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Richard HarrisonMourning the lost NHL season?

Is your love affair with the NHL on hiatus? Abebooks understands that this is normally the time of year where millions of people are glued to the televisions cheering for their favorite team in the NHL playoff race. Sadly, this isn't the case this year. To help you feel better, Abebooks and Richard Harrison are offering you a poem about the loss of the season.

Suggested and published by Abebooks.com, this poem marks the one year anniversary of the last NHL playoffs (April 7, 2004) and America’s National Poetry Month. Looking for more hockey books?


 

NH Elegy

Once, men came home from war,
or from the sides of family graves,
to lace up skates and play for it
as if everything could be remade
in a silver bowl passed hand to hand.
For years it etched the seasons
with their winning names,
and took the touch of triumph
into each triumphant house. It paused
just once – to mourn the dead, and
stayed unmarked to mark their passing.
Today, left idle in the Hall of Fame,
while rich men quarrel to no profit at its base,
untouched upon its plinth it stands.
And all who see it can tell you now
how a fallen thing is one that no one holds.

Richard Harrison

 

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Hero of the PlayHero of the Play
Richard Harrison

Ten years ago, Richard Harrison thrilled poetry and hockey lovers with a collection of poetry devoted to the great Canadian game. This beloved collection has been re-issued with a new selection of poems, The Hero in Overtime, an essay by the author on ten years of living with hockey poetry, and a foreword by Roy MacGregor.

Copies From: $5.00 - $30.00

 

Grapes: A Vintage View of HockeyGrapes: A Vintage View of Hockey
Don Cherry

A Wild Look at Life in Hockey...To millions of Canadians, Don "Grapes" Cherry is the irascible co-host of "Molson Hockey Night's Coach's Corner," whose controversial, candid and highly spirited commentary has endeared him to hockey fans throughout the provinces. A larger-than-life figure in the annals of hockey, Cherry has done it all-from minor league player to head coach of the Boston Bruins to gregarious commentator. His is a story that only he could tell-because no one else could do him justice.

Used Copies: $1.00 - $42.11

 

The GameThe Game
Ken Dryden

The Game is acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written, and as one of the best sports books of all time. More than just a hockey book, it has become an enduring classic - a reflective and provocative look at a life in hockey and at the game itself. Ken Dryden, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, is recognized as one of the greatest goalies ever to play the game. More than that, he is one of hockey’s most intelligent and insightful commentators.

New Copies: $11.43 - $19.24
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Lord Stanley's CupLord Stanley's Cup
Andrew Podnieks, Hockey Hall of Fame

This is the story of the most famous trophy in all of professional sports. From the obscure tale of a noble family in England that dates to the 14th century to the most recent winners of the Cup, hockey players and team personnel who are, in modern times, allowed one special day with the trophy during their summer of victory.

New Copies: $18.50 - $39.95
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The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever ToldThe Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told: The Finest Writers on Ice
Bryant Urstadt

Finally, hockey’s rabid fans have an anthology of their own, a showcase of writing as dynamic and diverse as the fastest, toughest sport itself. From coast to coast, the blueline to the slot, in the corners, and along the boards, here’s the high-adrenaline thrill of hockey at its best, in all its blazing glory. Editor Bryant Urstadt has rounded up a collection of classics old and new that takes you into the locker room, behind the benches with the great coaches, on the ice with the players, and back on the bus when the game is over.

New Copies: $15.48 - $22.95
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The Boys of WinterThe Boys Of Winter: The Untold Story Of A Coach, A Dream, And The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Wayne Coffey

Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable.

New Copies: $14.38 - $23.95
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Wayne Gretzky, Hockey PlayerWayne Gretzky, Hockey Player
Michael Benson

Wayne Gretzky is known as "The Great One" to ice hockey fans around the world, and with good reason: He holds more records than any player in the history of the sport. From childhood games in his parents' backyard to his final days in the National Hockey League as a member of the New York Rangers, Gretzky displayed a natural talent and agility that thrilled crowds and attracted many new fans to the game.

New Copies: $27.36 - $37.34

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