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9780470677780

Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys : ...And Other Hits, near Misses, and Off-the-Wall Stories about Sports... And Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470677780

  • ISBN10:

    0470677783

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-10-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $24.95

Summary

James Duthie is one of North America's most recognized hockey media personalities, as well as one of the most respected and personable commentators on the game, and one of the most prolific. Best known as the host of all TSN's NHL hockey broadcasts on The NHL on TSN and for his coverage of the World Junior Championships, James also has a strong following for his work in print, on TSN.ca and in the Ottawa Citizen. He has been writing columns about hockey, sport in general, and his own twisted view of the world for over a decade. This book is the first and only collection of some of his most popular and most controversial columns, as well as several brand new pieces never previously published. James Duthie is the most-read feature columnist on TSN.ca and is known for his off-the-wall, often humorous, take on the people and issues that dominate Canada's game. In The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys, he brings his famous sense of humour, deep hockey knowledge, and his passion for the game to hockey fans and readers everywhere-no matter what team you cheer for. The subject matter is all over the hockey map. Some chapters are about the NHL, some are about being a hockey parent, some are about hockey as it relates to life. Many are snapshots of a moment in time-Sidney Crosby's first Stanley Cup final, Canada's gold medal win at the Olympics in 2002, September 11 th , a son's first game as goalie. Each one is unique. Many will make you laugh. Some will make you cry. All of them will remind you of why you're a fan of the best game you can name.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
It's All About The Snack, Baby!
10 Things You Didn't Know About Sid the Kid
The Final Toll
The Loneliest Guy in the Rink
Canada Days
Paulina and Me
The Day I (Almost) Killed Two Gretzkys
Hell (Goalie) Week
You Wanna Piece of Me!?!
Growing Up in Section G
Taking Out the Trash
The Terror Beneath
Middle Standings Syndrome
Control Freak
Ovechkin: The Rock Star
Who Needs Golf Lessons?
Chelios Still Playing? How? Howe!
My Sports Sabbatical
Please Release Me
No Doubting Thomas
Rise of the Raven
Rival Eternal
The Longest Season
Hockey's Great Recession
Big Fish on the Frozen Pond
Torture Tunnel
Patrick Roy's Ride
The Boys of Summer
Pre-Game Peril
The Brady Interview
The Real Hockeytown
No Shame in a Strange Name
The Jeter Meter
Remembering Wheels
Remembering Wheels, Part 2
Hockey's First YouTube Legend
Career Options
Just (Don't) Do It!
The Big Hurt
Mats, Please Put Us Out of Our Misery
Au Revoir Expos
Kerry Fraser's Hair Scare
TV Ecstasy
Golden Sunday
Collateral Damage
Half Goaltender, Half Zoolander
How Canada Can Bounce Back
Mr. Kilrea's Opus
The Boy from the Hood
The Politics of Puck
The Habs' Season of Ceremony
Premature Evaluation: An Embarrassing Male (and Female) Problem
Magic Karpet Rides
The Monkey Prophecies
Duchene and Hodgson: Boyhood Pals Now a World Apart
The Gift of Girls
What They Really Mean
Ottawa's Fatal Flaw
Jungle Love
Jungle Love, Part 2
NHL Standings Should Be Pointless
Mountain View
Geno Comes Out of the Shadows
Go Rat-Horse Go!
Why'd You Diss Hockey, Tiger?
Survey Says!
Total (Lack of) Recall
Aaron Freaking Ward
Bah Humpuck!
Getting a Bad Rep
Bye-Bye SI
The Right Duff
A Break from Bertuzzi
Anna and Me: A Love Story
This Dog's Life
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