Hockey Books

[stop__dreaming]

Thanks for the tips!

I've definitely gone for; The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk that Changed the NHL Forever by Alan Bass and Putting a Roof on Winter: Hockey's Rise from Sport to Spectacle by Michael McKinley.

Still contemplating on a couple others, too.

[hockeybear]

thunder and lightning by phil esposito

[Flyers16]

Thanks for the tips!

I've definitely gone for; The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk that Changed the NHL Forever by Alan Bass .

I'm not familar with that book. Is it about the initial expansion of 1967, or is it about something else? If it's about the 1967 expansion, and if it's fairly comprehensive about the events surrounding why the NHL expanded and the expansion itself, I would be interested in reading it.

[Craig2]

I'm not familar with that book. Is it about the initial expansion of 1967, or is it about something else? If it's about the 1967, and if it's fairly comprehensive about the events surrounding while the NHL expanded and the expansion itself, I would be interested in reading it.

I just ordered this one today, I'll post a quick review on this thread once I'm done. It's about the 1967 expansion, and the few reviews I've read have said that it's very thorough in its examination of that event.

[stop__dreaming]

I'm not familar with that book. Is it about the initial expansion of 1967, or is it about something else? If it's about the 1967, and if it's fairly comprehensive about the events surrounding while the NHL expanded and the expansion itself, I would be interested in reading it.

As Craig said above, it is about the '67 expansion and from what I've heard, it's very informative and in-depth.

I believe the author published it off his own back, too.

[Footnote75]

In The Bin is great.

I like Miami Ice as well but I'm biased!

[TheBoxBreaker]

Thanks for the tips!

I've definitely gone for; The Great Expansion: The Ultimate Risk that Changed the NHL Forever by Alan Bass and Putting a Roof on Winter: Hockey's Rise from Sport to Spectacle by Michael McKinley.

Still contemplating on a couple others, too.

GL picking them up, and enjoy reading them!

[Flyers16]

I just ordered this one today, I'll post a quick review on this thread once I'm done. It's about the 1967 expansion, and the few reviews I've read have said that it's very thorough in its examination of that event.

Thanks for the comments, and I'd be interested in your review once you are done reading the book. I'll be on the lookout in the local book stores for it.
It sounds like an interesting book, especially for someone like myself who is into in-depth analysis of sports history. I would hope that it would answer some of the questions I have about the 1967 expansion like how the expansion cities were chosen, why Cleveland was by-passed, why hockey in Oakland failed, etc.

[Craig2]

I've only read about the first 20 pages so far of The Great Expansion, but I have to say that to this point the writing itself is detracting from enjoyment of the book. Nobody is going to mistake the writing of Alan Bass with that of David Halberstam or Roger Kahn.

An example from his writing regarding the coming expansion - "The announcement of the news was so big that most people don't even remember which teams succceeded in those final two years." Now maybe I'm mistaken, but I would guess that most hockey fans with any interest in the game's history have a pretty good idea of who won the Stanley Cup in 1967. It's impossible not to have that fact dredged up every year, especially for fans north of the border.

[thesnake87]

The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told edited by Bryant Urstadt.

I've always liked it :D