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Great, but...

This book provides phenomenal additional depth to the story of the 1980 gold medal winning USA hockey team. You will not be disappointed.

The one bad part (and this might just be nitpicking) is the narrator mispronounces just about every hockey term, and Russian name throughout the entirety of the book.

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A masterpiece

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USA...USA..USA

Great story of the GAME interwoven with the background of each player and their interactions with the Coach. I did not know the background on many of the players or about how Herb Brooks developed a team to beat the USSR.



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For that post Olympics withdrawal

For readers who love hockey, the olympics, a great underdog story, and sticking it to Socialism, this book is for you! If you loved Boys in the Boat, you will love this book. It's got the same spirit, just with more ice.

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great story but not the right narrator

the overall story is great. loved hearing about the background of the players and coaches, but the some of the game's narration was a bit too detailed. I don't think that this was the right narrator for this story. something about his voice ... Just didn't match my expectation for a hockey story.

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WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD... THE AMERICANS WIN

What made the experience of listening to The Boys of Winter the most enjoyable?

This event combined with a phenomenal sophomore NHL season by a guy named Wayne Gretzky helped turn me into a huge hockey fan. I thought I knew this whole story by heart. i was wrong. There was so much I didn't know. I knew the players by number, position, and school, but I never knew the men behind the uniforms. This book gives great insight into them by using a very clever framing device. it will appeal to both the casual fan who may not have been around to experience the "miracle" and to the sports know-it-all.

What did you like best about this story?

The storytelling was really well done. It sounds corny, but I actually got chills as the final seconds of the game ticked off.

Have you listened to any of Kirby Heyborne’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Heyborne did a pretty good job, but after only a few minutes of listening it became very evident to me that he knows very little about hockey. He paces well and gives the text a lot of flair, but each time he said "blue line" as two separate words I would lose my mind. Hulk would have smashed his iPod.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It makes me smile. It's just a wonderful story about a bunch of college kids who were able to defeat the greatest team in the world.

Any additional comments?

Good story for a hockey family to listen to on a long trip.

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