Stellicktricity : Stories, Highlights, and Other Hockey Juice from a Life Plugged into the Game

by Stellick, Gord

• ISBN13: 9781118076101
• ISBN10: 1118076109
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

From the youngest general manager in NHL history to veteran on-air hockey analyst-Gord Stellick has seen it all, and now tells it all Few have been given the opportunity to be on both sides of the hockey rink-managing the Leafs and the Rangers and then regaling his legion of TV and radio fans with the colorful insider knowledge he's amassed-about blockbuster trades, NHL stars, and the talent that got away. But Gord Stellick has. In an almost forty-year career, he's one of the best known hockey personalities around. And Stellicktricity captures the man, his career as the ultimate hockey insider, and insights and anecdotes on the game he loves so much. Not only is the book crammed with details on hockey greats like Gretzky, Orr, Sakic, and Crosby, his NHL bosses (like Harold Ballard and Punch Imlach), but it also contains an inimitable look at Stellick's colleagues in the media. Destined to become a favorite of hockey fans everywhere, Stellicktricity not only covers every corner of the game of hockey but offers the author's unique view of other sports across North America. Stellick is ubiquitous as a host, color commentator, and analyst on hockey broadcasts and shows of all kinds in TV and radio The book is loaded with Leafs content and brimming with anecdotes about legendary players, hockey management, and NHL characters (like Bob Goodenow and Wendel Clark) By turns serious and funny, every page of Stellicktricity crackles with the wit and wisdom of a born raconteur-and the hard-headed, real world insights of a man who's lived and breathed the game of hockey for the better part of his life.

Author Biography

Gord Stellick is one of Canada's best-knownsports personalities, on both sides of the cameras and microphones. He began working with the Toronto Maple Leafs part-time in 1975 at the age of 18. He rose through the organization to become Assistant to the General Manager, then Assistant GM, and ultimately General Manager of the Leafs in 1988. To this day, he remains the youngest GM in NHL history (30 years old when he assumed the position). After 16 months as Leafs GM, he became Assistant GM for the New York Rangers for two years.
Stellick returned to Toronto in 1991, and has been on the media side ever since. He was the colour commentator on all Leaf radio broadcasts from 1991 to 1995, and a member of the Leafs game broadcast team from 1995 to 1998 on CHCH-TV. He was a hockey analyst at The Score (formerly Headline Sports) before joining Rogers' Sportsnet in 2002. He has hosted sports radio talk shows on the FAN 590 since 1993. As well he is a hockey insider/analyst for the radio station, and hosted the pre- and post-game hockey broadcasts, Blue and White Tonight, on the FAN 590. He is the co-author of two hockey books, has appeared on CBC, Canada AM on CTV, CTV Newsnet, Sportsline on Global TV, and is in demand as an emcee or speaker at corporate and charity events.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. vii
Draft Day	p. 1
Fun and Games	p. 23
Building the Blue and White	p. 47
Good Trades and Bad Trades	p. 95
The Greats of the Game	p. 115
Yes, That Is What It Was Like Working for Harold Ballard	p. 145
Tall Tales and Small Tales	p. 179
The Holy Grail	p. 205
Life Behind the Microphone	p. 241
Index	p. 265
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