The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told - Paperback

by Bryant Urstadt (Editor)

The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told is an anthology of classic tales from the locker room, behind the benches, in the buses, and of course, on the ice itself. You'll hear Mike Richter talk about seeing the ice, tag along with Peter Gzowski as he tries to decode the magic that was Wayne Gretzky, follow Red Fisher on a last visit to the legendary Toe Blake, and hear from the players who made the Miracle on Ice happen at the 1980 Olympics.

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The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told is an anthology of classic tales from the locker room, behind the benches, in the buses, and of course, on the ice itself. You'll hear Mike Richter talk about seeing the ice, tag along with Peter Gzowski as he tries to decode the magic that was Wayne Gretzky, follow Red Fisher on a last visit to the legendary Toe Blake, and hear from the players who made the Miracle on Ice happen at the 1980 Olympics.Contributors include: E. M. Swift, Alec Wilkinson, George Plimpton, Peter Gzowski, Dave Bidini, Jeff Greenfield, Gare Joyce, William Faulkner, Red Fisher, Guy Lawson, Jack Falla, Brian Fawcett, Hugh Hood, John Stackhouse, and Nancy Dowd.

Author Biography

Bryant Urstadt has written about hockey for ESPN The Magazine and Details, and he has also written for Harper's, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut, with his wife and two children.