TALES FROM THE MONTREAL CANADIENS LOCKER ROOM

Lefebvre, Robert S.

ISBN 10: 1613212399 / ISBN 13: 9781613212394

Published by Sports Publishing, New York, 2012

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(xv) 191 pp. Black boards lettered in red on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The Contents are: Prologue; Introduction: Deceptive Origins and the Very First Game; 1910 - 1935: Misconceptions of the Canadiens French Player Territorial Rights Rule - Part One: Many Myths, Many Sides; In With the French, Out With the French; The American-Born Dandurand and the Flying Frenchmen Myth; Connections, Good Forture and Blarney; Depression, Distractions and Diminishing Assets; Dandurand Manages His Own Disaster. 1935 - 1940: Stumbling Toward Irrelevance - The Ernest Savard Era: The Muddy Transition of Ownership and the Slight Return of the Canadiens' Territorial Rights; Savard's Cast of Characters Continues the Slide; Merger Rumors Persist as Clouds Descend; Gorman Sticks His Nose In; He Died of a Broken Heart; C-Form Slavery and the State of Quebec Hockey; A One-Team City; It Couldn't Get Any Worse. 1940 - 1942: Gorman Begins the Face Lift: Three Visionaries; Irvin and Gorman Change the Culture; A Slow Climb Back Uphill. Wartime Myth: Rocket of War; Conn Smythe's Propaganda; Canadiens as Hard Hit as Any During World War II; How the Rocket Punched 50; Gorman's Shrewd Moves Pay Off. 1942 - 1967: Misconceptions of the Canadiens French Player Territorial Rights Rule - Part Two: The Tangled Web of the Norris Hockey League; Homegrown Allure; The Players Came From All Parts; The Sad State of Organized Hockey in Quebec; The Dark Horse Phoenix; Selke's Tricks of the Trade; A Closer Inspection of the Canadiens' Assets During the Radius Rule Years; French and English in Harmony. Dryden Bruin, Lafleur Unsealed and Dionne Almost Unwinged: Why on God's Earth Would California Have Thrown Cash into the Deal? A Dynasty Undone - What Became of the 1970s Canadiens: From You, With Failing Hands, We Fumble the Torch; No Template in Dynasty Management, No Legendary Trade Returns; Grundman Reconstructs a New Core; Roy to the Rescue; Meager Trickle Downs and Mediocrity: The Crumbs of the Roy Deal. Jacques Demers Bewitched by Leafs Fan: Serge, Boys, Come and Get a Look At This. 1982 - 1999: How It All Went Wrong - The Downside of Ronald Corey's Reign: The Harmonious Front Office; The Corey and Savard Regime Leads the Canadiens Back to the Summit; The Hockey Religion Meets the New Media; It's Hard to be a Saint in the City of Montreal; Cornerstone Chelios Departs in a Savardian Spinnerama; Bon Cop, Bad Cop; Irreparable Collateral Damage; The Forum Ghosts Didn't Make the Trip. 1999 - 1012: After the Wilderness, Hope: The Spin Cycle; Koivu's Inspired Return Provides the Molson Centre With a Soul; The Gainey/Gauthier Regime; and Hope Springs Eternal. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: TALES FROM THE MONTREAL CANADIENS LOCKER ROOM
• Publisher: Sports Publishing, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1613212399
• ISBN 13: 9781613212394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports - Hockey

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Synopsis

When most sports fans hear the stat 3,000, they immediately turn to baseball. But for those fans whose breath comes out in frosty puffs, and who bleed ice and snow, 3,000 can only mean one thing—the glory of Montreal Canadiens hockey. The “Original One” of the “Original Six,” the Montreal Canadiens hockey team is practically synonymous with superlative: The most Stanley Cup championship victories, with 24? The Montreal Canadiens. The highest number of regular-season wins? The Montreal Canadiens. The oldest active franchise in the NHL? The Montreal Canadiens.

Now the hundred-plus years of Canadiens triumphs, tragedies, and times like no other are captured in Robert Lefebvre’s Tales from the Montreal Canadiens Locker Room. In this unique compendium, Lefebvre brings to life both the history and the anecdotes of this incredible franchise. Stories of Maurice “Rocket” Richard’s incredible skills on the ice are paired side by side with locker room yarns and off-the-ice tales of Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore, Serge Savard, Guy Lapointe, Patrick Roy, and more. With humor, wit, and a lot of adrenaline, Robert Lefebvre has compiled a collection of Montreal Canadiens stories sure to please any hockey fan.

About the Author

A life-long fan of the history of hockey, Lefebvre inherited his passion for Canadiens' lore through his father's handed down tales of the Habs' Stanley Cup triumphs. Robert's zest for knowledge of the game was all-encompassing. Prior to sharing his enthusiasm for the sport with readers, he played, coached, scouted and managed leagues at the youth hockey level in his hometown. Later, as a hockey parent, an interest in documenting his daughters' hockey travels for a local paper soon developed into larger writing pursuits. By 2006, he had founded the popular Eyes On The Prize website; a chronicling of the Canadiens past, present and future. A member of the Society for International Hockey Research, Lefebvre worked with the Canadiens in 2009 on several centennial-related projects. He presently resides in Cornwall, Ontario with his wife and two daughters, where he patiently awaits his favorite team's 25th Stanley Cup.