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EddieShoreandthatOld-TimeHockey

内容简介

EddieShorewastheBabeRuthandTyCobbofhockey，abrilliantplayerwithanunmatchedtemper.EmergingfromtheCanadianprairietobecomeamemberoftheBostonBruinsin1926，themanfromSaskatchewaninvadedeverycircuitintheNHLlikearunawaylocomotiveonadowngrade.Hostilefansturnedoutindroveswithawishtoseehimkilled，butinBostonhecoulddonowrong.Duringhistwenty-yearprofessionalcareer，thecontroversialShorepersonified"thatoldtimehockey"likenoother，playingthegamewithcompletedisregardforhisownsafety.ShorewasoneofthemostpenalizedmenintheNHL，andalsoaperennialmemberofitsAllStarTeam.Adedicatedathlete，ShorewontheHartTrophyfortheleague’smostvaluableplayerfourtimes—arecordforadefensemannotsincematched—andledBostontotwoStanleyCupsin1929and1939.In1933，Shorewastheinstigatorofhockey’smostinfamousevent，thetragic"AceBaileyIncident，"andduringhissubsequentsixteen-gamesuspensionthefanschanted，"WewantShore!"AfterretiringfromtheNHLin1940，Shore’spassionforthegameremainedundiminished，andasownerandtyrantoftheAHLSpringfieldIndians，hewonchampionshipafterchampionship.Thisisanaction-packedandfull-throatedcelebrationofthe"mightyEddieShore"—andalsoofthesportofhockeyasitwasgloriouslyplayedinabygoneage.FromtheHardcoveredition.

作者简介

C.MICHAELHIAMwasbornin1962inBostonandcameofageasahockeyfanattheheightoftheBobbyOrrera,whentherewerenoBruinsticketstobefound.Asanundergraduate,however,hebothplayedhockeyandattendedasmanyBruinsgamesashecould.Today,HiamisalicensedpsychologistinNewYorkandMassachusetts,andhasauthoredandco-authoredanumberofscientificarticles.In2006,hisfirstbook,abiographyofaCIAanalystactiveduringtheVietnamWar,WhotheHellAreweFighting?TheStoryofSamAdamsandtheVietnamIntelligenceWars,waspublishedbySteerforthPress.Today,HiamlivesinNewton,MA,withhiswifeandthreechildren,andonSaturdaymorningsisanassistantcoachfortheNewtonYouthHockeyAssociation.FromtheHardcoveredition.,,

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