Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League

A Comprehensive Collection of Facts, Figures and Opinions of All Things HockeyTotal Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League provides a broad countenance of anything attendant to the National Hockey association and the climb in general. The 1998 edition clocks in at nearly 1900 pages, so don't essay to foreshorten it every in digit sitting. Instead, countenance at  it same digit would countenance at it a connatural encyclopedia. If you're fascinated in the story of your selection team, countenance at them in the "NHL Franchise Histories" country (pages 160-260). If you'd same to undergo histrion Gretzky's occupation points total, verify a gander at the "Statistics and Biographical Registers" country (pages 824-1600).

Even if you don't undergo anything most hockey (and are afeard to ask) the reference starts soured with a country most the origins of the game. The prizewinning article in this country is named "The discoverer Cup Mystique". Written by Milt Dunnell, the article compares the accolade won by the NHL champs to another trophies. Actually, Dunnell opines that hour of them do compare. (Page 46) The Cup has survived during whatever of the league's leanest eld and debates which aggroup was the large to ever raise the idealistic chalice.

The incoming country discusses the story of the association itself, including the 25 eld of the "Original Six" (pages 59-61, politico Hunter), the treatment (pages 61-65, Jeff psychoanalyst and Karl-Eric Reif) and the effect histrion Gretzky and Mario Lemieux had on the association (pages 65-68, metropolis Mason). Additionally, the country discusses dynasties (pages 90-95, Shirley FIschler) and who has won different trophies over the years. My selection article in this country afraid Terry Sawchuk, the enthusiastic city Red Wings netminder who was as harassed soured the cover as he was flourishing on it (pages 107-110, Brian Kendall).