- Hardcover: 232 pages
- Publisher: Key Porter Books; 1 edition (Oct 1 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1552639843
- ISBN-13: 978-1552639849
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 18.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 739 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #53 in Books > Sports > Biographies > Hockey
- #54 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Sports & Outdoors > Hockey
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Product Description
Hockey, like most sports, is a game of numbers?team stats, player stats, standings and, of course, the sweater numbers. To hockey fans, numbers such as 4, 29 or 99 all speak for themselves. The numbers?like the players who wore them?have become icons.
But what happens when two or more great players have worn the same number? Who was the best? Is Gordie Howe the quintessential number 9, or does the honour belong to Maurice Richard, Bobby Hull? And what about number 29? Ken Dryden or Felix Potvin?
In Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers, veteran hockey analyst and sportswriter Scott Morrison surveys the field and offers his own recommendations. Featuring statistics, facts, contributions from other Hockey Night in Canada personalities, and full-colour photography throughout, this book is sure to spark a lively debate.
About the Author
SCOTT MORRISON, is a 25-year veteran hockey journalist and recipient of the Hockey Hall of Fame's 2006 Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award. Scott appears on the Satellite Hot Stove feature on Hockey Night in Canada. A highly respected hockey journalist, the Toronto native began his career at the Toronto Sun in 1979. After spending more than 11 years as a hockey writer and columnist at the paper, Morrison became Sports Editor in 1991 and led the section to being named one of North America's top-ten sports sections in 1999 — the first sports section in Canada to receive the AP Sports Editors North American Award. Morrison has authored several hockey books and served two terms as President of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
An OK gift book,
By Reader (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers: From 00 to 99 (Hardcover)
This is a tie-in with Hockey Night in Canada's "By the Numbers" feature. It's basically a compilation of stats - nothing you can't get from that handy little Collins Gem book of Hockey Stats for a smaller price - supplemented with lots of pics on glossy pages and a lot of opinionising from the TV commentators. As a work of reference for the serious fan it has a big drawback - no index. I suppose the CBC was trying to save a few cents. But that missing index is the difference between an OK book to buy as a stocking filler, and a book that might have deserved a permanent place on a fan's bookshelf.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK for what it is,
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This review is from: Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers: From 00 to 99 (Hardcover)
OK, I get the whole tie-in with HNIC to market this but the NHL-centric stuff could have been tossed out a bit given you could add content and debate with numbers like #20 Vladislav Tretiak (USSR) or #15 Anders Hedberg (Winnipeg Jets--WHA). It's like the Hockey Hall of Fame. Way too much focus on the NHL.Enjoyable but not exactly mindblowing riveting debates going on here and, frankly, I could care less what HNIC "personalities" have to say on the debates. Give me more anecdotes and trivia about the players. Basically more miss than hit.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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By The Numbers #1,
By Dr. Hockey "Dr. Hockey" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers: From 00 to 99 (Hardcover)
If you love hockey then this is the book for you. Scott Morrison and all the faces you know from Hockey Night in Canada outline the famous and infamous who have worn an NHL jersey from #'s 1 - 99. Each jersey number has a featured player that is/was the best to wear that number.Great pictures of past and present players and lots of hockey nostalgia.A great hockey resource you will go to again and again. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
typical CBC narrow focus,
By Brian Maitland - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers: From 00 to 99 (Hardcover)
OK, I get the whole tie-in with HNIC to market this but the NHL-centric stuff could have been tossed out a bit given you could add content and debate with numbers like #20 Vladislav Tretiak (USSR) or #15 Anders Hedberg (Winnipeg Jets--WHA). It's like the Hockey Hall of Fame. Way too much focus on the NHL.Enjoyable but not exactly mindblowing riveting debates going on here and, frankly, I could care less what HNIC "personalities" have to say on the debates. Give me more anecdotes and trivia about the players.
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Hockey by the Numbers,
By Christopher Garland - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hockey Night in Canada: By the Numbers: From 00 to 99 (Hardcover)
Good book, however, it states in the foreward that a player cannot be the best at more than one number. This is true, but it should have been that they were eligible for just that one number thus freeing up that one rank for another individual.
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