{"product_id":"the-last-good-year-seven-games-that-ended-an-era-9780735234789","title":"The Last Good Year: Seven Games That Ended an Era","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2019 Toronto Heritage Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe may never see a playoff series like it again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Gary Bettman, and the lockouts. Before all the NHL's old barns were torn down to make way for bigger, glitzier rinks. Before expansion and parity across the league, just about anything could happen on the ice. And it often did. It was an era when huge personalities dominated the sport; and willpower was often enough to win games. And in the spring of 1993, some of the biggest talents and biggest personalities were on a collision course.\u003cbr\u003e The Cinderella Maple Leafs had somehow beaten the mighty Red Wings and then, just as improbably, the St. Louis Blues. Wayne Gretzky's Kings had just torn through the Flames and the Canucks. When they faced each other in the conference final, the result would be a series that fans still talk about passionately 25 years later.\u003cbr\u003e Taking us back to that feverish spring, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Good Year\u003c\/i\u003e gives an intimate account not just of an era-defining seven games, but of what the series meant to the men who were changed by it: Marty McSorley, the tough guy who took his whole team on his shoulders; Doug Gilmour, the emerging superstar; celebrity owner Bruce McNall; Bill Berg, who went from unknown to famous when the Leafs claimed him on waivers; Kelly Hrudey, the Kings' goalie who would go on to become a \u003ci\u003eHockey Night in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e broadcaster; Kerry Fraser, who would become the game's most infamous referee; and two very different captains, Toronto's bull in a china shop, Wendel Clark, and the immortal Wayne Gretzky.\u003cbr\u003e Fast-paced, authoritative, and galvanized by the same love of the game that made the series so unforgettable, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Good Year\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious testament to a moment hockey fans will never forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16181386\"\u003eDamien Cox\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books Canada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735234789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0735234787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO020000\"\u003eWinter Sports | Hockey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO019000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO052000\"\u003eWinter Sports | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAMIEN COX worked for 29 years as a columnist\/reporter at the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, covering the Maple Leafs and the NHL for 25 seasons, garnering a National Newspaper Award along the way. 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Cox has written or co-written books on the 1967 Maple Leafs, Alexander Ovechkin, and Martin Brodeur, and has covered multiple Stanley Cup finals, Olympics, World Cups, Wimbledon tennis tournaments, and countless other major international competitions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44537161679085,"sku":"9780735234789","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_62095fdf-afff-42b7-968b-c1cc48347293.jpg?v=1701437704","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-last-good-year-seven-games-that-ended-an-era-9780735234789","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}