Offering a groundbreaking and intelligent discourse on Canada's national
sport, this collection of more than 35 interviews with current and
former NHL players, coaches, executives, and famous commentators
explains and expounds on the enigmatic relationship hockey has long
maintained with Canadians, and its relationship with national identity
and culture. Written by celebrated hockey star Paul Henderson--known
widely as the scorer of Canada's "Greatest Goal" in 1972--with a
foreword by current Prime Minister Stephen Harper, each interview and
account captures the spirit of hockey and its role as a unifying force
across 33 million Canadians, and includes the sport's most-loved icons,
greatest plays, notorious brawls, and the infamous poll of great
Canadians in history that placed outrageous commentator Don Cherry ahead
of Alexander Graham Bell.