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Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates

Author : Kara Kootstra
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 073526533X
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates written by Kara Kootstra and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr. Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He's seen the exact pair he wants in the shop window: sparkling blades, shiny leather, clean new laces tied in perfect bows. But when Bobby opens his gift, he's dismayed to find hand-me-down skates: scuffed leather, nicked blades, floppy laces. Once Bobby breaks them in, though, he and the hand-me-down skates become inseparable, and he can't imagine life without them . . . until the brand-new skates come into his life. How can he leave his hand-me-down skates behind? Log Driver's Waltz illustrator Jennifer Phelan brings this classic story to life with timeless, gorgeous art, and Kara Kootsra's words evoke the joy and dedication that Bobby Orr brought to his favorite sport. A perfect gift for readers and fans big and small, this book is destined to be a classic that is reached for time and time again.

Orr

Author : Bobby Orr
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143188682
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Orr by : Bobby Orr

Download or read book Orr written by Bobby Orr and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest sports figures of all time at last breaks his silence in a memoir as unique as the man himself. Number 4. It is just about the most common number in hockey, but invoke that number and you can only be talking about one player -- the man often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game: Bobby Orr. From 1966 through the mid-70s he could change a game just by stepping on the ice. Orr could do things that others simply couldn’t, and while teammates and opponents alike scrambled to keep up, at times they could do little more than stop and watch. Many of his records still stand today and he remains the gold standard by which all other players are judged. Mention his name to any hockey fan – or to anyone in New England – and a look of awe will appear.

Bobby

Author : Bobby Orr
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735236186
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Bobby written by Bobby Orr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible story of the life and phenomenal career of hockey's most legendary superstar, told through never-before-seen photographs. Bobby Orr rarely speaks of his accomplishments as a hockey player. He doesn’t have to—his play did all his talking for him during his storied career. His was a style of seemingly effortless grace, a style that helped reinvent the sport of hockey. Now, Bobby Orr shares his story through a personal collection of photos, inviting readers into different seasons of his life while introducing some of the people that filled these moments in time. We see him at home and in the dressing room. We are there the day the Boston Bruins first scouted him, at rinkside when he celebrated his first Stanley Cup with his father, and back in Boston the day his famous number four was retired. Yet behind all the statistics, trophies, and public persona, is the man himself. There were losses to go along with the victories, disappointments alongside the accomplishments. Without the people around him, and without the many challenges he faced along the way, the triumphs would have meant much less. Capturing not only a legendary career and incredible person, Bobby: My Story in Pictures also brings into focus a different era. These photos chronicle not only the changing of the game, but also mark many significant milestones of his life. Personal, thoughtful, and full of never-before-seen images of Bobby Orr and those close to him, Bobby shows the varied sides of a player who rewrote the record book. It is a public journey into a world of a very private man.

Number Four Bobby Orr

Author : Sports Illustrated
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771079265
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Number Four Bobby Orr written by Sports Illustrated and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with his jump from the Oshawa Generals to the NHL's Boston Bruins, Sports Illustrated began in-depth coverage of the career of Bobby Orr, a player who remains, over thirty years after his retirement, one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Orr completely changed the way hockey was played, taking it from a game of grinding defence to a rushing, high-scoring affair. Along the way, Orr set scoring records, won individual awards, and led his Bruins to two Stanley Cups before a bad knee began costing him games. He tried two major comebacks in the late seventies, showing a perseverance and dedication unmatched in the game, but ultimately was forced into an early retirement at the age of thirty. Number Four, Bobby Orr brings together the stories and photographs behind the career. The media-shy Orr rarely opened up to reporters, hiding his charitable works and his loyalty to his friends and teammates and letting his play speak for itself. This anthology brings together all SI's reporting on Orr, from the 1960s to his new career as a player agent in the 2000s, to form a comprehensive biography of one of the greats of the game.

Searching for Bobby Orr

Author : Stephen Brunt
Publisher : Seal Books
ISBN 13 : 1400025338
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching for Bobby Orr written by Stephen Brunt and published by Seal Books. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that hockey fans have been waiting for: the definitive, unauthorized account of the man many say was the greatest player the game has ever seen. The legend of Bobby Orr is one of the most enduring in sport. Even those who have never played the game of hockey know that the myth surrounding Canada’s great pastime originates in places like Bobby Orr’s Parry Sound. In the glory years of the Original Six – an era when the majority of NHLers were Canadian – hockey players seemed to emerge fully formed from our frozen rivers and backyard rinks, to have found the source of their genius somehow in the landscape. Like Mozart, they just appeared – Howie Morenz, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard and Bobby Orr – spun out of the elements, prodigies, geniuses, originals, to stoke the fantasy of a nation united around a puck. Bobby Orr redefined the defensive style of hockey; there was nothing like it before him. He was the first to infuse the defenseman position with offensive juice, driving up the ice, setting up players and scoring some goals of his own. He was the first player to win three straight MVP awards, the first defenseman to score twenty or more goals in a season. His most famous goal won the Boston Bruins the Stanley Cup in 1970 – for the first time in twenty-nine years – against the St. Louis Blues in overtime. But history will also remember Bobby Orr as a key figure in the Alan Eagleson scandal, and as the unfortunate player forced into early retirement in 1978 because of his injuries. His is a story of dramatic highs and lows. In Searching for Bobby Orr, Canada’s foremost sportswriter gives us a compelling and graceful look at the life and times of Bobby Orr that is also a revealing portrait of a game and a country in transition. So Bobby Orr could skate, he could stickhandle, he could fight when he had to. He could shoot without looking at the net, without tipping a goaltender as to what was coming. His slapshot came without a big windup, and was deadly accurate. Skating backwards, defending, he was all but unbeatable one on one. He could poke check the puck away, or muscle a forward into the boards. In front of his own net, stronger on his feet than his skinny frame would suggest, he wouldn’t be moved. But there was more… –from Searching for Bobby Orr From the Hardcover edition.

