Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #75488 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Synopsis
The history of hockey is filled with the bizarre, the unexpected, and the hard to believe. Hockey's Most Wanted chronicles seven hundred of the most outrageous players, coaches, and owners in hockey history. In humorous detail, Floyd Conner describes hockey's top ten strange plays, inept players, bizarre nicknames, craziest fans, colorful characters, unlikely heroes, odious owners, worst coaches, beleaguered officials, most brutal fights, and more. Learn why Dave Reece was nicknamed "The Human Sieve" and find out which goalie once gave up fifteen goals in a game. Meet the player who was whistled for a record 67 penalty minutes in a single game and another who played in the National Hockey League for five years before scoring his first goal. Imagine scoring the winning goal in the seventh and deciding game of the Stanley Cup - for the opposing team - or how it felt to be the defenseman traded for a net. You can find all this and more in Hockey's Most Wanted, a book that every hockey fan will enjoy.

Customer Reviews

Great Little Drop in Book
This is a gret little book for dropping in and out of.
Bitesize pieces for the casual reader are a real boon if you only have a couple of minutes to spare.
i won't spoil any of it for you by quoting,. suffice to say that the author has put together a great selection of hockey bits for yoy delectation,.. Any Hockey fan will not be disappointed with this great priced book.
Buy it.

Ice Hockey trivia
I bought this as a birthday present for one of my nephews, a keen ice hockey player. It seemed to concentrate on Canadian ice hockey, so I don't know whether my nephew would even have heard of those mentioned.
There seemed to be a lot of text to read, and not many (if any) photos or illustrations. I think I would have been disapointed to receive this, but then, I'm not an ice hockey fan.