Gretzky's tears : hockey, Canada, and the day everything changed / Stephen Brunt.
Gretzky's tears : hockey, Canada, and the day everything changed / Stephen Brunt.
By
:
Brunt, Stephen.
Publication Date
:
2010
Publication Information
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Toronto : Vintage Canada,
Edition
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Vintage Canada ed.
Physical Description
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259 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports.
Subject Term
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Hockey -- Canada -- History.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
Summary
:
Bobby Orr’s career ended prematurely, with tears. Wayne Gretzky’s tears, unlike Orr’s, announced not an ending but another beginning. Gretzky’s Edmonton Oilers had four Stanley Cup victories, but Gretzky may then have had other goals in mind. Beginning with his dad, Walter, and continuing with Nelson Skalbania, Peter Pocklington, Bruce McNall, Jerry Buss — and with the CBC’s Peter Gzowski as chronicler for the eager masses — the enormity of Gretzky’s talent attracted all sorts of people who were after a variety of vicarious thrills.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780307397300
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