Behind the Net
101 Incredible Hockey Stories
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2013
208 pages
978-1-61321-611-8 (ISBN)
Description
In Stan Fischler's latest hockey classic, Behind the Net, Fischler includes a collection of short, zany (but true!) tales that have taken place over more than a half century of hockey-watching. An easy read for fans of all ages with photos to accompany the anecdotes, this book offers a unique perspective into the NHL from one of today's most prolific hockey writers. Different from the typical NHL ?game? stories, this book details everything, from the hilarious to the absurd. Fischler details the time that:
- Bill Mosienko scored three goals in 21 seconds
- Rene Fernand Gauthier accepted a challenge to shoot the puck in the ocean
- Sam LoPresti faced 83 shots on goal in one game
- And 98 more unique stories!
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Stan Fischler is a legend of sports broadcasting. He began his career as a publicist for the New York Rangers in 1954 and has been covering hockey in the over half a century since. The winner of seven Emmy Awards, Fischler has worked in every medium from print to TV to Twitter. This "Hockey Maven" currently serves as the resident hockey expert for MSG and MSG Plus. He can appears on weekly MSG Networks features and as a commentator on Islanders and Devils games. The author of more than one hundred books, Fischler lives in New York City.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- I Hockey History
- 1. Toronto'S "Dreaded" Three-Goal Lead
- 2. The Second-Longest Game
- 3. How Hockey's First Major Strike Led to New York Getting its First Nhl Team
- 4. The Nhl's Most Incredible Fight
- 5. The Bootlegger and the Bodycheckers
- 6. The Night the Rangers Got Talked Out of a Playoff Berth
- 7. Hockey's Amazing Brother Acts
- 8. The Other Olympic Miracle, in 1960
- 9. A Brotherly Broadcasting Trifecta
- 10. How Uncle Sam Beat Johnny Canuck to Pro Hockey
- 11. The "Perfect" Goalie is a Hoax
- 12. How to Become a Trainer by Walking Down the Street
- 13. Why Joining a Union Once was Dangerous for Hockey Players
- 14. How a Detroit Fan Turned a Live Octopus into a Winning Team's Symbol
- 15. Babe Ruth, Buck and Frank Boucher
- 16. The Other Stanley Cup
- 17. The Richard Riot
- 18. First Goalie to use a Water Bottle
- 19. How the Elephants Beat the Rangers-Three in a Row
- 20. How the Rangers Teased Gordie Howe off the Team
- 21. World Hockey Association-the Little League that Could, Almost
- 22. The Strange Travels of the Stanley Cup
- 23. How the Ducks Created An Nhl Team on Long Island
- 24. How a Walk Around the Block Saved the Islanders Franchise
- 25. Santa's Favorite Hockey Team
- II Colorful Characters
- 26. The Sweet All-America "Doctor" Turns Sour Goon
- 27. How An Nhl Player Created a New Rule
- 28. How to Turn Superstitions Into a Win
- 29. The Gaye Stewart Kiss in the Garden
- 30. Petty Cash
- 31. How Lynn Patrick Regained a Roster Spot when his Father, the G.M., Said No
- 32. How a Bullet Becomes a Corkscrew in one Easy Lesson
- 33. Turnabout is Fair Play
- 34. From the Penalty Box to the Pulpit
- 35. Hap Day and Walter Pratt
- 36. How Ching Johnson was Un-American to the Americans
- 37. The Hockey Player who Served as the Team Clown
- 38. The Hockey-Intense Mayor of New York City
- 39. Hockey Organists are Part of the Fun
- 40. Marcel Pronovost-the Most Embroidered Man in Hockey
- 41. The Most Traveled Stickhandler
- 42. The Hockey Player who Sold Himself to the big Time
- 43. Eddie Shore: The Zaniest Hockey Owner, Bar None
- III Unlikely Heroes
- 44. A One-Eyed Referee Becomes a Hall of Famer
- 45. Red Berenson-from Obscurity to Stardom in one Easy Six-Goal Game
- 46. Bill Stewart-Baseball Umpire becomes Blackhawks Coach
- and Wins a Cup
- 47. Malik Ends Nhl's Longest Shootout
- 48. Coyotes Pluck Amateur Goalie to Serve as Backup after Ilya Bryzgalov Falls Ill
- 49. How a Busher won the Longest Playoff Game
- 50. The Totally Improbable Devils 1988 Playoff run
- 51. The Mystery Nhl Cameo Appearance of Larry kwong
- 52. There is a Tavern-and a Goalie-in the Town (Alfie Moore)
- 53. Miracle Myles
- 54. How one of Hockey's Greatest Stars was Discovered on the Football Field
- 55. Joe Miller-a Joke Book and a Goalie
- 56. The Most Totally Improbable Two-Goalie Rotation
- 57. How the Skinniest Guy Became a Top Scorer
- 58. Punch Imlach's improbable playoff Crusade
- 59. How Mickey Mouse became a Rallying Cry for the Devils Franchise
- IV Incredible Feats/Personalities
- 60. How a Long-Shot Horse bet turned Toronto into a Winning Team
- 61. The Ultimate case of Rubber-itis-and An Incredible save at sea
- 62. They said it Couldn't be Done and yet it was Done-but only Once!
- 63. He scored a Goal, but not with his Stick: How come?
- 64. How "the Captain" Delivered on his Guarantee
- 65. The impossible One-Man scoring Spurt-three goals in 21 seconds
- 66. Hockey first, sleep later
- 67. Hats off, Derek!-how a Rookie did the impossible in his Nhl debut
- 68. Red Kelly-the most Astonishing Transformation
- 69. Leo Reise, Jr.: a defenseman with a strategic offense
- 70. Someone who played for Hockey teams, a Basketball club, and the dodgers
- 71. Don't mess with the Rocket
- 72. Art Coulter: a Hero for the Rangers-a hero for the coast guard
- 73. A Record that can Never-Ever-be broken, thanks to butch goring
- 74. The coach with a Trifecta of championships-gentleman joe primeau
- 75. From Stairway to Stardom
- 76. Staal, Staal, and Staal
- 77. Who's mel hill? check out "Sudden death," and you'll find out!
- 78. Not only the greatest, but the only Ambidextrous superstar scorer
- 79. Charlie Gardiner-a study in Courage Beyond the call of duty
- 80. How pentti lund extinguished the rocket's red glare
- 81. The Un-Masked Goalie and his amazing record
- 82. The most Stitched-up player in Hockey was also one of the best
- 83. One winning goal pictured two different ways
- 84. It ain't over till it's over
- V Outrageous
- 85. How the Rangers pulled a Re-naming flimflam for an entire season
- 86. The red wing who "couldn't" shoot the puck in the ocean
- 87. The Linesman who never forgot that he was a hall of fame hitter
- 88. When the mob nearly mauled a Goalie
- 89. How a live goose vetoed a live Nhl president
- 90. By dogsled to the stanley cup final
- 91. The live skating bear on hockey ice
- 92. If the name is too long - change it!
- 93. When two wrong giacomins make a right
- 94. "Kill the referee!"-this time it nearly happened
- 95. Jake milford-traded for two hockey nets
- 96. The wrong metz won the most cups
- 97. Taking a bath with tubby
- 98. Fired because of a hot poker hand
- 99. The near-kidnapping of a rangers star
- 100. There was magic in leone's big wine bottle
- 101. The most unusual goal by a goalie
- 102. How a league president created phony hockey games and got away with it
- 103. The naked goalie was grattoony
- 104. When the absolutely perfect goal net wasn't so perfect after all
- 105. How a newspaperman became a goalie (sort of) for a day
- 106. The kings who were meant to be caged
