Hockey Firsts
Inventions, Innovations, Records & Milestones
- Publisher
- Editions de la Montagne Verte
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2009
- Category
- Hockey
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897277430
- Publish Date
- Aug 2009
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Read about the amazing stories behind the first: * Rubber puck * 50 goals in 50 games * Goalie facemask * 92-goal season * Professional hockey league * Female to play in the NHL * All-Black hockey league * Foster Hewitt broadcast * Artificial ice rink * Forward pass * Brother vs brother goaltending dual * Goaltender to score a goal * Hat trick in Stanley Cup finals * Double hat trick * First Black player * First Native player * Slapshot * Defenseman to lead in scoring * Referee * Change on the fly * 10 straight playoff victories * Olympic Gold * Canada Cup *Hockey Dynasty * And many more...
About the author
Arpon Basu had said since the age of eight that he would one day make the National Hockey League. Any chance of that happening, came to a crashing halt when, at 15 when he realized he was completely devoid of any talent. He earned a graduate journalism degree from Concordia University and went straight to a sports-writing job with the Canadian Press. The first time he walked into the Montréal Canadiens dressing room as a giddy cub reporter, Basu nearly fell over as it dawned on him that, despite his ineptitude on the ice, he had in fact been telling the truth as a dreamy-eyed eight-year-old.Basu covers sports for the Canadian Press in Montréal and writes a weekly sports column for the Montréal Gazette. He is also editor of Montréal’s South Shore, The St-Lambert Journal.
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