Montreal Canadiens
Thrilling Stories from Canada's Famous Hockey Franchise
AUTHOR: Jim Barber
FORMAT: 5.5 x 8.5 pb / pages
ISBN-10: 1554390540
ISBN-13: 9781554390540
In 1917, the Montreal Canadiens became one of the four founding teams of the National Hockey League. Since then, the team has enjoyed countless breathtaking triumphs. Not only have they won more Stanley Cup Championships than any other team in the NHL, they have also boasted some of the best players the league has ever seen. Through it all, they have maintained a fan following that is unparalleled in its fierce devotion and pride. This is the story of the Montreal Canadiens - the most sucessful sports franchise in North America.
Prologue
As soon as the puck hit the ice, it appeared on Morenz's stick. The Stratford Streak, as he was known, headed straight down the middle of the ice, drawing both defencemen to him. Instead of barging through as he usually did, he deftly passed the puck off to linemate Aurel Joliat, who blasted it home to make the score 4-3.
On his next shift, Morenz found himself with the puck again, skating as if his severe ankle injury was nothing more than a bad itch. He started out with the puck behind his own goal and blew through all Ottawa defenders, some of whom had decided to watch Joliat in case Morenz decided to pass again. This time, Morenz fired a shot so hard into the back of the Ottawa cage that the goalie barely had a chance to blink. Tie game. To make the comeback complete, Morenz scored the game-winning goal in overtime, eliciting cheers even from a normally hostile Ottawa crowd.
The magical Morenz had amazed the hockey world once again.
About the Author
Jim Barber managed to find time to write this book while working as the Sports and Arts Editor for The Barrie Advance, and as the Editor for the Collingwood-Wasaga Beach Connection, two community newspapers in Central Ontario. Jim is a recipient of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association Award for Sportswriting and a Canadian Community Newspaper Award for editorial writing. Educated at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. and Toronto's Centennial College, he has had a passion (obsession?) for hockey and hockey history most of his adult life. The books of Scott Young and Brian McFarlane inspired him as a youth, as do the works of Andrew Podnieks, Douglas Hunter, and Bruce Dowbiggin today. A member of the Society for International Hockey Research, current chairman of the Barrie Sports Hall of Fame Society, and executive member of the Collingwood Historical Society, Jim lives in a very old house, in a very small village called Nottawa, a few kilometers from the shores of Georgian Bay, near Collingwood, Ontario. He has a beautiful wife, two great stepsons, a somewhat annoying but loveable dog, an unnatural affinity for odd hockey stuff, and way too many books on his bookshelves.
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