{"product_id":"the-last-hockey-game-bruce-mcdougall-9780864923783","title":"The Last Hockey Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, Toronto Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn May 2, 1967, Montreal and Toronto faced each other in a battle for hockey supremacy. This was only the fifth time the teams had ever played each other in the Stanley Cup finals. Toronto led the series 3-2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut this wasn't simply a game. From the moment Foster Hewitt announced \"Hello Canada and hockey fans in the United States,\" the game became a turning point in sports history. That night, the Leafs would win the Cup. The next season, the National Hockey League would expand to twelve teams. Players would form an association to begin collective bargaining. Hockey would become big business. The NHL of the \"Original Six\" would be a thing of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt was \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hockey Game\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlacing us in the announcers' booth, in the seats of excited fans, and in the skates of the players, Bruce McDougall scores with a spectacular account of every facet of that final fateful match. As we meet players such as Gump Worsley, Tim Horton, Terry Sawchuk, and Eddie Shack, as well as coaches, owners, and fans, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Hockey Game\u003c\/i\u003e becomes more than a story of a game. It also becomes an elegy, a lament for an age when, for all its many problems, the game was played for the love of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce McDougall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0864923783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864923783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2015","brand":"Bruce McDougall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072851210495,"sku":"9780864923783","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b692c7d1-a247-4c78-8f87-c0e2e8cadc86.jpg?v=1685444306","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-hockey-game-bruce-mcdougall-9780864923783","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}