It was the Rumor of the New Millennium for the entire hockey world. The biggest story of the 2000-2001 National Hockey League season began as a whisper in Pittsburgh, and then raged across the sports pages and web sites of North America as the holidays neared. Mario Lemieux, the super-sized star of the National Hockey League driven too young from the game at which he excelled, was contemplating a comeback. In the wake of an interminable string of ailments and injuries, Super Mario had left the game in 1997 and limped into the Hockey Hall of Fame, barely into his thirties. By age thirty-four, he was president of the Pittsburgh Penguins, once again resurrecting a foundering franchise, this time in a suit. Ironically, accepting that responsibility only heightened his desire to address some unfinished business...on the ice. Healthier than he had been at any time in the last five years of his playing career, No.66 confirmed his return to the NHL ice wars, a belated Christmas present for Pittsburgh and the hockey world. Few could imagine the impact he would have on the league. From his early days as a hockey prodigy to the brilliant rise of his career (and its unexpected fall due to injury) and finally his return in a blaze of glory, Mario Lemieux: Over Time is the definitive book on one of the greatest hockey players of all time.
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Chrys Goyens' extensive career has included every aspect of journalism; wire service, newspapers, magazines, Internet writing, radio and television.
He has written more than a dozen books on hockey, including biographies on Darryl Sittler, Jean Beliveau and Larry Robinson. Other titles include Lions in Winter, the best-selling history of the Montreal Canadiens, The Montreal Forum, Forever Proud, a history of hockey's shrine, and, with Frank Orr, Blades on Ice, A Century of Professional Hockey, and Maurice Richard, Reluctant Hero.
Frank Orr spent thirty years as a sportswriter and columnist with the Toronto Star, with hockey and auto racing as major assignments. He has written some twenty books on those two sports, and this is his third collaboration with Chrys Goyens.
Orr was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
He has written more than a dozen books on hockey, including biographies on Darryl Sittler, Jean Beliveau and Larry Robinson. Other titles include Lions in Winter, the best-selling history of the Montreal Canadiens, The Montreal Forum, Forever Proud, a history of hockey's shrine, and, with Frank Orr, Blades on Ice, A Century of Professional Hockey, and Maurice Richard, Reluctant Hero.
Frank Orr spent thirty years as a sportswriter and columnist with the Toronto Star, with hockey and auto racing as major assignments. He has written some twenty books on those two sports, and this is his third collaboration with Chrys Goyens.
Orr was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989.
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This Book is a must Have for any Die-HARD or just a fan of ''Le Magnifique''or ''The Magnificent''. It mainly about his life from Pee-wee hockey to the comeback, Its covred. They have on most pages the games from mario's first back to the Final game of the 2000-20001 regular season.
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THIS BOOK IS A GREAT READ FOR ALL MARIO AND PENGUIN FANS. THE MANY PHOTOS REALLY MAKE THIS A STAND OUT BOOK. WE FOLLOW MARIO FROM HIS CHILDHOOD TO BEING THE CEO OF THE TEAM HE PLAYED HIS ENTIRE CAREER FOR. IT CONTAINS EACH GOAL MARIO SCORED IN HIS CAREER ALONG WITH WHO ASSISTED AND WHAT GOALIE GAVE IT UP. WE REALLY DON'T GET A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF MARIO'S LIFE BUT WE GET THE NITTY GRITTY. ONE OF THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HIS BACK INJURY AND THE REHAB HE HAD TO GO THRU TO PLAY AGAIN. MARIO ALSO HAD TO DEAL WITH A LIFE THREATENING DISEASE AND THE AFTER AFFECTS OF RADIATION. ALL IN ALL THIS REALLY IS AN EXCELLENT SALUTE TO THE MAGNIFICENT ONE. VERY RECOMMENDED.
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As much as I really like the Mario story, I found it very difficult if not impossible to read on certain pages due to a very small font and dark print on black background. I am older so my vision is not as good as my sons, but he had a hard time reading too!
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