Blood Feuds: Hockey's Best-ever Rivalries

by Hockey News; Kennedy, Ryan

• ISBN13: 9780981393810
• ISBN10: 0981393810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-26
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Victory is sweet, but victory over a hated adversary is even better. Hockey is an emotional game and throughout the sport's history, a good deal of blood and ill will has been spilled in the name of rivalry. With that in mind,The Hockey NewspresentsBlood Feuds, a look at the greatest rivalries the game has witness. Team versus team, player versus player, even entire countries get involved in these skirmishes for all ages. All the biggest names are here, from Wayne Gretzky and Patrick Roy to Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. Even Gordie Howe and Rocket Richard were hated - by each other, no less. You will find heroes and villains from all eras and all locales complete with over 60 action photographs.

Author Biography

Ryan Kennedy has been a writer and editor at The Hockey News since 2005. He lives in Toronto with his wife Christine and daughter Elizabeth.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
War On Ice	p. 13
New York Rangers vs. New York Islanders	p. 14
Cam Neely vs. Ulf Samuelsson	p. 18
Cal Gardner vs. Ken Reardon	p. 22
Don Cherry vs. Europeans	p. 24
Finland vs. Sweden	p. 28
University of Wisconsin vs. University of Minnesota	p. 32
Regina Pats vs. Saskatoon Blades	p. 35
Sean Avery vs. The NHL	p. 38
Norm Green vs. Minnesota	p. 43
Colorado Avalanche vs. Detroit Red Wings	p. 46
Sprague Cleghorn vs. Eddie Gerard	p. 51
University of Michigan vs. Michigan State University	p. 54
Philadelphia Phantoms vs. Hershey Bears	p. 57
Soviet Union vs. Czechoslovakia	p. 61
Bill Wirtz vs. Chicago	p. 64
Montreal Canadiens vs. Quebec Nordiques	p. 69
NHL vs. WHA	p. 73
Boston College vs. Boston University	p. 77
Chicoutimi Sagueneens vs. Quebec Remparts	p. 80
Peter Karmanos vs. Mike Ilitch	p. 83
Russ Conway vs. Alan Eagleson	p. 86
Ken Hitchcock vs. Punch McLean	p. 88
TSN vs. CBC	p. 91
Ed Belfour vs. Marty Turco	p. 94
Ottawa vs. Alexei Yashin	p. 97
Harold Ballard vs. Toronto	p. 101
New York Rangers vs. Boston Bruins	p. 104
Patrick Roy vs. Montreal Canadiens	p. 108
Don Cherry vs. Ron Wilson	p. 110
Sergei Gonchar vs. Washington Capitals fans	p. 113
Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Philadelphia Flyers	p. 115
Brian Burke vs. Kevin Lowe	p. 119
Daniel Alfredsson vs. Toronto	p. 122
Canadian Women vs. American Women	p. 124
Doug Harvey vs. The Hockey Hall of Fame	p. 127
Conn Smythe vs. Frank Selke	p. 129
AHL vs. IHL	p. 132
Calgary Flames vs. Edmonton Oilers	p. 136
Canada vs. Russia	p. 140
Sidney Crosby vs. Alex Ovechkin	p. 145
Eric Lindros vs. Quebec	p. 149
Bob Probert vs. Tie Domi	p. 151
Montreal Canadiens vs. Toronto Maple Leafs	p. 153
Mike Milbury vs. The World	p. 157
Eric Lindros vs. Bobby Clarke	p. 160
Ted Lindsay vs. The NHL	p. 163
Boston Bruins vs. Montreal Canadiens	p. 166
Wayne Gretzky vs. New Jersey	p. 170
Dany Heatley vs. Ottawa Senators	p. 172
Kingston Frontenacs vs. Belleville Bulls	p. 174
The Norris Division vs. The Norris Division	p. 178
Ray Emery vs. Ottawa Senators	p. 182
Chris Pronger vs. Edmonton	p. 185
Harvard University vs. Cornell University	p. 188
Jim Schoenfeld vs. Don Koharski	p. 190
Gordie Howe vs. Rocket Richard	p. 192
Larry Brooks vs. John Tortorella	p. 196
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