Everything you wanted to know about the Canada Cup, the predecessor of the World Cup of Hockey. The Canada Cup saw the birth of international hockey involving NHL players. Following the Summit Series in 1972 and 1974, the world would finally see the nations of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the Soviet Union, Sweden, the United States and West Germany compete with all their best players for the first time. The Canada Cup gave us some of the greatest games and never-to-be-forgotten moments in hockey history.

For more information, please visit the author's website at: www.canadacupofhockey.com

Mathieu Simon finally achieves his dream. After four years breaking records in collegial hockey, he finally joins the Professional Hockey League. But Mathieu will quickly realize that life as professional athlete is not always beautiful. After a good start, misery strikes him, leaving him in total despair. With the help of those who care for him, he will do the impossible to climb back the mountain and be on top.

Desperately fighting for a playoffs spot, will Mathieu be able to help his team to get there? Will he become the Messiah the Boston Ice Dragons were waiting for? Will he be able to live his ultimate dream, to raise the hockey Holy Grail, the Silver Cup?

The World Junior Championships, The Official Book of Team Canada from Eh to Zed is the first book of four. This first installment details every NHL player that has represented Canada at this tournament. All player profiles include home provincial flag, draft information, Junior, NHL and World Junior Statistics, Junior achievements and career transactions. This book also has all of Canada's records in the 30 years of Memorial Cup and NCAA Championships. The Foreword is written by Bob Nicholson, the President of the Canadian Hockey Association, and there is also a 10 question and answer section with at least one NHL player. This is the perfect book for the hockey fan, nearly 400 profiles of your favourite NHL superstars, over 400 pages of information about Canada and the World Junior Championships.

Although written primarily with the coach in mind, The Season will also be of interest to those who enjoy the game of hockey and want to know more about what goes on behind the scenes during a hockey season. In addition to enhancing the understanding of the game, it will hopefully provide a useful planning blueprint for coaches at any level.

The book starts with a focus on preparation; the mental and physical preparation of the athlete as well as the seasonal preparation and planning requirements of the coach. It then goes on to examine the evaluation and selection of a team. Ideas for establishing an effective process and important considerations for assembling a well-balanced team are examined.

As the journey through the season continues, practice planning and game strategies are discussed thoroughly. Many diagrams of practice drills and illustrations of team systems are provided. The final chapter focuses on the playoffs. Ideas for sharpening the focus of the team as it prepares for this important time of year are provided. The book concludes with a look into the future for players and coaches and then provides some suggestions about finishing off the season on a positive note.

Readers will find that , The Season provides them with some great coaching resources. Written in a clear and easy-to-understand style, the author relates many personal stories, ideas and opinions that will be useful and thought provoking.

Hockey can be played in the driveway, on the road, an outdoor rink or at the community arena. There are many advantages to this sport. Kids who play hockey can gain skills, meet friends and learn discipline on the ice. This book evaluates the many facets of minor hockey and provides the parent with strategies to assist them in this sport. The parent will gain an understanding of the techniques they can use to motivate and enhance their child's performance in that sport. Hockey parents will come to realize that minor hockey is about exercise, cooperation and functioning as a member of a team. Information is offered to assist the parent in understanding their child's personal dynamics in this fast and exciting game. Once the parent has completed this book, he or she should be better equipped to understand the rules and unwritten rules of minor hockey. By being proactive the parent will be better prepared to implement decisions that will make their hockey journey a rewarding experience for their child and themselves.

Often humourous, always entertaining, No Guarantees is a classic Canadian story of how a prairie boy achieves his dream of playing professional hockey. The son of an auto mechanic and nurse, Don Dietrich was born in Deloraine, Manitoba in 1961. He joined the Brandon Wheat Kings as a rushing defenceman and was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in 1980, eventually playing with Tony Esposito, Doug Wilson and Denis Savard. You'll laugh at his antics in the big city and feel his pain as he fights John Wensink.

In the AHL Don met Nadine Greenlaw, a model and Penthouse Pet. They married and raised three sons. In 1984 Don was set to play for Canada in the Sarajevo Olympics when the IOC banned NHLers from competition, angering Alan Eagleson who came to Don's aid. Don completed his 10-year pro career in Europe, winning Defenceman of the Year and overcoming a serious knee injury and concussion.

Life without hockey was tough. He struggled with alcoholism, Parkinson's disease, and an aggressive cancer. Doctors gave him limited time. But using the same positive approach that got him so far in professional sport, Don researched his new "enemies" and faced them. His story is one of determination to live life to its fullest despite illness, injuries, and the politics of pro sport. No Guarantees tells how a prairie boy develops a winning attitude and overcomes all obstacles to find peace of mind and happiness. It will inspire young and old alike.

