Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: 2012 Hockey Books

  • Hockey Smut

    Apparently there is a whole new genre of hockey books for 2012: Hockey Smut.Yes, the rushed world of romance/smut novels is crossing over to the hockey world, hoping to score (pun intended) with titles like Taking a Shot by Jaci Burton, One Man Rush an…

  • Refereeing Identity: The Cultural Work of Canadian Hockey Novels

    Michael Buma offers us the academic release: Refereeing Identity: The Cultural Work of Canadian Hockey NovelsHockey novels in Canada have emerged and thrived as a popular fiction genre, building on the mythology of Canadian hockey as a rough, testoster…

  • Stickhandling Through The Margins: First Nations Hockey in Canada

    Released in April 2012 by the University of Toronto, Stickhandling through the Margins: First Nations Hockey in Canada offers an inside look at hockey in Canada’s Native communities. Some of hockey’s fiercest and most passionate players and fans can …

  • Breakaway: The Untold Story of Hockey’s Great Escapes

    This is a book that I am very much looking forward to.Tal Pinchevsky’s Breakaway: The Untold Story of Hockeys Great Escapes tells the story of many of hockey’s famous players who had to defect from behind the Iron Curtain to play in the National Hockey…

  • Sports Illustrated: The Great One: The Complete Wayne Gretzky Collection

    Sports Illustrated continues to search through their enormous archives to churn out more and more books. The latest hockey entry is The Great One: The Complete Wayne Gretzky Collection.Buy The Book: Amazon.ca – Chapters – Amazon.com – Kindle Sports Ill…

  • Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos

    This a long over due book. Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos tells the story of heartbreaking tragedy that shook a Canadian town and the whole hockey world to it’s core.On December 30, 1986, the Swift Current Bron…

  • Team Canada 1972: The Official 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Summit Series

    Andrew Podnieks has put together the new commemorative book Team Canada 1972: The Official 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Summit SeriesBuy The Book: Amazon.ca – Chapters – Amazon.com Podnieks, who has put together over 50 hockey books now, offers …

  • Barry Melrose: Dropping The Gloves

    The popular and mulleted Barry Melrose is releasing an autobiography in 2012. Dropping the Gloves: Inside the Fiercely Combative World of Professional Hockey is set to hit store shelves in October.Buy The Book: Amazon.ca – Chapters – Amazon.comHer…

  • Journeyman by Sean Pronger

    Some players, such as the great defenseman Chris Pronger, are blessed with the opportunity to turn their great physical abilities into a Hockey Hall of Fame career.Most players are nowhere near as fortunate. They spend their careers riding buses in the…

  • Marcel Pronovost: A Life In Hockey

    Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Marcel Pronovost is releasing his autobiography (written with Bob Duff) in 2012. Marcel Pronovost: A Life in Hockey is scheduled to be released in November.Buy The Book: Amazon.ca – Chapters – Amazon.comMarcel Pronovost w…