Publish Date |
December 01, 2020 |
Category |
Biography & Autobiography / Sports Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs |
Price |
$29.99 |
ISBN: 9781982147013
Format: Hardback
Pages: 240
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: December 01, 2020
Praise for Hockey’s Hot Stove“Watching Hot Stove was on every NHL coach’s to-do list in our time. In this book, Al Strachan shows why.”
— SCOTTY BOWMAN, NHL coach and executive“For years I have argued that what we really need is a good ‘Outsider’ to balance out the hordes of ‘Hockey Insiders.’ Someone who is willing to go far beyond the contract breakdowns and trade rumours that pass for news and have no fear of taking on the sacred cows and power mongers. Hockey’s Hot Stove sizzles on every page, as Al Strachan offers up his piercing, often hilarious, insights into the game we all love. Having started out as an original hockey insider, Strachan is now the outsider we have been looking for. Come back, Al, the game needs more of you!”
— ROY MACGREGOR, bestselling author“No one in the hockey world ever wanted to miss Hot Stove. On the west coast, we often had a tough call to make because the Canucks generally played at home on Saturday. Should we leave home early enough to watch it at the rink and then have almost an hour to kill? Or should we watch it at home and then have to rush and fight late traffic? Either way, not seeing Hot Stove wasn’t an option. There was always something new that was simply too important to miss.”
— TONY GALLAGHER, sports writer and columnist“There was never a dull moment working with Al on Hot Stove. Frustrating moments, maddening moments, fun moments, but never dull. Hockey Night in Canada was the big show in the big land and being a part of Hot Stove was a tremendous honour. A lot of great memories in this book.”
— SCOTT MORRISON, sports journalist and author“This is Hot Stove’s beginnings, from its radio days; its middle when Strachan, Eric Duhatschek, John Davidson, and others were breaking stories as an ideal second intermission bookend with Coach’s Corner; and its end, the often brash author ticking off too many suits at the CBC. There were feuds such as with Brian Burke, but Al’s bond with Wayne Gretzky and big names in the game helped make the show flow.”
— Ottawa Sun