(Part 3) Top products from r/hockey

Since some of you might not have seen it, I'm posting it here. I compiled a list of off-season read/watch list of hockey related media. Anyone have suggestions I may have missed?

Movies

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SlapShot|A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games
Goon|Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way.
Youngblood|A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town.
The Mighty Ducks Trilogy|A self-centered lawyer is sentenced to community service coaching a rag tag youth hockey team. In the second movie, leads them to the World Junior Goodwill Games. And in the third movie, the gang heads to a cake-eater private school and a different, tougher coach.
Mystery, Alaska|This comedy is about the residents of a small town who get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event
Miracle|Miracle tells the true story of Herb Brooks (Russell), the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad.
Breakaway|An Indian-Canadian hockey player struggles against traditional family values and discrimination from mainstream hockey players.

TV & Documentaries

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24/7| The road to the Winter Classic details the trials and tribulations of 2 teams each season as they head into the Winter Classic. First Season: Caps/Pens. Second Season: Flyers/Rangers
Pond Hockey|Pond Hockey examines the changing culture of sports through insightful interviews with hockey stars, experts, journalists and local rink rats alike. More than just a celebration of a beloved game, Pond Hockey searches the open ice for the true meaning of sport.
The Last Gladiators|In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price.
Hockey: A People's History|The history of the sport of ice hockey and its impact on the founding country of Canada.
30 fo 30: A King's Ransom|Story of the Gretzky trade from Oilers to the Kings.

Books

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The Game|Ken Dryden|Ken Dryden, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, is recognized as one of the greatest goalies ever to play the game. More than that, he is one of hockey's most intelligent and insightful commentators. In The Game, Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans.
The Boys of Winter|Wayne Coffey|They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered what Sports Illustrated called the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable.
J.R.|Jeremy Roenick|Jeremy Roenick, one of the premier hockey players of his generation and one of the greatest American stars the NHL has ever known, shares his life story in this frank and unflinching autobiography.
Crossing the Line|Derek Sanderson|The autobiography of one of hockey’s first rebels and a beloved member of the “Big Bad Bruins,” this book shares how Derek Sanderson’s ferocious style helped lead the team to two Stanley Cup victories in the early 1970s.
Playing With Fire|Theo Fleury|Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home.
Jonesy: Put Your Head Down and Skate|Kieth Jones|Jonsey is the story of Keith s career in the league as well as all of the interesting stories he accumulated over the course of his career, playing with some of the leagues best players in the last 15 years, including Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic, Mark Recchi and Eric Lindros. Forward by Ray Bourque.
Blood Feud|Adrian Dater|Blood Feud is a rollicking story of a fierce, and often violent, rivalry between the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche.
Tough Guy|Bob Probert|Documenting his notorious career with the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks, Bob Probert details in this autobiography how he racked up points, penalty minutes, and bar bills, establishing himself as one of the most feared enforcers in the history of the NHL.
Journeyman|Sean Pronger|The many triumphs (and even more numerous defeats) of a guy who's seen just about everything in the game of hockey while playing for 11 teams in 16 years.
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber|Julian Rubenstein|The true story of a bank robbing backup goalie in Hungary who becomes a folk hero right after the fall of communism.
Breakaway|Tal Pinchevsky|The stories of the first players to defect and/or get work visas to play in the NHL from Czechoslovakia and the USSR.
Breakaway|Andrew Conte|A detailed, fascinating account of Penguins rise from bankruptcy to Stanley Cup champion that takes you inside the board rooms as well as the players dressing rooms.
Artificial Ice|David Whitson, Richard Gruneau|Artificial Ice explores how hockey has moved from popular pastime to commercial entertainment product, and one struggling to maintain its stature in the North American entertainment market.
The Instigator|Jonathon Gatehouse|Two decades of lockouts, soaring ticket prices, and on-ice tinkering have convinced many hard-core fans that the NHL’s long-time commissioner Gary Bettman is the devil in disguise, but this book examines his motivations, peels back his often prickly demeanor, and explains how he manages to lead, confound, and keep order.
Orr: My Story|Bobby Orr|Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. From 1966 through the mid-seventies, he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. No defenseman had ever played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. Now he tells of his inspirations, his motivations, and what drove him to become one of the greats. Avalable October 15

This wasn't on the list of books in the link posted from last year.

