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Playing With Fire
Triumph Books 2009; US$ 24.95In Playing With Fire, Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home. Dark personal issues began to surface, and drinking, drugs, gambling, and girls ultimately derailed a career that had him destined for the Hall of Fame. Fleury shares all in this... more...
The Boys of Winter
Crown Publishing Group 2005; US$ 13.95Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their ?Miracle on Ice? has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy... more...
Breaking the Ice
Insomniac Press 2007; US$ 16.95Black hockey players from Grant Fuhr to Jarome Iginla speak candidly for the first time about their experiences in the NHL. Since 1958, thirty-seven black men have played in the National Hockey League. Out of the 600 players active today, fourteen are black. Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey is the first book to tell the... more...
Picabo
McGraw-Hill 2001; US$ 24.95In her autobiography, Olympic ski racer Street gives a solid chronology of her career with her independent ''I'll do what I want'' attitude. Not a typical sports superstar, Street prefers to hang out with her family or old friends. She's also not been a favorite model for magazine covers, since, due to her injuries, her weight has greatly fluctuated.... more...
In Loving Memory
ECW Press 1997; US$ 11.95Tracing the life and career of the legendary NHL defenseman, from his humble beginnings in small-town northern Ontario and a Calder Cup championship with the AHL Pittsburgh Hornets to four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs and a distinguished late more...
Gretzky to Lemieux
McClelland & Stewart 2008; US$ 19.99Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey, Fuhr, all on the same team ? in their prime. The greatest collection of hockey talent ever assembled, playing the games of their lives. Three epic 6-5 contests between Canada and the Soviet Union decided the ?87 Canada Cup. Canada evened the series, after the Soviets won Game 1, when Gretzky?s fifth assist of the... more...
The Montreal Canadiens
Doubleday Canada 2009; US$ 18.00National Bestseller The definitive history of the Montreal Canadiens ? to coincide with their Centenary in 2009. Before there were slapshots, Foster Hewitt, or even an NHL, there were the Canadiens. Founded on December 4, 1909, the team won its first Stanley Cup in 1916. Since then, the Canadiens have won 23 more championships, making them the... more...
Kook
Free Press 2010; US$ 15.00Author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Dog Stars With grit, poetry, and humor, Peter Heller, acclaimed author of The Whale Warriors recounts his remarkable journey of discovery?of surfing, an entirely new challenge; of the ocean?s beauty and power; of the strange surf subculture; of love; and, most of all, of how to seek adventure... more...
Hockey's Top 100
Greystone Books 2009; US$ 15.95Hockey's Top 100 showcases the sport's greatest highlights. Authors Don Weekes and Kerry Banks compiled this honor roll by ranking hundreds of hockey achievements by historical importance, degree of dominance, uniqueness, and longevity. The winners represent the crown jewels in nearly a century of competition, from goalie Glenn Half's ironman... more...
Staying in the Game
Dundurn 2008; US$ 36.00Born in a small Prairie town, Daryl K. "Doc" Seaman is an icon of Canadian business and hockey. An air force veteran of 82 combat missions during the Second World War, Seaman is responsible for turning Bow Valley Industries into the global drilling giant it is today and for bringing NHL hockey to Calgary. more...









