The Hockey News magazine has, for over sixty years, delivered the authoritative word on the premiere puckhandlers of our generation. In The Top 60 Since 1967, they’ve assembled a panel of experts to celebrate the top 60 players of the NHL in the modern era of hockey — the 40 years since NHL expansion. A detailed analysis accompanies each player, along with photos and statistical charts. Will Wayne Gretzky trump Bobby Orr for the number one position? How does Mario Lemieux stack up? And what about Patrick Roy, Phil Esposito, Sidney Crosby? Find out how the game's leading minds rank the greats of the past forty years. The jury: • Harry Neale, Hockey Night in Canada analyst and former NHL coach &amp; GM • Jim Rutherford, GM of the 2006 Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes and NHL player in the 1970s • Jacques Demers, Media personality and former NHL coach • Brian Burke, GM of the Anaheim Ducks • Cliff Fletcher, longtime hockey executive and former GM of the Calgary Flames and Toronto Maple Leafs • Al Strachan, Hall-of-Fame award-winning hockey writer • Kevin-Paul Dupont, Hall-of-Fame award-winning hockey writer (Boston Globe) • Mike Brophy, Senior Writer, The Hockey News • Ken Campbell, Senior Writer, The Hockey News (co-author of the book) • Adam Proteau, Online columnist, thehockeynews.com (co-author of the book) • Jason Kay, Editor, The Hockey News

Hockey News Top 60 Since 1967: The Best Players of the Post-Expansion Era

Sports & Outdoors

Campbell, Ken

Proteau, Adam

Hockey

Transcontinental

A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL—addressing the game's most controversial issueWhether it's on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle—with players pummeling and bashing each other across the ice like drunken gladiators. And while the NHL may actually condone on-ice violence as a ticket draw, diehard hockey fan and expert Adam Proteau argues against hockey's transformation into a thuggish blood sport. In Fighting the Good Fight, Proteau sheds light on the many perspectives of those in and around the game, with interviews of current and former NHL stars, coaches, general managers, and league executives, as well as medical experts.
One of the most well-known media figures on the hockey scene today, famous for his funny, feisty observations as a writer for the Toronto Star and The Hockey News and commentator on CBC radio and TV, Adam Proteau is also one of the few mainstream media voices who is vehemently anti-fighting in hockey. Not only is his book a plea to the game's gatekeepers to finally clamp down on the runaway violence that permeates the sport even at its highest level, he offers realistic suggestions on ways to finally clean the game up.
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<li>Includes interviews with medical experts on head injuries and concussions, as well as with other members of the media</li>
<li>The author not only wages an attack on the value of fighting in hockey—but also on the establishment hockey culture</li>
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Covering the most polarizing issue in hockey today, Fighting the Good Fight gives hockey fans and sports lovers everywhere a reason to stamp their feet and whistle—at a rare display of eloquence and common sense.

Fighting the Good Fight: Why On-Ice Violence Is Killing Hockey

wiley

Establishing once and for all the best players to ever take the ice in the expansion era, this compendium with statistics, biographies, color photos, quotes, analyses, and commentary ranks players in order from 1-60. Each chapter is dedicated to an individual player, including Rob Blake, Chris Chelios, Phil Esposito, Wayne Gretzky, Brett Hull, Mark Messier, Scott Niedermayer, Bobby Orr, and Steve Yzerman.

The Top 60 Since 1967: The Best Players of the Post-Expansion Era (The Hockey News)

Biographies & Memoirs

Triumph Books

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