Bobby Orr and Me

Author : Martin Avery
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557036925
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Bobby Orr and Me written by Martin Avery and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Avery reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul. Bobby Orr And Me flows from Avery's boyhood games in the Muskoka/Parry Sound region in the heart of Canada and it examines the globalization of hockey. Part memoir, part essay on national identity, part hockey history, Hockey Dreams is a meditation by a Canadian author on the essence of the game that helps define our nation.

Crossing the Line

Author : Derek Sanderson
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1617499986
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Crossing the Line written by Derek Sanderson and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of one of hockey’s first rebels and a beloved member of the “Big Bad Bruins,” this book shares how Derek Sanderson’s ferocious style helped lead the team to two Stanley Cup victories in the early 1970s. Living life in the fast lane, Sanderson grew his hair long, developed a serious drinking problem, and eventually found himself out of the league and prowling the streets for his next drink. In this autobiography, Sanderson comes clean on his life in hockey, the demons that threatened to consume him, and the strength and courage it took to fight his way back. Today a successful entrepreneur and speaker, Sanderson’s incredible story is a must read for any fan of hockey.

Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates

Author : Kara Kootstra
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 0735265321
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates written by Kara Kootstra and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr. Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He's seen the exact pair he wants in the shop window: sparkling blades, shiny leather, clean new laces tied in perfect bows. But when Bobby opens his gift, he's dismayed to find hand-me-down skates: scuffed leather, nicked blades, floppy laces. Once Bobby breaks them in, though, he and the hand-me-down skates become inseparable, and he can't imagine life without them . . . until the brand-new skates come into his life. How can he leave his hand-me-down skates behind? Log Driver's Waltz illustrator Jennifer Phelan brings this classic story to life with timeless, gorgeous art, and Kara Kootsra's words evoke the joy and dedication that Bobby Orr brought to his favorite sport. A perfect gift for readers and fans big and small, this book is destined to be a classic that is reached for time and time again.

Don't Call Me Goon

Author : Greg Oliver
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1770904212
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Don't Call Me Goon written by Greg Oliver and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional hockey enforcers—popularly known as “goons”—finally get their due in this rollicking look at the players who have perfected the art of making mayhem. Whether they are called upon to duke it out with a fellow troublemaker or intimidate an opponent’s top scorer, these are the men who get the crowds to their feet, the sports radio shows buzzing, and the TV audience spilling their beers in excitement. Old timers like Joe Hall and Red Horner are profiled here, along with legendary heavy hitters Tiger Williams, Stu Grimson, and Bob Probert, fan favorites Tie Domi and Georges Laroque, and contemporary hockey stars Arron Asham and Brian McGrattan. The book also delves into the intense debate over the issue of violence on the ice as well as the personal and professional dramas of the NHL’s bad boys: the suspensions, the concussions, and the constant controversy of their role in the game.

Kooks and Degenerates on Ice

Author : Thomas J. Whalen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538110296
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Kooks and Degenerates on Ice written by Thomas J. Whalen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston Bruins’ 1970 Stanley Cup championship season by reliving all the moments in Kooks and Degenerates on Ice. While the United States seethed from racial violence, war, and mass shootings, the 1969-70 “Big, Bad Bruins,” led by the legendary Bobby Orr, brushed off their perennial losing ways to defeat the St. Louis Blues in the Stanley Cup Finals for their first championship in 29 years. In Kooks and Degenerates on Ice: Bobby Orr, the Big Bad Bruins, and the Stanley Cup Championship That Transformed Hockey, Thomas J. Whalen recounts all the memorable moments from that championship season. Behind the no-nonsense yet inspired leadership of head coach Harry Sinden, the once laughingstock Bruins became the talk of the sporting world. Nicknamed the “Big, Bad Bruins” for their propensity to out-brawl and intimidate their opponents, the team rallied around the otherworldly play of Bobby Orr and his hard-hitting teammates to take the NHL by surprise in a season to remember. Kooks and Degenerates on Ice brings to life all the colorful personalities and iconic players from this Stanley Cup-raising team. In addition, the season is placed into its historical context as the United States struggled with issues of war, race, politics, and class, making this a must-read for sports enthusiasts, hockey fans, and those interested in twentieth-century American history.