It's a good, fun read and gives a look into the best linesman, and one of the most fantastic skaters I've ever seen.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0470838345/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1404578984&sr=1-2&pi=SY200_QL40

Just want to take the time to let people know about the book The Instigator. It does a great job of explaining the good things he's done for the game, as he has really grown the league as a business and done a lot to promote it to areas that previously had little interest in hockey.

Pretty sure this is it. From the reviews it's a look at Black Canadian life that uses hockey as a way of talking about a larger experience, so if you're looking for a book that's just about hockey it seems it's not the one for you, but that said it seems like a good read and I'm hoping I can find it cheap somewhere.

I have The Hockey Play Book. If you like studying diagrams for plays it might be helpful. A good book to read through would be The Hockey Handbook by Lloyd Percival; especially the strategy and tactics sections. You can buy it for a penny.

Any really good hockey books?

I just finished King of Russia based on a comment here in some thread and found it a really fascinating read. I'm looking for more similar things, not necessarily about one player, but more about hockey culture, different countries coming together for play, things like that.

Not a documentary but if you're into reading things there's an autobiography published in the early 90s, not long after he was traded to the Kings.

It was really good, and you get a good idea of how he grew up and became so dominant.

https://www.amazon.ca/Gretzky-Autobiography-Wayne-Reilly-Rick/dp/0060163399

Fiancée got me a copy of Stat Shot. Pretty neat book. I've only read the first two chapters (which is over 100 pages, in my defense), but it's rather fascinating.

Home Ice: Reflections on Backyard Rinks and Frozen Ponds by Jack Falla

http://www.amazon.com/Home-Ice-Reflections-Backyard-Frozen/dp/1930845049

Great book about hockey. Can not recommend it enough.

There is no shortage of books that describe how participating in a particular sporting activity strengthens bonds between people. Falla's book accomplishes this feat through a collection of essays on backyard skating rinks and frozen ponds and how these local skating venues allow their participants to get in touch with the game of hockey in addition to building relationships with family and friends. The author, a sportswriter and author of Sports Illustrated Hockey, is the architect and CEO of his full-scale backyard rink, the Bacon Street Omni, around which neighborhood life seems to revolve during the long, cold months. Each essay is short and provides for excellent recreational reading for people interested in skating in general and hockey in particular. Throughout, the author's love for winter sports is clear, especially as a link between his New England childhood and his current life, but readers who have never put on a pair of skates may have trouble connecting with this well written book. --Library Journal

Well, there's always the classic Scrubs on Skates series. Published in the 50s and written by Neil Young's dad Scott.

As for non-fiction, I really liked From the Broadcast Booth by Brian McFarlane. He also has a series profiling the Original Six teams. Link to Leafs one because bias.

It's if it were me, not the median person. Crosby was super apologetic in the moment, and that's all that would be necessary.

Say occassional-Leafs-callup Josh Leivo high-sticks a ref in an NHL game. Should he do the same thing (send a stick)? Is it just as meaningful, despite him being a bubble NHLer? I don't know the answers. Does the weirdness begin to show up a little here?

Not making any particular point, but I read a nice book by sportswriter Jack Falla in which he tells a story of how he played in a practice with the Oilers and Gretzky gave him a stick. Of course he appreciated the stick, but he just took it home and put it in with all the other normal store-bought sticks, and him and his kids used it on the backyard rink. Eventually it broke, and he lost track of it but suspected it was now just a stake used to hold up the rink's boards or tomato vines in the garden.

Two good ones I've read:

Baptism by Ice

King of Russia: A Year in the Russian Super League

That might be the worst list I've ever seen.

I mean, they didn't put "The Game" by Ken Dryden on there, widely regarded as one of the best sports books of all time.

