This gorgeous, full-colour book based on The Hockey News’ commemorative magazine The Great One, but adding much, much more, gives readers the total picture. It features over 130 glorious, stunning photographs, almost exclusively in colour. It includes a moving tribute by celebrated hockey author Roy MacGregor, a foreword by Gretzky fan and friend Peter Gzowski, and fascinating and revealing articles by former NHL players and acclaimed Hockey News editors and writers.And Total Gretzky features something truly unique: the most exhaustive look at Gretzky’s career, in numbers, ever compiled. In addition to career totals and records held, Total Gretzky lists every game, year by year, in which Gretzky ever played in the NHL, in the WHA, in junior, on Team Canada, and in all-star games, with a running total of goals, assists and points accumulated for each stage of his remarkable career. Milestone games and records are highlighted, and Gretzky’s amazing achievements are set against those of other hockey immortals.Total Gretzky is a dazzling and complete testament to Wayne Gretzky, a book that no hockey fan should be without.

    Now, you can relive their year-by-year quest for the Stanley Cup---from 1900 through the 1999 Finals---in this exciting publication.Inside you will discover: More than 1,000 short stories, reliving hockey's most important moments and the game's most fascinating performers. More than 1,000 hockey photographs, most in full color. A 600-page timeline, pinpointing each significant detail of every hockey season. Read about Rocket Richard's 50 goals in 50 games, the U.S. hockey team's Miracle on Ice, and the extraordinary feats of Howe, Gretzky, Lemieux, and hundreds of others in the extensive, historic 20th Century Hockey Chronicle.

    Researched and compiled by the National Hockey League, this is the one and only official reference on hockey, used by sports media throughout the world and featuring hundreds of brand new photos.

    Follow this dream team for the many months of training in practice arenas and tournaments across the United States and Canada in anticipation of Nagano. Join them in the locker room and feel the tension of pregame strategies and the Olympic team selection process. Experience the drama of the battles on the ice and the friendships that were made along the way. Meet their coach, a mythical figure in men's ice hockey who treated his players as world-class athletes, and the families and friends of the team, who encouraged these girls to follow their dreams and challenge all prejudices against contact sports for women. Watch and be inspired by this unforgettable team--the women who risked everything in crashing the net.

    Ted Mahovlich, Frank's son, interviewed such hockey greats as Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Guy LaFleur and Henri "Rocket" Richard to re-create one of the greatest NHL careers of all time.

    He was the unanimous choice for rookie of the year in 1967. Twice he led the NHL in scoring, an unprecedented feat. for a defenceman with an unbelievable 120 and 135 points. He was voted the NHL's most valuable player three years in a row. He was named best defenceman eight years in a row. He won playoff MVP honors in leading the Boston Bruins to a Stanley Cup in 1970. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and recently The Hockey News ranked him as the #2 player of all time, and the #1 defenceman.Now, in this lavishly illustrated book from the greatest sports writers of the dine, you can relive the memories of a player who revolutionized hockey, who dazzled fans every time he stepped on the ice. Bobby Orr was more than just a hockey player. He was living legend, on and off the ice, a gracious and generous man, still cherished by fans and the hockey community.

    Hockey equipment and rules of play are also described as well as such techniques as: how to manoeuvre on skates; stick handling; passing the puck and shooting; and making a save in the goalie's net.