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Hockey's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Goals by Don Weekes and Kerry Banks

Who scored hockey's greatest goal? Is it Henderson scoring for Canada in 1972? Mike Eruzione's miracle moment in 1980? Or the time Bobby Orr flew through the air? Where does Sidney Crosby's golden goal rank? How about Ovechkin's crazy goal against Phoenix. That's the focus of a the new book Hockey's Top 100: Game's Greatest Goals by two undisputed masters of sports trivia - Don Weekes and Kerry Banks. They countdown the top 100 goals in the history of hockey, from the most spectacular and most famous. I especially like how the authors start the book by defining "great." That is always a pet peeve of mine regarding these lists. It's one thing to rank the 100 greatest this or that, but failing to set the definition is a common sin. The authors define a great goal not by how flashy it was, but rather it's historical importance. Big game goals usually out rank the flashiest of goals. Such lists always make for fun debate, and Hockey...

Hockey's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records

Which of hockey's records are the most amazing? Wayne Gretzky's 2857 career points? Maybe #99's 50 goals in 39 games? Goalie Glenn Hall's 501 consecutive games played (without a mask!)? Bill Mosienko's 21 second hat trick? Montreal's 5 consecutive Stanley Cup championships? Veteran hockey writers Don Weekes and Kerry Banks team up to rank all of hockey's greatest achievements in giving us Hockey's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records , published by Greystone Books. Buy at | Amazon.ca - chapters.indigo.ca - Amazon.com | Weekes is a hockey trivia expert if there ever was one. He has written 17 books on hockey trivia and unusual NHL records. Banks is an award-winning magazine journalist and author, publishing 15 sports titles. Together they combine forces, evaluating hockey history to rank hockey's great milestones according to historical importance, degree of dominance, uniqueness and longevity. The 160 page paperback book is loaded with photogr...

2008 Hockey Book Preview: Hockey's Top 100

The book: Hockey's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records , Paperback, 160 pages The Author: Don Weekes, Kerry Banks The Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre Release Date: August 15, 2008 Pre-order: Amazon - Chapters Two best selling authors join forces to take a fresh look at hockey's most memorable moments in Hockey's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records Sports fans revel in records—the longest and shortest, the oldest and the youngest, the largest and the smallest. But what makes a record truly great? In Hockey’s Top 100, two of the best hockey minds in the world present their picks and explain, in mini record biographies, why they made the cut. To compile their honor roll, celebrated hockey authors Don Weekes and Kerry Banks evaluated hundreds of hockey achievements according to their historical importance, degree of dominance, uniqueness, and longevity. Those that made the final cut represent the crown jewels in nearly a century of competition. Richly illustrated...