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99 : stories of the game / Wayne Gretzky, with Kirstie McLellan Day.
Van Pelt Library GV848.5.G73 G74 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gretzky, Wayne, 1961- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gretzky, Wayne, 1961-.
- Gretzky, Wayne.
- National Hockey League--Anecdotes.
- National Hockey League.
- Hockey--History.
- Hockey.
- History.
- Hockey--Anecdotes.
- Hockey players--Canada--Biography.
- Hockey players.
- Canada.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Hockey.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / PersonalMemoirs.
- Local Subjects:
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Hockey.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / PersonalMemoirs.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Anecdotes.
- Autobiographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 400 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Other Title:
- Ninety-nine
- Place of Publication:
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.
- Summary:
- For the first time, Gretzky discusses candidly what the game looks like to him and introduces us to the people who inspired and motivated him: mentors, teammates, rivals, the famous and the lesser known. Weaving together lives and moments from an extraordinary career, he reflects on the players who inflamed his imagination when he was a kid, the way he himself figured in the dreams of so many who came after; takes us onto the ice and into the dressing rooms to meet the friends who stood by him and the rivals who spurred him to greater heights; shows us some of the famous moments in hockey history through the eyes of someone who regularly made that history. Warm, direct, and revelatory, it is a book that gives us number 99, the man and the player, like never before.--Provided by publisher.
- First he rewrote the record book. How Gretzky rewrites the history of hockey. He looks back on the last ninety-nine years and tells-- from his point of view-- about the NHL's most memorable moments. Gretzky weaves in his own memories with the saga of the game that has meant so much to him.
- Contents:
- The first hockey star
- In the beginning
- Tex's Rangers and the Leafs
- The Bruins
- The Hawks
- The Wings
- The original six
- The Stanley Cup
- The Vezina
- The Lady Byng
- The first All-Star Game
- Fire in his eyes
- The forgotten miracle
- The greatest of them all
- Willi O'Ree
- Stand firm
- The second six
- Black, white, and silver
- The St. Louis Blues
- The Minnesota North Stars
- The Oakland Seals
- The Pittsburgh Penguins
- The Philadelphia Flyers
- The World Hockey Association
- The Summit Series
- Inside the miracle
- The 1984 Canada Cup
- The 1987 Canada Cup
- The 1991 Canada Cup
- The 1998 Winter Olympics
- The culture of winning
- Hockey on the island
- Only the good die young
- The last dynasty
- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
- "I just love to play".
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Canada by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada 2016"--T.p. verso.
- Includes index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gretzky, Wayne, 1961- author. 99
- ISBN:
- 9780399575471
- 0399575472
- OCLC:
- 945482970
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