Where Countries Come to Play

Where Countries Come to Play
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Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Total Pages : 393
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ISBN-10 : 9780771071140
ISBN-13 : 0771071140
Rating : 4/5 (140 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Where Countries Come to Play by : Andrew Podnieks

Download or read book Where Countries Come to Play written by Andrew Podnieks and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where Countries Come to Play chronicles each Olympic tournament, from the 1920 Antwerp games to Vancouver in 2010. Illustrated with photographs from the IIHF archives, the book features rare pictures of games and players, as well as memorabilia and artifacts. Each event is retold through a detailed narrative that will offer fans a complete history of Olympic hockey, including amazing stories from both on and off the ice, organizational challenges, bitter battles, player's tales, and spectacular hockey action. The book also contains a prelude to 2014 Sochi and a detailed appendix of Olympic hockey stats. As well, Where Countries Come to Play celebrates the IIHF's Triple Gold Club, whose members have each won an Olympic Gold Medal, a Stanley Cup, and a World Championship. For the first time in book form, the elite club's twenty-five members are profiled and the story of their accomplishments told. The book will be publsihed in advance of the Sochi Winter Games and is the must-have hockey book for all fans of the game and for anyone that has ever cheered for their nation as they skated out onto the ice.


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