Facing Wayne Gretzky (eBook)

Players Recall the Greatest Hockey Player Who Ever Lived

Brian Kennedy (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
240 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-731-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Wayne Gretzky holds the records for the most goals, assists, and points scored in a career, in addition to about 60 other records. These feats, in tandem with his exceptional on-ice performances, earned him the nickname The Great One as well as the immediate retirement of his number (99) across the NHL at the end of his playing days. During his 10-year career with the Edmonton Oilers, Gretzky led the team to five Stanley Cup Finals appearances and four wins. After moving on to Los Angeles, he also led the Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Finals. Gretzky ended his career with the New York Rangers in 1999.Far from a conventional biography, Facing Wayne Gretzky offers perspectives and testimonials from opponents and teammates alike, including Denis Potvin, Kelly Hrudey, Rob Blake, and many more.Never has another hockey player achieved what The Great One did on the ice, and it is unlikely that one will soon. This book details what its like to face the best player who ever skated, illuminating his passing ability, his deceptively effective shot, and his inventiveness both with the puck and without.Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Brian Kennedy covers the Los Angeles Kings and Anaheim Ducks for Inside Hockey and other publications. His previous books include Pond Hockey, My Country Is Hockey, Growing Up Hockey, and Living the Hockey Dream. Kennedy is an English professor at Pasadena City College.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.10.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Schlagworte: All-Star • basketballs • Bay • biography project • Blackbird • bobby orr • books on biography projects books on hockey • books on detroit reds • books on national hockeys • books on nhl hockeys • books on red wings • books on stanley cups • Bruins • California • canadiens • colleen • defenseman • detroit red • Edmonton • Expansion • famer • goaltender • hockey association • hockey career • hockey hall • hockey history • hockey league • hockey legend • hockey players • Houston • huge hockey • Hull • Humble • Ice Hockey • jack adams • Jersey • Kings • la king • legendary la • Los Angeles Lakers • Maple Leaf • Marty • Montreal • national hockey • New York Rangers • nhl draft • nhl history • nhl hockey • non-hockey • oilers • on-ice • packers rowdies • paid player • philadelphia flyers • played hockey • played professional • play hockey • playing hockey • playing professional • play professional • prairies • Pro • professional hockey • records • red wings • Saskatchewan • Saskatoon • scored • scorers • Scoring • Seasons • six teams • stanley cups • summit • Tampa • teammate • toronto maple • Trophies • Wayne Gretzky • whalers • Wing • world hockey
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-731-5 / 1613217315
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-731-3 / 9781613217313