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The Great Book of Ice Hockey: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories
- Sports Trivia, Book 1
- Narrated by: Scott Miller
- Series: Sports Trivia, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Hockey
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Publisher's Summary
The Great Book of Ice Hockey is a must for anyone who loves sports trivia. It is a compendium of interesting facts and sport stories about the great game of ice hockey, with information about the early days before the National Hockey League (NHL) all the way to the stars of today. There are random facts about leagues, rules, coaches, players, and inside stories about the early days of the game.
The answers to hundreds of trivia questions lie in this audiobook. Learn about foreign leagues, junior hockey, and superstars like Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, and, of course, "The Great One", Wayne Gretzky. You can find interesting facts about the builders of the game, including Maurice "Rocket" Richard and Coach Jack Adams, both of whom have NHL trophies named in their honor. You will meet scoring leaders, winning coaches, amazing goalies, and ice hockey royalty.
Whether you’re a long-time fan of ice hockey, or if you’re just looking for answers to troublesome trivia questions in your latest game of Trivial Pursuit, The Great Book of Ice Hockey is the audiobook for you. Presented in a clear and engaging manner, this collection of sports trivia will give fans of ice hockey a new and entertaining set of random facts to liven up a boring day or fill the time during intermission.
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- cosmitron
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Would you listen to The Great Book of Ice Hockey: Interesting Facts and Sports Stories again? Why?
It offers an interesting overview of the sport, including short descriptions of some of the greatest players.
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It is not a book of scenes but interesting facts and trivia.
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- Alex Martinez
- 08-29-19
I recommend this to anyone – even non-hockey fans!
Even though I’m not a hockey fan, I enjoyed and recommend this audiobook by Bill O’Neil and Ryan Black. Scott Miller’s narration also contributed to making my experience so pleasant.
I am very grateful that I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request ; I have voluntarily left this review.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-11-21
Not bad
Was pretty intresting. Got to know few new facts about early NHL. Want more.
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- Eli
- 07-29-19
Some really cool facts in a fun way
I am a huge hockey fan, but not super knowledgeable about hockey outside of the team I follow, so this seemed like it would be a lot of fun. It did not disappoint. There are some great stories in here and the facts are interesting ones. The lists get a little long in audio format. In a book, you could just skim the list of names if you don't really care to read them all, but in audio, they have to go through them. The 15-second skip feature worked wonders on that though and it certainly wasn't anything that kept me from enjoying the book. If you like hockey, this one is full of great info in a fun format.
