03910nam 22005053 450 991013664670332120241107095154.0(CKB)3710000000891815(MiAaPQ)EBC6044118(Au-PeEL)EBL6044118(OCoLC)1090870496(ODN)ODN0002606951(EXLCZ)99371000000089181520210901d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier992016East Rutherford :Penguin Publishing Group,2016.©2016.1 online resource (368 pages)0-399-57547-2 0-399-57548-0 Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- One: THE FIRST HOCKEY STAR -- Two: IN THE BEGINNING -- Three: TEX'S RANGERS AND THE LEAFS -- Four: THE BRUINS -- Five: THE HAWKS -- Six: THE WINGS -- Seven: THE ORIGINAL SIX -- Eight: THE STANLEY CUP -- Nine: THE VEZINA -- Ten: THE LADY BYNG -- Eleven: THE FIRST ALL-STAR GAME -- Twelve: FIRE IN HIS EYES -- Thirteen: THE FORGOTTEN MIRACLE -- Fourteen: THE GREATEST OF THEM ALL -- Fifteen: WILLIE O'REE -- Sixteen: STAND FIRM -- Seventeen: THE SECOND SIX -- Eighteen: BLACK, WHITE, AND SILVER -- Nineteen: THE ST. LOUIS BLUES -- Twenty: THE MINNESOTA NORTH STARS -- Twenty-One: THE OAKLAND SEALS -- Twenty-Two: THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS -- Twenty-Three: THE PHILADELPHIA FLYERS -- Twenty-Four: THE WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION -- Twenty-Five: THE SUMMIT SERIES -- Twenty-Six: INSIDE THE MIRACLE -- Twenty-Seven: THE 1984 CANADA CUP -- Twenty-Eight: THE 1987 CANADA CUP -- Twenty-Nine: THE 1991 CANADA CUP -- Thirty: THE 1998 WINTER OLYMPICS -- Thirty-One: THE CULTURE OF WINNING -- Thirty-Two: HOCKEY ON THE ISLAND -- Thirty-Three: ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG -- Thirty-Four: THE LAST DYNASTY -- Thirty-Five: YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND TOMORROW -- Thirty-Six: "I JUST LOVE TO PLAY" -- Photographs -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits -- Index.In this sports memoir, Wayne Gretzky weaves memories of his legendary career with an inside look at professional hockey and the heroes and stories that inspired him. From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming the stuff of legend. Dubbed “The Great One,” he is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player who ever lived. No one has seen more of the game than he has—but he has never discussed in depth just what it was he saw. For the first time, Gretzky discusses candidly what the game looks like to him and introduces us to the people who inspired and motivated him: mentors, teammates, rivals, the famous and the lesser known. Weaving together lives and moments from an extraordinary career, he reflects on the players who inflamed his imagination when he was a kid, the way he himself figured in the dreams of so many who came after; takes us onto the ice and into the dressing rooms to meet the friends who stood by him and the rivals who spurred him to greater heights; shows us some of the famous moments in hockey history through the eyes of someone who regularly made that history. Warm, direct, and revelatory, it is a book that gives us number 99, the man and the player, like never before.Hockey playersCanadaBiographyHockeyHistoryHockeyAnecdotesHockey playersHockeyHistory.Hockey796.962/64BIO016000BIO026000SPO020000bisacshGretzky Wayne1246051Day Kirstie McLellanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910136646703321992889371UNINA