A couple of other good ones I've read include

King of Russia - Dave King about coaching in the USSR

The Final Call - Kerry Fraser - Kerry Fraser's book that is full of really good stories from his reffing career.

We had these on our registry and my son has worn them to maybe a dozen games at this point. He seems to like them just fine. We started taking him to games at ~4 months and he's about 17 months now and they've always fit nicely.

There is a book! 😊

J.R's book is great and Wayne Gretzky's book is a must as well

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Only being an NHL fan for a few years, someone suggested this book. It's really good

You'll want to start out with the basics - try to find a copy of Ultimate Hockey. This was my bathroom reader for years. It goes over every major event and development of the first 100+ years of the game (up to the year 2000), and gives great profiles of most of the game's stars of each period.

This one is by a linesman

I read both this and the Fraser book and I remember liking this one more, but both were interesting reads.

His life has been recounted in a novel. A very good read. Recommended.

Completely unrelated, but often in Canada you'll see kids wearing some sort of ear protection at games.

Is this uncommon in the US? I figured it'd be popular with any sort of stadium event.

King of Russia is an interesting read about the inner workings of the KHL.

Thunder and Lightning wasn't too bad. It's Phil Esposito's biography.

He wrote a book and it's actually a really good read

http://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Shore-that-Old-Time-Hockey/dp/0771041292

Really good read and insight into hockey in the 20s/30s/40s, it follows Eddie Bauer's career.

Maybe the fact this one got made hindered Snoop's project -

Soul on Ice

Also there is a book called Black Ice which is interesting
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ice-History-Maritimes-1895-1925/dp/1551096951

And only $494 for the hardcover! I think what you really want (and is recommended by Tarasov) is Lloyd Percival's book. This was really their blueprint. And it's only $2.19 in paperback
https://www.amazon.ca/Hockey-Handbook-Lloyd-Percival/dp/0771070160

To piggyback on the Derek Boogaard saga, John Branch wrote the book Boy on Ice about him. It's incredibly well written and only took me a week to read so it'd be a good place to get info on how the league treats/has treated enforcers and their enabling of pain medication addiction.

https://www.amazon.com/Fish-Sticks-Fall-Rise-Islanders/dp/1582610991

Fish Sticks: The fall and rise of the New York Islanders

Gordie Howe's autobiography is phenomenal

Here is a book that has hockey in it but is so much more.

Orr - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399161759/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_AroEDbYZZHR8P

Unmasked https://www.amazon.com/dp/0984384537/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_CsoEDbDZA6F2V

And Eddie shore and that old time hockey https://www.amazon.com/dp/0771041292/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_FtoEDbA5T0ZT8

They still make those, only they've been updated to BLACK OR WHITE, probably aren't nearly the indestructible brown and foam pads I had in the 80s.

I keep hearing about Stat Shot by Rob Vollman.

I think I'm getting a copy for my birthday so I haven't picked it up, but I'll be able to give a review in 18 years when my kid moves out and I can read books again.

From 1895-1930. There is even a book on them! (I haven't read it yet, though.)

The slapshot was also invented there.

(One of those last sentences of the book description may sound a little salty but people also forget we materially know hockey sticks were invented by and originally supplied by the Mi'kmaq and it's probably because the game was originally alchamadijk.)

Nothing could ever get past me when I wore those hard plastic shitty foam filled pads.

Edit: My god, they still sell the EXACT same ones I had some 14 odd years ago, http://www.amazon.com/Mylec-MGP-Goalie-Pads/dp/B002LBE016

Maybe not the best answer, but Terry Ryan has a wicked book about having lived through what your question is asking

Damn, this thread is just crushing.

As for me, I am currently reading Boy on Ice. Every time I pick it up the cover image of Derek Boogaard gets me. It's not quite "sad" in the same way that many of these other photos are. But the blank look on his face and now in hindsight, knowing the pain his body and brain were going through - and what would ultimately happen to him - makes it really haunting for me.