Hockey's Hot Stove
eBook - ePub

Hockey's Hot Stove

The Untold Stories of the Original Insiders

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hockey's Hot Stove

The Untold Stories of the Original Insiders

About this book

Stories from behind the scenes of one of hockey's longest running and most popular broadcasts, Hockey Night in Canada's Satellite Hot Stove, from an insider who's seen it all. For more than twenty years, hockey fans tuned in during intermission on Saturday nights to watch one of the most popular segments in the game's long broadcasting history. They'd hear news from around the league, the latest rumours and gossip, and—of course—some of the most controversial opinions of the day.No, we're not talking about Coach's Corner. The Satellite Hot Stove was a revolutionary show for talking about the game we love. Here, during the second intermission of the first game of every Hockey Night in Canada broadcast, pundits, and insiders would convene in studios across North America—in arenas and other locales—to discuss the biggest topics. Hot Stove was the best place to get news, opinions, and a good laugh.And Al Strachan was in the middle of it all. A bestselling author and award-winning sports journalist, he has been writing and talking about hockey for more than forty years. As a regular TV pundit on Hot Stove, he witnessed the most exciting and talked-about episodes in the modern game. And more than once, his unfiltered, say-it-as-it-is style added controversy of its own, too. In this new book, he relives the best stories of his long career, from working with some of the biggest personalities, on and off the ice, to the hijinks that went on behind the cameras.From embarrassing himself in front of Scotty Bowman, to cooking up a plan with Wayne Gretzky to save hockey, and frank conversations with Ken Dryden and hockey's elite, Hockey's Hot Stove delivers all new hockey stories you won't hear anywhere else.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Introduction: Ground Rules
  5. Chapter 1: In the Beginning, 1994–2000
  6. Chapter 2: The Name Game
  7. Chapter 3: Live on Tape
  8. Chapter 4: Now Is the Hour
  9. Chapter 5: Up in the Air
  10. Chapter 6: Casting Call
  11. Chapter 7: A Kathy of All Trades
  12. Chapter 8: No Mail Today
  13. Chapter 9: A Close-Run Thing
  14. Chapter 10: A Sharply Dressed Man
  15. Chapter 11: One of Ours
  16. Chapter 12: The Greatest Years
  17. Chapter 13: Trouble in Paradise
  18. Chapter 14: Filling the Gap
  19. Chapter 15: Over-Under
  20. Chapter 16: Out on a Limb
  21. Chapter 17: The Show Must Go On
  22. Chapter 18: Arguing as Sport
  23. Chapter 19: The ā€œTeam Uselessā€ Grad
  24. Chapter 20: Changing Times
  25. Chapter 21: Let’s Make a Deal
  26. Chapter 22: Against the Wall
  27. Chapter 23: Au Revoir
  28. Conclusion
  29. Acknowledgments
  30. About the Author
  31. Copyright