Don Weekes

Jaw Dropping Hockey Trivia (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From the scoring exploits of historic greats like Gordie Howe, Dit Clapper and Joe Malone to hockey heroics ripped from yesterday's headlines-including the wild 2011 Cup final between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks-these quizzes and games will test the knowledge and stoke the passions of hockey fans everywhere. In eight cleverly constructed theme chapters, among them a chapter on swashbuckling Stanley Cup clashes and another on the on-ice drama at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, renowned hockey trivia master Don Weekes takes the reader on a colourful journey through hockey lore. From glorious victories to hilarious interview quotes, the greatest sport on ice is crammed, in all its zany glory, into this terrific trivia collection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greystone Books
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Altersempfehlung: ab 10 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781926812991
• Artikelnr.: 38369431

Autorenporträt

Don Weekes is an award-winning TV producer for CFCF CTV in Montreal. He has written seventeen books on hockey trivia and unusual NHL records including The Big Book of Hockey Trivia, and his work has been widely used on television, radio, the Internet, and in print. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Hudson Bay Rules 1
Answers 7
Game 1: Winning Celebrations 18
2 Crimes, Misdemeanors and Misconducts 19
Answers 25
Game 2: Ice Adversaries 36
3 Bank Busters and Penny Pinchers 37
Answers 42
Game 3: The Martin Brodeur Rule 52
4 Twine Shine 53
Answers 58
Game 4: Out of Circulation 67
5 True or False? 68
Answers 72
Game 5: The Fame Game 83
6 Iggy!” 84
Answers 90
Game 6: They Communicate Like Dolphins.” 99
7 The Hottest Hands on Ice 100
Answers 105
Game 7: Team Scoring Leaders 114
8 Last Team Standing 115
Answers 121
Solutions to Games 133
Acknowledgements 136