Random Hockey Book of the Week, Week 1: SI Hockey Book
Week one of the Friday book feature: Sports Illustrated The Hockey Book, a photographic history of the game from frozen ponds to the present.
Read it for the hockey. This journal explains how the sport works; it does not predict results and does not sell anything. Where a number is not publicly checkable we say so instead of inventing one.
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Random Hockey Book of the Week, Week 2: The Great Expansion
Alan Bass on the March 1965 decision that doubled the NHL: furious Original Six fans, irate owners, and the 1967-68 season that changed everything.
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Random Hockey Book of the Week, Week 3: Gretzky's Memoir
The Great One's autobiography is old enough to drink and still a good read, with one Amazon reviewer surprised by how opinionated Mr. Lady Byng is.
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Random Hockey Book of the Week, Week 4: Original Six
Six stories, one for each Original Six team, with Paul Quarrington on the Bruins and a Red Wings piece about a grandfather and a radio broadcast.