The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told The Finest Writers on Ice

by Urstadt, Bryant

• ISBN13: 9781592289059
• ISBN10: 1592289053
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told is an anthology of classic tales from the locker room, behind the benches, in the buses, and of course, on the ice itself. You'll hear Mike Richter talk about seeing the ice, tag along with Peter Gzowski as he tries to decode the magic that was Wayne Gretzky, follow Red Fisher on a last visit to the legendary Toe Blake, and hear from the players who made the Miracle on Ice happen at the 1980 Olympics.

Author Biography

Bryant Urstadt has written about hockey for ESPN The Magazine and Details, and he has also written for Harper’s, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut, with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	ix
Bryant Urstadt
A REMINDER OF WHAT WE CAN BE	3	(16)
E.M. Swift
FACING THE SHOOTER	19	(20)
Alec Wilkinson
OPEN NET	39	(20)
George Plimpton
THE GAME OF OUR LIVES	59	(18)
Peter Gzowski
STEAUA WEARS A BLACK HAT	77	(26)
Dave Bidini
HOCKEY FAN-ANTICS	103	(10)
Jeff Greenfield
DAMAGE CONTROL	113	(8)
Gare Joyce
AN INNOCENT AT RINKSIDE	121	(4)
William Faulkner
TOE	125	(20)
Red Fisher
HOCKEY NIGHTS	145	(26)
Guy Lawson
BUILDING A RINK OF YOUR OWN	171	(12)
Jack Falla
MY CAREER WITH THE LEAFS	183	(18)
Brian Fawcett
THE STYLE IS THE MAN	201	(20)
Hugh Hood
OUR HOCKEY IS HOTTER THAN YOUR HOCKEY	221	(10)
Bryant Urstadt
THE HEALING POWER OF HOCKEY	231	(12)
John Stackhouse
SLAP SHOT	243
Nancy Dowd