The Boy in Number Four

Author : Kara Kootstra
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698191153
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Boy in Number Four written by Kara Kootstra and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “For everyone who loves hockey - young or old, player or spectator - I hope this book inspires you to simply pick up a stick, get together with some friends, and just have some fun playing the best game on earth.” —Hockey legend, Bobby Orr from the afterword of The Boy in Number Four Bobby Orr played in the NHL with the Boston Bruins for ten seasons leading them to two Stanley Cup victories. He also played with the Chicago Black Hawks for two more— all the while wearing jersey number 4. In the Boy in Number Four, readers will get a glimpse of this hockey legend as a boy and discover the hard work, commitment, and fun it takes to make a dream into a reality. This book also includes an afterword by Bobby Orr with an inspirational message for kids today.

Black and Gold

Author : Rob Simpson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118172787
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Black and Gold written by Rob Simpson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Boston Bruins in pictures, newly revised and updated to cover the spectacular 2010-2011 Stanley Cup-Winning Season! A pictorial history of the Boston Bruins, Black and Gold is a tribute to one of the NHL's Original Six teams and hockey's most popular franchises. A storied team with a long and rich history spanning almost ninety years, the Bruins have been home to some of the greatest names in the sport, including legends like Ray Bourque, Cam Neely, Terry O'Reilly, Don Cherry, Bobby Orr, and Joe Thornton. Featuring four decades of pictures from long-time team photographer Steve Babineau, and accompanying text by broadcaster Rob Simpson, Black and Gold documents the six-time Stanley Cup winning team, including magic moments from the past, star players and coaches, Bruins goalies, grinders, and the old Boston Garden. Revised to commemorate the 2011 Winter Classic and the team's epic Stanley Cup victory Packed with 32 all-new pages of iconic images and insightful commentary Includes a Foreword by hockey great Don Cherry This epic collection, featuring many never-before-seen photographs, is guaranteed to bring back memories for every Bruins fan who bleeds black and gold.

Number Four, Bobby Orr!

Author : Mike Leonetti
Publisher : Raincoast Books
ISBN 13 : 1551925516
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Number Four, Bobby Orr! written by Mike Leonetti and published by Raincoast Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grade level: 3, 4,5 e, p, i.

Thunder and Lightning

Author : Phil Esposito
Publisher : Triumph Books (IL)
ISBN 13 : 9781572437692
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Thunder and Lightning written by Phil Esposito and published by Triumph Books (IL). This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hall of Famer Phil Esposito takes fans into his storied career that saw him skate in 10 All-Star games, play for three of the most storied franchises in professional hockey--Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers--and become the first general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Mr. Hockey

Author : Gordie Howe
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698183592
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Hockey written by Gordie Howe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE DEFINITIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SPORTS LEGEND The NHL may never see anyone like Gordie Howe again. Known as Mr. Hockey, he led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cups and is the only player to have competed in the league in five different decades. In Mr. Hockey, the man widely recognized as the greatest all-around player the sport has ever seen tells the story of his incredible life... Twenty consecutive seasons among the top five scorers in the NHL. One hundred points after the age of forty. Playing for Team Canada with his two sons. Gordie Howe rewrote the record books. But despite Howe’s unyielding ferocity on the ice, his name has long been a byword for decency, generosity, and honesty off of it. Going back to Howe’s Depression-era roots and following him through his Hall of Fame career, his enduring marriage to his wife, Colleen, and his extraordinary relationship with his children, Mr. Hockey is the definitive account of the game’s most celebrated legacy, as told by the man himself. FOREWORD BY BOBBY ORR INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS

Number 4 Bobby Orr

Author : Kevin Vautour
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1644245981
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Number 4 Bobby Orr written by Kevin Vautour and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bursting upon the National Hockey League scene in the fall of 1966 amid enormous hype and expectations, Robert Gordon "Bobby" Orr would go on to exceed all predictions of greatness. Displaying All-Star level ability from the start, it was his talent as a play maker and scorer that utterly revolutionized the game of hockey. At the same time, Orr helped revive a tired, long-suffering Boston Bruins team, leading them to their first Stanley Cup in twenty-nine years at the age of twenty-two. Orr and

The Boys of Winter

Author : Wayne Coffey
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1400047668
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boys of Winter written by Wayne Coffey and published by Crown. This book was released on 2005-10-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and the Miracle on Ice, which Sports Illustrated called the greatest moment in sports history—with a new afterword by Ken Morrow for the fortieth anniversary of the Miracle on Ice “An unvarnished and captivating read.”—Parade Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. Wayne Coffey casts a fresh eye on this seminal sports event, giving readers an ice-level view of the amateurs who took on a Russian hockey juggernaut at the height of the Cold War. He details the unusual chemistry of the Americans—formulated by their fiercely determined coach, Herb Brooks—and seamlessly weaves portraits of the boys with the fluid action of the game itself. Coffey also traces the paths of the players and coaches since their stunning victory, examining how the Olympic events affected their lives. Told with warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, The Boys of Winter is an intimate, perceptive portrayal of one Friday night in Lake Placid and the enduring power of the extraordinary.