Subjects: Edmonton Oilers (Hockey team);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A great game : the forgotten Leafs and the rise of professional hockey / by Harper, Stephen,1959-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Hockey;
© 2013., Simon & Schuster Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Best of the original six / by McFarlane, Brian,1931-;
Subjects: National Hockey League; Hockey teams; Hockey teams;
© c2004., Fenn Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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1972 : the series that changed hockey forever / by Morrison, Scott,1958-author.;
The 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union was the greatest hockey series every played. Hockey fans know the series well, but the story of those amazing eight games has never been fully told - until now. In 'The Series That Changed Hockey Forever', Scott Morrison recounts stories from the players that shed new light on those incredible games and times. Morrison lives in Toronto, ON.
Subjects: Team Canada 1972 (Hockey team); Canada-U.S.S.R. Hockey Series, 1972.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Maple Leafs top 100 : Toronto's greatest players of all time / by Leonetti, Mike,1958-; Iaboni, John.;
Subjects: Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Hockey players;
© c2007., Raincoast Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We are your Leafs : the Toronto Maple Leafs book of greats / by Ulmer, Michael,1959-author.;
Subjects: Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Hockey players;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Toronto Maple Leafs / by Zweig, Eric,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index."Arguably the most valuable franchise in the NHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs have proven that fans fuel the game-despite a much-lamented half-century Stanley Cup drought. This vibrant book tells the story of the Leafs' 100 years of colorful coaches, irascible owners, and bruised and beloved players. The story of the Leafs gives a big-picture view of the importance of professional sports teams to the history and economy of a big city and a big sports league. Appealing historic and contemporary images mix with informative text and quick-reference infographic charts for statistics buffs"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gretzky's game / by Leonetti, Mike,1958-; Banning, Greg;
Subjects: Gretzky, Wayne, 1961-; Edmonton Oilers (Hockey team);
© c2005., Raincoast Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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