The Great Book of Ice Hockey: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories
Sports Trivia, Book 1
By: Bill O'Neill, Ryan Black
Narrated by: Scott Miller
Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Hockey
By: Bill O'Neill,Ryan Black
The "Down Goes Brown" History of the NHL
The World's Most Beautiful Sport, the World's Most Ridiculous League
By: Sean McIndoe
Narrated by: Sean McIndoe
Sean McIndoe of Down Goes Brown, one of hockey's favorite and funniest writers, takes aim at the game's most memorable moments - especially if they're memorable for the wrong reasons - in this warts-and-all history of the NHL.
Great and funny book on the NHL
By LSmith on 01-11-19
A Life in Hockey
By: Brian Burke, Stephen Brunt - contributor
Narrated by: Brian Burke
Brian Burke is one of the biggest hockey personalities - no, personalities full-stop - in the hockey media landscape. His brashness makes him a magnet for attention, and he does nothing to shy away from it. Most famous for advocating "pugnacity, truculence, testosterone, and belligerence" during his tenure at the helm of the Maple Leafs, Burke has lived and breathed hockey his whole life.
By VyTri on 11-11-20
By: Brian Burke, and others
Take Your Eye Off the Puck
How to Watch Hockey by Knowing Where to Look
By: Greg Wyshynski, Jeremy Roenick - foreword
Narrated by: Barry Abrams
More and more fans are watching the NHL each week, but many of them don't know exactly what they should be watching. How does an offense create shooting lanes for its best sniper? When a center breaks through and splits between two defensemen, which defender is to blame? This guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey takes you inside a coach's mind as he builds a roster or constructs a game plan, to the chaos of the goalie's crease, and deep into the perpetual chess match between offense and defense.
By IcePro717 on 01-27-19
By: Greg Wyshynski, and others
By: Wayne Gretzky
From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming the stuff of legend. Dubbed "The Great One", he is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player who ever lived. No one has seen more of the game than he has - but he has never discussed in depth just what it was he saw.
A great book
Behind the Bench
Inside the Minds of Hockey's Greatest Coaches
By: Craig Custance, Sidney Crosby - foreword
They are motivators, key strategists, tough bosses, and choreographers. They can be branded as heroes, ousted as scapegoats, quietly valued as friends, and everything in between. It's all in the job description for an NHL head coach. In Behind the Bench, Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the game's most notable modern luminaries - names like Mike Babcock, Joel Quenneville, Dan Bylsma, Ken Hitchcock, and Claude Julien - all of whom share their singular views on topics ranging from leadership secrets to on-ice game plans.
Great story but the narrator- oof.
By Chris on 03-27-19
By: Craig Custance, and others
Mr. Hockey
By: Gordie Howe
Narrated by: Don Hagen
Big, skilled, tough on the ice, and nearly indestructible, Howe dominated both the sport and the record books like no one has before or since. Over an incredible six decades, the Hall of Famer had so many accomplishments that he set the record for the most records by any athlete ever in any sport. He also achieved the remarkable feat of playing for six years with his own two sons, Mark and Marty.
Will always be the greatest on and off ice
By Jessie Tompkins on 01-04-21
By: Ken Dryden
Narrated by: Ken Dryden
Widely acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written and lauded by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top 10 Sports Books of All Time, The Game is a reflective and thought-provoking look at a life in hockey. Intelligent and insightful, former Montreal Canadiens goalie and former President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ken Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans.
Outstanding book for all hockey fans
By steve on 03-11-14
The Russian Five
A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage
By: Keith Gave
Narrated by: Bob Brill
When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain. All they had to do to get them was make history by drafting them and then figure out how to get them out of the Soviet Union.
A Hockey Life Like No Other
In Scotty, Dryden has given his coach a new test: Tell us about all these players and teams you've seen, but imagine yourself as their coach. Tell us about their weaknesses, not just their strengths. Tell us how you would coach them and coach against them. And then choose the top eight teams of all time, match them up against one another in a playoff series, and, separating the near-great from the great, tell us who would win. And why.
Like No Other
By Steven Rochon on 11-20-20
The Pursuit of Perfection
By: Niklas Lidstrom, Gunnar Nordstrom - with, Bob Duff - with
The life and career of Nicklas Lidstrom almost reads like a real-life hockey fairy tale. Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings as a 19-year-old defenseman out of his native Sweden, Lidstrom spent the next two decades manning the Motor City blueline. During those years he became a Hockeytown legend, amassing a mind-boggling collection of accomplishments and accolades: four Stanley Cups, seven Norris Trophies as the NHL's best defenseman, a Conn Smythe Trophy, 12 All-Star selections, and gold medals in both the Olympics and World Championships.
By Paul Levendoski on 12-29-20
By: Niklas Lidstrom, and others
The Boys of Winter
The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Wayne Coffey
Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after.
Great, but...
By S. B. Guilfoyle on 02-13-18
The Hockey Rink Hunt
The Zach and Zoe Mysteries, Book 5
By: Mike Lupica
Narrated by: Keith Nobbs
When eight-year-old twins Zach and Zoe find out they'll be joining their dad at the Boston Bruins hockey practice, they can't believe their luck. But upon arrival, the Bruins' star player tells the twins he lost his lucky necklace right before the Stanley Cup final, and just like that, the mystery is on. The twins' search takes them all over the arena and even onto the ice. Will Zach and Zoe find the missing necklace in time for the big game?
