Bidini returns to the game he loves best. In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto's McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking about how others see the game. Afterward, he set off to talk to former professional players about their experiences of hockey. The result is vintage Bidini--an exuberant, evocative, highly personal, and vividly coloured account of his and ...
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Bidini returns to the game he loves best. In 2004, Dave Bidini laced on his skates and slid onto the ice of Toronto's McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars in the E! Cup tourney. While thrashing around the ice, swiping at the puck and his opponents, Bidini got to thinking about how others see the game. Afterward, he set off to talk to former professional players about their experiences of hockey. The result is vintage Bidini--an exuberant, evocative, highly personal, and vividly coloured account of his and his team's exploits, interwoven with the voices of such hockey heroes as Frank Mahovlich, Yvan Cournoyer, John Brophy, Steve Larmer, and Ryan Walter. All aspects of the game are up for grabs in The Best Game You Can Name --the sweetest goals, the worst fights, the trades, the off-ice perks and the on-ice rivalries, not to mention the rotten pranks. Bidini and the former players offer sometimes startling observations about the fans, coaches, owners, other players, and the huge rush of being on the ice, stick in hand, giving everything you have to the best game you can name.
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Fine in Fine jacket. pp.296 The author plays at Toronto's McCormick Arena to play defence with the Morningstars. clean tight copy with small faint crease top back Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. McClelland&Stewart, 2005, first edition. Fine trade HC with very good dust jacket that has moderate creasing at top. Otherwise covers are clean and bright, bindings are straight and tight and edges are sharp. No tears, remainder marks, price clips, owner writings or highlighting.
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Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. Book. 8vo. Signed by Author 296 pp. Signed by Dave Bidini on the title page. Black boards lettered in silver on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. An exuberant, evocative, highly personal, and vividly coloured account of his and his team's exploits, interwoven with moving stories and sharp comments from such hockey heroes as Frank Mahovlich, Yvan Cournoyer, John Brophy, Steve Larmer, Ryan Walter, and others. The Chapters are: A Frozen River of Stout; Doughnuts by the Morning Light; Love Among the Sweatpants; The Elephant Is a Zamboni; The Ghost of Sam LoPresti; Hosers' Promenade; The Pinch of the Ninja; Hey Nedved; Burton and Me; The Stars Are Coming Down; The UnHowie; Toe Blake in Heels; Santa, Gord and Elvis; That Certain Facewash; The Hour of the Platypus; and The Flight of the Lunkhead; followed by an Appendix: Exclaim Cup Participants.
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Very Good: a copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.
