Book Review: Jordin Tootoo

Jordin Tootoo: The highs and lows in the journey of the first Inuit to play in the NHL. By Melanie Florence.  (2010, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company. Softcover. Pp. 104.…

Book Review: The Art of Scouting

Be sure to stop by THW’s “Book Room” page dedicated to book reviews. The Art of Scouting: How The Hockey Experts Really Watch The Game and Decide Who Makes It…

Book Review: Queens of the Ice

Carly Adams adds to the case for Hilda Ranscombe and the Preston Rivulettes’ induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Toronto – I hope you’re listening.   Queens of the…

Book Review – Lone Star Skate

The Lone Star Skate: Improbable (But True) Stories of Texas’s Hockey Heroes By Glenn Hart and Rusty Burson.  (2011, Austin, TX: Bridgeway Books. Hardcover. Pp. 180. $39.95 US. ISBN 978-1-934454-38-1)…

Hockey Books

We’ll be adding to this page of our hockey book reviews whenever we add a new one, along with a convenient link to Amazon (the book title is the link)…

Book Review: Eddie Shore and That Old Time Hockey

 To many, particularly those outside the “Original Six” metropolitan areas, references to Eddie Shore are met with either quizzical looks or vague references to Slap Shot, where Reggie Dunlop urges his…

They Call Me Killer – Book Review

Though the cover could be mistaken for a biography of some famous mobster, They Call Me Killer is an in depth into the story of Hockey Hall of Fame junior hockey coach, Brian Kilrea. If you are not familiar with “Killer”, he is regarded as perhaps one of the best junior hockey coaches (CHL) of all time. He is a dynamic story teller. Above all else, he is outstanding person and has positively greatly influenced countless young hockey players – from future NHL stars to guys who moved on from hockey following their junior hockey careers.

The Ovechkin Project – Book Review

Christopher Ralph is THW’s prospect and draft analyst and occasional book reviewer. Book Review: The Ovechkin Project: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Hockeys Most Dangerous Player By Damien Cox and Gare…

Book Review: HockeyNomics by Darcy Norman

Amazon Link (Affiliate Link, THW gets a small commission) Amazon Link (non-Affiliate link) First there was Freakonomics. Then there was Super Freakonomics. Now there’s HockeyNomics! Economics (“the science of dealing…