Scotty Bowman: A Life in Hockey

Douglas Hunter

ISBN 10: 0670879908 / ISBN 13: 9780670879908

Published by Viking, New York, NY, 1998

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Viking, New York. 1998. Hardcover. Stated First Printing 1998/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and board bottoms. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($32.00); light bumping to head and tail; light rubbing to panels. White paper over boards with blue overlay on the spine with bright white lettering on the spine. 384 pp 8vo. This is the story of the most successful coach in the NHL who has eight Stanley Cup coaching victories. This book explores the nature of his coaching genius from his days with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s to the St. Louis Blues in the 1960s, and finally back to Montreal in the 1970s. This was followed by jobs with the Buffalo Sabres, the Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Detroit Red Wings. With 30 years in coaching his career is a guided tour of the politics and personalities of the post-expansion game, and a textbook on how to rise, fall, and rise again. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scotty Bowman: A Life in Hockey
• Publisher: Viking, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670879908
• ISBN 13: 9780670879908
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian Items
  • General Sports
  • Biographies

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Synopsis

Book by Hunter, Douglas

From Library Journal

Only Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens coached as many Stanley Cup winners (seven) as Scotty Bowman has over his lengthy NHL career. Bowman worked his way up from coaching at the Junior grade to both coaching and serving in a variety of high-level administrative posts for a number of mostly successful NHL teams. His biography reads like a history of the NHL over the past half-century, detailing the fortunes of its best teams and the backgrounds of its most famous players. In the middle of it all is Bowman, though Hunter (Champions, LJ 10/1/97) doesn't give us much of a personal view of the man. Bowman's own words read like quotes from the next day's newspaper. Interviews with former players and assistants afford some perspective, but more depth is needed. Nevertheless, Bowman's stature and the wealth of detail here will be of interest to hockey fans.?John M. Maxymuk, Rutgers Univ. Lib., Camden, NJ
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