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Stanley Cup

The Complete History

by (author) Eric Zweig

foreword by Phil Pritchard

Publisher
Firefly Books
Initial publish date
Nov 2018
Category
Hockey
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780228101383
    Publish Date
    Nov 2018
    List Price
    $24.95

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Description

An official Hockey Hall of Fame book.

The definitive book on the history of the Stanley Cup and the championship teams that have won it.

Between the 1892-93 Amateur Hockey Association season and the 2017-18 NHL season, the Stanley Cup has been awarded 146 times in 126 seasons to 30 different franchises.

In Stanley Cup, Eric Zweig details every single championship, including rosters, stats, and stories from the seasons and the playoffs.

Over 200 photographs and incredibly unique statistical tables round out the season-by-season championship breakdown. Find answers for such questions as:

  • How many Stanley Cup finals were decided in Game 7?
  • How many Stanley Cup finals were decided in overtime?
  • Who has scored a Stanley Cup-winning goal and then went on to win a Cup as a coach?
  • How many players have won the Stanley Cup with three or more teams?
  • Who had the longest career without winning the Stanley Cup?
  • What are the most goals by one team in a Stanley Cup final game?
  • and many more.

Chart the course of hockey history and revisit the dynasties and Cinderella stories of each and every decade. From Bobby Baun's overtime winner on a broken leg to stave off elimination in the 1964 Stanley Cup final to Brett Hull's infamous "no goal" in Buffalo to seal the 1999 final, Stanley Cup is full of magic moments and incredible achievements.

About the authors

 

 

Éric Zweig
est né à Toronto et habite maintenant à Owen Sound, en Ontario. Dès l'âge
de 10 ans, il était passionné de sports. Il écrit des articles à propos du
sport ou de l'histoire du sport depuis depuis qu'il a obtenu son diplôme en
sciences politiques de l'université Trent, en 1985. Il écrit également pour
les médias.

 

ERIC ZWEIG has been writing about sports since his days on the school newspaper desk. His books for kids include The Big Book of Hockey for Kids, On This Day in Hockey and MVP Superstars. Awesome Hockey Trivia for Kids is the fifth book in his Hockey Trivia for Kids series. Eric is also a noted author of adult sports books, most recently Hockey Hall of Fame Heroes and Stanley Cup: The Complete History (with Phil Pritchard); he was a contributor to The Official NHL Hockey Treasures, Centennial Edition.

He belongs to the Society for International Hockey Research and lives in Owen Sound, Ontario.

 

Eric Zweig's profile page

Phil Pritchard s'est joint au Temple de la renommée du hockey en 1988 et a joué un rôle clé dans la croissance du musée ainsi que dans son rétablissement au centre-ville de Toronto en 1993, et plus récemment dans l'inauguration en 2009 du nouvel emplacement où est conservée la vaste collection d'archives du musée. À titre de « gardien de la Coupe », Phil est également celui qui accompagne la Coupe Stanley sur la patinoire au moment de sa présentation aux champions de la LNH, rôle dont il s'acquitte depuis 1994. Phil a participé à de nombreuses émissions télévisées sur la Coupe Stanley et a été en vedette dans les versions anglaises de campagnes publicitaires pour Mastercard, Discover et Honda. Phil a visité plus de 35 pays où il a assisté à d'importants matchs de hockey amateur et professionnel, dont les Jeux olympiques et les championnats du monde.

Phil Pritchard's profile page

Editorial Reviews

The book does not simply list the winners. It goes into detail of each series, along with the highlights of every game, along with scoring and the leaders in that series. As well every player is listed on the winning team, making this not only a must-read for hockey lovers but those who care about statistics and the like... With hundreds of vintage photos, along with little known trivia about teams and players, if you live for the Stanley Cup then you absolutely need to add this consummate book to your collection.

Shelf Life

[Review of previous hardcover edition:] A wealth of information not only about the Stanley Cup but about the various teams and players who have faced the challenge to win the cup over the last 120 years. It deals with the evolution that has taken place in the composition of the various hockey leagues which led to the formation of the National Hockey League... Will be thoroughly enjoyed by all hockey fans and...a welcome addition to both school and public libraries.

Resource Links, Vol. 18, No. 3

[Review of previous hardcover edition:] True connoisseurs of the game will enjoy seeing every Cup winner noted, along with recaps, statistics, and more than 200 photos vintage and more recent... a publication that will give you a total respect for the ultimate part of hockey supremacy.

Shelf Life

[Review of previous hardcover edition:] Zweig has done a magnificent job documenting in a handsome coffee table giant the years since 1892 when Lord Stanley donated the original cup to be awarded as a challenge trophy. Heavily illustrated, chock-full of statistics and complete with fascinating sidebars, Stanley Cup is arranged from the most recent victory by the Los Angeles Kings to that day in February 1893 when the Montreal hockey club won the first annual match. In between those dates, Zweig packs enough full-colour photographs, biographies and Cup trivia to last until some agreement is reached in the NHL.

Owen Sound Sun Times

[Review of previous hardcover edition:] Of all [the] big format histories, this new one might be the best yet. Not only does Zweig give the reader the annual highlights from the competition... he traces the ever-changing formats, tells many historic tales and gets inside the game by re-purposing a number of great first-person accounts... He selects the right photos to go with each season ... you can't go wrong with this one.

Sports Illustrated (SI.com)

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