Titans of '72 (eBook)

Team Canada's Summit Series Heroes

Mike Leonetti (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
136 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-0768-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Phil Esposito, Ken Dryden, Frank Mahovlich, Yvan Cournoyer, Bobby Clarke -- these are some of the Team Canada hockey heroes who struggled to defeat the Soviet Union in the September 1972 Summit Series. Here are profiles of each Canadian who played on that fabled Team Canada, showcased with superb photographs by Harold Barkley.

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In September 1972 Team Canada’s heroes triumphed over the Soviet Union in the greatest hockey battle of all time. Phil and Tony Esposito, Paul Henderson, Ken Dryden, Frank and Peter Mahovlich, Ron Ellis, Yvan Cournoyer, Rod Gilbert, Bobby Clarke, Guy Lapointe, Stan Mikita, Brad Park - these are some of the Team Canada heroes who struggled mightily to defeat the Soviet Union’s formidable superstars. For most of September 1972, Canadians were riveted to their television screens in what became one of the most-watched events in Canadian history.At first, in Canada, the Canadians floundered so badly, losing two games and tying one, that it seemed impossible to overcome the embarrassment of total defeat. But in Moscow, after losing another match, Team Canada turned the tables on the Soviets, winning an amazing three games in a row to take the Summit Series.Now, in Titans of ’72, bestselling author Mike Leonetti tells the stories behind each Canadian on that fabled Team Canada, including those like Bobby Orr who didn’t actually play. Accompanying Leonetti’s portraits of these genuine Canadian heroes are superb pictures by Harold Barkley, a photographer who pioneered the use of stop-action colour photography in hockey.

Autor

Mike Leonetti has published more than 30 hockey books, including Hockey's Original 6: Great Players of the Golden Era, Shooting for Glory: The Paul Henderson Story, and The Game We Knew trilogy. His picture books for children include My Leafs Sweater and The Greatest Goal. He lives in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2012
• Illustrationen: Harold Barkley
• Vorwort: Roy Macgregor
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Schlagworte: Canadian hockey fans • Foster Hewitt , Harry Sinden , Paul Henderson , Soviet Union , Russians, training camp, Yvan Cournoyer , Rod Gilbert , captains for Team Canada , Sweden and Czechoslovakia , Alan Eagleson , Ken Dryden , 8 games in 28 days, international hockey rules , two referee system , Brad Park , Jean Ratelle • Team Canada, Summit Series , Series of the Century , Maple Leaf Gardens , Montreal Forum, Winnipeg , Vancouver , game winning goals, Esposito brothers , Mahovlich brothers, Moscow, September 1972, Russians , democacy vs. communism, hockey trivia and ancedotes , hockey facts , Hockey Hall of Fame • Vladislav Tretiak , Valery Kharlamov , Alexander Yakushev , September28, 1972
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-0768-0 / 1459707680
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-0768-9 / 9781459707689