My 26 Stanley Cups: Memories of a Hockey Life
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0771043708 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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. In 1988 he won the Foster Hewitt Award for excellence in hockey broadcasting and was inducted into the Media Section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He covered more than 2,500 NHL games on television and radio. Dick Irvin, long the radio voice of the Montreal Canadiens, was a member of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team for more than 30 years
He didn’t know, then, that he would spend most of his professional career watching, describing, and commenting on professional hockey. Some he witnessed from an improbably perfect vantage point at the end of the team bench. Dick Irvin was nine years old when he saw the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time. As the play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Canadiens for some 30 years, and as a member of the CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada broadcast crew for almost as long, Dick Irvin has seen thousands of NHL games. He saw many more from the broadcast booth in all the storied arenas of the NHL, from the Boston Garden to the Chicago Stadium – but especially from the Forum in Montreal.In this book, Dick Irvin weaves together strands of hockey history with his own stories of professional hockey’s greatest moments, from the 1940s, through the Original Six era, the rough-and-tussle 1970s, the successive dynasties (Habs, Islanders, Oilers) of the 1980s, to the present age of limitless expansion. Dick Irvin has watched and been close to many of the game’s giants – those on both sides of the boards
My 26 Stanley Cups is a unique contribution to hockey lore, and for hockey fans, an unequalled treat. . Some he witnessed from an improbably perfect vantage point at the end of the team bench. From the Inside Flap Dick Irvin was nine years old when he saw the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time. As the play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Canadiens for some 30 years, and as a member of the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada broadcast crew for almost as long, Dick Irvin has seen thousands of NHL games. He saw many more from the broadcast booth in all the storied arenas of the NHL, from the Boston Garden to the Chicago Stadium – but especially from the Forum in Montreal.In this book, Dick Irvin weaves together strands of hockey history with his own stories of professional hockey's greatest moments, from the
Purple Grimmus said Not his best. I am a big fan of Dick Irvin. He was a great broadcaster and also a fine gentleman. I've thoroughly enjoyed his previous hockey books-- In the Crease, Behind the Bench, Tough Calls. Those books have all given a humorous behind-the-scenes look into the game. They've had great interviews of "current" (at the time) players/refs/coaches. This book is more of a trip down memory lane. Which is fine (not bad) but I'd rather hear Kerry Fraser recount a humorous anectdote than Dick recall how Detroit was up "Not his best" according to Purple Grimmus. I am a big fan of Dick Irvin. He was a great broadcaster and also a fine gentleman. I've thoroughly enjoyed his previous hockey books-- In the Crease, Behind the Bench, Tough Calls. Those books have all given a humorous behind-the-scenes look into the game. They've had great interviews of "current" (at the time) players/refs/coaches. This book is more of a trip down memory lane. Which is fine (not bad) but I'd rather hear Kerry Fraser recount a humorous anectdote than Dick recall how Detroit was up 2 games to zero and then lost the series Not his best Purple Grimmus I am a big fan of Dick Irvin. He was a great broadcaster and also a fine gentleman. I've thoroughly enjoyed his previous hockey books-- In the Crease, Behind the Bench, Tough Calls. Those books have all given a humorous behind-the-scenes look into the game. They've had great interviews of "current" (at the time) players/refs/coaches. This book is more of a trip down memory lane. Which is fine (not bad) but I'd rather hear Kerry Fraser recount a humorous anectdote than Dick recall how Detroit was up 2 games to zero and then lost the series 4 games to 2.Just as a teenager today might not appreciate stories ab. games to 2.Just as a teenager today might not appreciate stories ab. games to zero and then lost the series Not his best Purple Grimmus I am a big fan of Dick Irvin. He was a great broadcaster and also a fine gentleman. I've thoroughly enjoyed his previous hockey books-- In the Crease, Behind the Bench, Tough Calls. Those books have all given a humorous behind-the-scenes look into the game. They've had great interviews of "current" (at the time) players/refs/coaches. This book is more of a trip down memory lane. Which is fine (not bad) but I'd rather hear Kerry Fraser recount a humorous anectdote than Dick recall how Detroit was up 2 games to zero and then lost the series 4 games to 2.Just as a teenager today might not appreciate stories ab. games to "Not his best" according to Purple Grimmus. I am a big fan of Dick Irvin. He was a great broadcaster and also a fine gentleman. I've thoroughly enjoyed his previous hockey books-- In the Crease, Behind the Bench, Tough Calls. Those books have all given a humorous behind-the-scenes look into the game. They've had great interviews of "current" (at the time) players/refs/coaches. This book is more of a trip down memory lane. Which is fine (not bad) but I'd rather hear Kerry Fraser recount a humorous anectdote than Dick recall how Detroit was up 2 games to zero and then lost the series Not his best Purple Grimmus I am a big fan of Dick Irvin. He was a great broadcaster and also a fine gentleman. I've thoroughly enjoyed his previous hockey books-- In the Crease, Behind the Bench, Tough Calls. Those books have all given a humorous behind-the-scenes look into the game. They've had great interviews of "current" (at the time) players/refs/coaches. This book is more of a trip down memory lane. Which is fine (not bad) but I'd rather hear Kerry Fraser recount a humorous anectdote than Dick recall how Detroit was up 2 games to zero and then lost the series 4 games to 2.Just as a teenager today might not appreciate stories ab. games to 2.Just as a teenager today might not appreciate stories ab. .Just as a teenager today might not appreciate stories ab. A Trip down Memory Lane An enjoyable trip amongst the stars and events of the past as told by one who was there. Dick Irvin is a kind, gentlemanly figure who avoids any attempt at contraversy in his writings. This book is on one hand a refreshing escape from the "tell all" books that aim to rip the halo from its heroes; on the other hand, it is a santitized look at the past which skirts a number of harsh issues and unsavoury incidents. As one who remembers as a lad watching the Rocket on tv, it is like sitting down with a friend as he reminisces about your youth and the people you knew. If you didn't know better, you would assume . Misses The Net This book has some good stories in it and it will keep your interest for the first 200 pages but after that it gets sloppy. After the 1970's he does not do a good job about the 1980's at all which was a great decade in the NHL Dick Irvin was not there for all of the New York Islanders and Edmonton Oilers Stanley Cups. He talks about the 1970's as his favorite but there is very little talk of the Chicago Blackhawks at all. I would not recommend this book at all sorry Mr. Irvin this book misses the net.