Hockey Books

A very nice book on the little told world of oldtimer hockey tours.
There is one scene in the book, where the oldtimers play a gag on an unsuspecting rock singer on one of the teams that night, that is hysterical.
Overall, very worthwhile for hard-core hockey fans.

I loved all the stories about National Team players. Without that book I would of never found out about the greatset player ever,Hayley Wickenheiser! I recomend this book to anybody who loves women's hockey with a passion. Carrie Horbatuk Age 1

looking for a book that presents nice pictures as well as a nice history time line for a young reader who loves hockey. you've found your book my 8 year old enjoys reading it & we can cross over to my 5 year old by the pictures & text from the pictures. these kinds of books are hard to find but this one is a "no brainer "

Very colorful book. The action shots are great and lots of them. The editorial is light and easy to read.

I was about three-quarters of the way through Grant Tracey's "Parallel Lines and the Hockey Universe" today when I realized I didn't want it to ever end. It was after finishing the brief story "Dragonflies" - one of 21 pieces in the collection. The last sentence of this poignant, short work draws all that has happened (and there is much; and what formidable literary skill: to pack so much into the short-story form) to a hopeful, peaceful truce. A young hockey player has been tutoring a third-grader on her school report on dragonflies. Her father, the night previous, has left her and her mother. The young tutor is trying to make sense of this - for her, for himself - invoking what he knows without doubt, without mitigation: the game of hockey. Of dragonflies, Tracey writes, "Isaiah hoped that maybe on the way to the car they'd see them, thousands, hovering silently." Tracey had me in this collection long before that closing line, but that was the moment I didn't want his new book from Pocol Press to end. And it summed up much of what Tracey's work presented to me as a reader: the values, struggles, low-hanging skies, victories, honesty, wonder and clarity of meaning that emanates from the geographic center of the North American continent. A coach who cares deeply about not only the kids on his team, but for those on another who must forfeit because their funding has dried up. A grocer who refuses - even at the height of hard times - to buy black-market meat because it lacks the government stamp to prove its fitness for his customers. Two teenagers who come to that awful and wonderful precipice: a first kiss. Coaches, lovers, friends, immigrants... everything and everyone real and sensate and unpretentious about life. You want Zambonis and Led Zeppelin? Cross-checkings and coach-ejectings? Heartache and deep, faithful love. You want them all at once, in just the right dose? Read Tracey's book and see if you feel the same way I do: that a follow-up couldn't come quickly enough.

A must have for any youth hockey coach.

This is a great book for young Hockey fans. It doesn't just focus on winning but on everything, the Ups and downs of playing the position of goalie. The book is filled with great pictures of Patrick in action. It is also easy enough to read for the younger fans.

Paul Kariya truly rocks and this book proves it, too. This book is really cool and what is cooler is it's all about Paul Kariya, the greatest hockey player EVER!

Going through the book brought back such great memories from the Broad Street Bullies years. A must have for any true Flyers Fan!

I would reccommend this book to any hockey fan. I think that Pierre Turgeon is one of the most underrated players in the NHL. Every year he is among the scoring leaders in the league. The media always make negative comments about him saying that he is a soft player, he has no heart or intensity and chokes in the playoffs. This book helps to contradict those ideas by showing that he is a determined and competitive player focused on winning, even if he is not the most phsyical player in the game. This is a story about a player who has faced criticism throughout his career, much of it undeserved, and has went on to have a successful career.