By Donna Cook on 07-16-19
Ice Capades
A Memoir of Fast Living and Tough Hockey
By: Sean Avery, Michael McKinley
Narrated by: Sean Avery
As one of the NHL's most polarizing players, Sean Avery turned the rules of professional hockey on its head. For 13 seasons Avery played for some of the toughest, most storied franchises in the league, including the Detroit Red Wings, the Los Angeles Kings, and the New York Rangers, making his mark in each city as a player that was sometimes loved, often despised, but always controversial.
A Must for any true hockey fan
By Matthew T Kilcullen on 11-15-19
By: Sean Avery, and others
Who Is Wayne Gretzky?
By: Gail Herman, Nancy Harrison
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
After breaking or tying more than 60 records in hockey, it's no wonder that Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One". Born in Brantford, Ontario, on January 26, 1961, in a nation obsessed with the sport, he threw himself into the game practically from the time he first laced up a pair of skates. When he retired from the NHL in 1999, he had led several teams to Stanley Cup victories, competed in the Olympics, and changed the way hockey was played forever.
Our favorite in the series
By Brynn H. on 07-17-18
By: Gail Herman, and others
A Guy Like Me
By: John Scott, Brian Cazeneuve
The John Scott story is the ultimate underdog narrative in sports during 2016 when Scott - in the twilight of his career - went from a joke All-Star fan-voted nominee to scoring two goals and winning the All-Star Game's MVP title. This is his heartwarming story about an average Joe who became a sports superhero overnight. Known as a willing-and-able fighter and bruiser in the league, John Scott was a surprising and tongue-and-cheek nominee for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game.
would have been better if John Scott narrated
By cody richardson on 02-23-19
By: John Scott, and others
The Making of Slap Shot
Behind the Scenes of the Greatest Hockey Movie Ever Made
By: Jonathon Jackson
Narrated by: Fleet Cooper
Even 30-odd years after Slap Shot's release, diehard hockey fans can still recite scenes of dialogue by heart, making lines like "putting on the foil" just common argot for the devoted. Yet many may be surprised to learn that the true story behind the making of the film is as captivating as the film itself. In The Making of Slap Shot, veteran sports writer Jonathon Jackson lets fans not only relive just how the film was made, but brings to light surprising facts (i.e., Al Pacino was the first choice for the role of Reggie Dunlop.
Three Thumbs Up!!!
The Life and Career of a Reluctant Warrior
By: Stu Grimson
Narrated by: Stu Grimson
NHL tough guys all tell the same story. They all grew up dreaming of skating in the big league as stars. Then one day, a coach tells them the only way to make it is to drop the gloves. And every guy says the same thing: I'll do whatever it takes to play in the NHL. Not Stu Grimson, though. When he was offered a contract to patrol the ice for the Calgary Flames, he said no thanks, and went to university instead. And that's the way Grimson has approached his career and his life: on his own terms.
By Hans Joppa on 12-21-20
The Making of a Miracle
The Untold Story of the Captain of the 1980 Gold Medal-Winning U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
By: Mike Eruzione, Neal Boudette
Narrated by: George Newbern
It is the greatest American underdog sports story ever told: how a team of college kids and unsigned amateurs, under the tutelage of legendary coach - and legendary taskmaster - Herb Brooks, beat the elite Soviet hockey team on their way to winning the gold medal at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. No one believed the scrappy Americans had a real shot at winning. Despite being undefeated, the US - the youngest team in the competition - were facing off against the four-time defending gold medalist Russians.
By: Mike Eruzione, and others
The Great Book of Ice Hockey is a must for anyone who loves sports trivia. It is a compendium of interesting facts and sport stories about the great game of ice hockey, with information about the early days before the National Hockey League (NHL) all the way to the stars of today. There are random facts about leagues, rules, coaches, players, and inside stories about the early days of the game.
The answers to hundreds of trivia questions lie in this audiobook. Learn about foreign leagues, junior hockey, and superstars like Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, and, of course, "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky. You can find interesting facts about the builders of the game, including Maurice "Rocket" Richard and Coach Jack Adams, both of whom have NHL trophies named in their honor. You will meet scoring leaders, winning coaches, amazing goalies, and ice hockey royalty.
Whether you're a long-time fan of ice hockey, or if you're just looking for answers to troublesome trivia questions in your latest game of Trivial Pursuit, The Great Book of Ice Hockey is the audiobook for you. Presented in a clear and engaging manner, this collection of sports trivia will give fans of ice hockey a new and entertaining set of random facts to liven up a boring day or fill the time during intermission.
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I recommend this to anyone – even non-hockey fans!
Even though I'm not a hockey fan, I enjoyed and recommend this audiobook by Bill O'Neil and Ryan Black. Scott Miller's narration also contributed to making my experience so pleasant. I am very grateful that I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request ; I have voluntarily left this review.
Some really cool facts in a fun way
I am a huge hockey fan, but not super knowledgeable about hockey outside of the team I follow, so this seemed like it would be a lot of fun. It did not disappoint. There are some great stories in here and the facts are interesting ones. The lists get a little long in audio format. In a book, you could just skim the list of names if you don't really care to read them all, but in audio, they have to go through them. The 15-second skip feature worked wonders on that though and it certainly wasn't anything that kept me from enjoying the book. If you like hockey, this one is full of great info in a fun format.