Author Richard Kincaide brings to life what was at once the most glorious and the most tumultuous time in Detroit hockey history, the Original Six Era. Red Wings stars interviewed for The Gods Of Olympia Stadium: Legends of the Detroit Red Wings won 35 Stanley Cups between them. These are stories told by the biggest names in hockey both in Detroit and across Canada from the mid-1940s into the late 1960s. Red Wings legends like Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Bill Gadsby and Red Kelly as well as other stars from the National Hockey League from fifty years ago and longer, share their stories as they saw them -- as they lived them. A few things readers will discover include who Red Wings legend and Hockey Hall of Fame member Ted Lindsay thinks is the greatest Red Wing of all time and how trades by iron-fisted Detroit general manager Jack Adams ruined a team many players felt should have won a half-dozen more Stanley Cups. The Gods of Olympia Stadium: Legends of the Detroit Red Wings is hockey history in the truest sense of the term.
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Kincaide was born in Detroit and raised at Olympia Stadium.
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This book is awesome,
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The Book is wonderful and a great read--finished it off in one night--left me awestruck and wondering when the next one will be available.
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A great book about hockey,
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The cover is fantastic! Looking at it kind of makes you feel like you've been checked by Gordie Howe himself. That is if being checked by Gordie were a good thing! This is one book you can tell by its cover! Of course what's most impressive is on the inside.Shakespeare wrote in one the sonnets "so long as eyes can see, so long lives this. And this gives life to thee." Richard Kincaide has done his part to keep the legacy of these great gentlemen of hockey alive to inspire and entertain for, well, forever now. The rest is up to the fans. This book should be on the shelf of anyone who loves sports.
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I gave this book to my Father-in-law (a long time Red Wing fan) for a Father's Day gift. It was great timing since the Wings clinched the Stanley Cup just weeks before! He loved it, reading it in only two days! He mentioned how interesting it was for weeks!Before I gave it to him, I'll admit I glaced through some of the pages. It was an interesting concept-having the different players talk about their teammates. All the comments about one player were put into a chapter. So you had three or four pages of stories and anecdotes about one player all grouped together. You also heard stories about their private lives and some behind the scenes moments of one of the greatest eras in hockey! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a long time hockey fan!
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I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING: It was a great life, playing in the NHL. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Red Wings, Stanley Cup, Jack Adams, New York, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, National Hockey League, Red Kelly, Tommy Ivan, Hall of Fame, Marty Pavelich, Maple Leafs, Terry Sawchuk, Sid Abel, Leo Reise, Doug Harvey, Olympia Stadium, Rocket Richard, Black Jack Stewart, Chicago Blackhawks, Marcel Pronovost, Andra Kelly, John Mariucci, Teeder Kennedy, Bill Gadsby New!
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I'LL TELL YOU ONE THING: It was a great life, playing in the NHL. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
junior hockey, hockey club, center ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Red Wings, Stanley Cup, Jack Adams, New York, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, National Hockey League, Red Kelly, Tommy Ivan, Hall of Fame, Marty Pavelich, Maple Leafs, Terry Sawchuk, Sid Abel, Leo Reise, Doug Harvey, Olympia Stadium, Rocket Richard, Black Jack Stewart, Chicago Blackhawks, Marcel Pronovost, Andra Kelly, John Mariucci, Teeder Kennedy, Bill Gadsby New!
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- The Stanley Cup (Watts History of Sports) by Mark Stewart on page 51, page 73, and page 100
- Yeah, but (An Avon Flare Book) by Fanny Howe on page 59
- Red Wings Essential: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Real Fan! by Nicholas J. Cotsonika on 5 pages
- Tales from the Chicago Blackhawks by Harvey Wittenberg in Back Matter
- Bob Plager's Tales from the Blues Bench by Bob Plager in Back Matter
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