Hockey's Most WantedTM : The Top 10 Book of Wicked Slapshots, Bruising Goons and Ice Oddities

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conner, Floyd.

Series:

Most Wanted

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hockey--Miscellanea.

Local Subjects:

Hockey--Miscellanea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Dulles, : Potomac Books Inc., 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Takes an irreverent look at the sports world's best balance of power and speed

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Photographs; Introduction; The First Period: Notable hockey firsts; Rules of the Game: The evolution of hockey rules; Rocket and the Golden Jet: Hockey's best nicknames; Notorious Nicknames: Punch, Pinocchio, and Puck Goesinski; Dipsy Doodle Dandies: The sport's most unusual nicknames; They're Animals: A hockey menagerie; Production Lines: Famed forward lines; Family Affairs: All in the family; The International Hockey League: More than just a Canadian game; Born in the U.S.A.: American players in the NHL; Women in Hockey: It's not just a man's game

Black Hockey Stars: Outstanding black playersThe Smart Set: Brains and Brawn; Playing Politics: They threw their hat tricks into the ring; Sports of All Sorts: Multisport stars; Going for the Gold: Memorable Olympic hockey moments; Drinking It All In: Milk and magic elixirs; Food for Thought: See what's on the menu; Bigger Is Better: Big and tall hockey players; Mighty Atoms: Hockey's little big men; Teenage Terrors: Hockey phenoms; Life Begins at 40: Hockey senior citizens; Clothes Encounters: They were what they wore; Tools of the Trade: Masks, pucks, and sticks

Dinky Rinks: Unusual hockey venuesCenters of Attention: Hockey's best centers; The Right Stuff: Hockey's best right wingers; The Left Stuff: Hockey's best left wingers; For the Defense: Hockey's best defensemen; The Puck Stops Here: Hockey's best goaltenders; Sizzling Slap Shots: The game's hardest shooters; Roadrunners: Faster than a speeding Bucyk; Check, Please: Poke, hip, and body checks; The Best Years of Their Lives: The greatest seasons in hockey history; Great Games: The best single-game performances; Lopsided Losses: Hockey's biggest blowouts; Terrible Teams: The NHL's worst teams

Seasons They'd Rather Forget: Superstars' less than super seasonsThe Offense Rests: They couldn't score; Net Losses: Hockey's worst goaltenders; Who's Minding the Net?: Goalies for a day; One-Game Wonders: One-game NHL careers; Unlikely Heroes: They rose to the occasion; Their Cups Runneth Over: Hockey's ultimate winners; They Never Won the Stanley Cup: Great players who never raised the Cup; Stanley Cup Curiosities: Strange Stanley Cup facts; Hockey Believe-It-or-Nots: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction; The One and Only: One-of-a-kind hockey feats

Hockey's Most Embarrassing Moments: Hockey can be a humbling gameDraft Bargains: Stars selected late in the draft; Draft Busts: Prospects gone bad; Minor League Wonders: They didn't make it in the NHL; They Couldn't Win: The NHL's least successful coaches; Colorful Coaches: The Fog and the Master of the Mouth; Outrageous Owners: Big Bill and Charlie O; Ice Flakes: The game's most colorful characters; Money Matters: Hockey players weren't always millionaires; Memorable Memorabilia: Costly collectibles; Hockey Fanatics: When fans become fanatics

Official Business: They called them as they saw them

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-59797-336-X

OCLC:

755573469