This solo, wilderness kayaking journey began many years ago, years before I even knew anything about kayaks and paddling down remote, legendary rivers. Poring over maps of those pleases revealed very little. The blank spaces spread far and wide. At last, after decades of dreaming, I stood on the shore of Lake Atlin in British Columbia where the headwaters of the Yukon River are. I stood there and thought about all those hope filled years and thrilled at the anticipation of leaving that morning in mid-June.

Crossing the expanse of Lake Atlin in a fine mist, I guided the kayak toward Graham Channel, which would take me to Tagish Lake. There I met Jim and Marion Brook at their cabin. After hot coffee and freshly baked cookies, they sent me on my way. They were the first of many people who helped me on my journey.

That evening, having found the "perfect" campsite, I inspected the area for bear tracks. Finding none I started a large campfire before setting up the tent. Supper had been eaten at a previous stop, so there was no cooking where I stayed for the night. This was the procedure I followed every night. It kept animals bigger and hungrier than me from visiting my campsites.

As I paddle down the lakes, I stopped at villages such as Tagish; I paddled down Marsh Lake, down dangerous Lake Laberge; stopped in historic towns such as Whitehorse and Dawson City. I passed by wrecked and beached steamboats form the gold rush days and finally crossed the US/Canadian line into Alaska. I had paddled through a forest fire so immense that it took a day to pass the flames. The current carried me past Eagle, Circle City, though the Yukon flats (where he river was 10-20 miles wide) and crossed the Artic Circle at Fort Yukon. Then came the small villages of Beaver, Stevens Village, and then the oil pipeline.

I paddled on to Rampart where the fierce head wind nearly drove me back upstream. Next I passed through Tanana, where I met Emmet Peter who has won the Iditarod long ago; then on to Ruby, Galena, Nulato and Holy Cross where Bergie Demientieff served me coffee and gave good advice.

Finally I arrived at Russian Mission where I ran out of time after 51 days and 2, 000 miles of paddling my kayak. There Harvey Pitka and his wife Ester fed me a wonderful dinner before I flew out. As the plane climbed and banked toward Bethel, I knew that I would return one day to finish my Kayak trip to the Bering Sea.

A captivating collection of short reads for hockey fans centered around the trials, tribulations and joys of growing up ice hockey. Told with wit and wisdom and contrived to verse, this engaging collection is sure to become a hockey fiction cult classic. Written to delight players young and old, parents, coaches, or anyone who has participated in, or experienced the wonderful world of youth hockey in any way. The driving force, power and pace of the fantasy hockey poetry flows through the metered verse, forming an electric undercurrent to the game as seen through the eyes of the players. The short read format lends itself to both the hockey commute and the warm room.

As the title implies, the book is divided into three sections:

Verses: presented with simplicity for youth reading enjoyment, these offerings span player attributes, attitudes and offer encouragement to young players;

Myths: Short metrical stories based on a shred of truth, but spun to yarns, most written in an easy read format.

Legends: A hat trick of pulsing hockey entertainment. My Antarctica is the initial adventure of the young hockey Goalie King to a special slumber land. He successfully lures the Buffalo Sabres to a quest for his Frozen Cup against his rollicking Penguins team. No, not those Pens from Pittsburgh... real ones, the Arctic Burrs. A sequel finds the King seeking NHL quality training by bringing his now mature Burrs to Buffalo to engage both the Sabres and the Niagara University Purple Eagles in another dream adventure. A third legend opens the door on a stick-on-stick tale of a small-town teen street hockey tournament contrived to win the local sports bar's paper replica of the Stanley Cup.

A captivating collection of short reads for hockey fans centered around the trials, tribulations and joys of growing up ice hockey. Told with wit and wisdom and contrived to verse, this engaging collection is sure to become a hockey fiction cult classic. Written to delight players young and old, parents, coaches, or anyone who has participated in, or experienced the wonderful world of youth hockey in any way. The driving force, power and pace of the fantasy hockey poetry flows through the metered verse, forming an electric undercurrent to the game as seen through the eyes of the players. The short read format lends itself to both the hockey commute and the warm room.

As the title implies, the book is divided into three sections:

Verses: presented with simplicity for youth reading enjoyment, these offerings span player attributes, attitudes and offer encouragement to young players;

Myths: Short metrical stories based on a shred of truth, but spun to yarns, most written in an easy read format.

Legends: A hat trick of pulsing hockey entertainment. My Antarctica is the initial adventure of the young hockey Goalie King to a special slumber land. He successfully lures the Buffalo Sabres to a quest for his Frozen Cup against his rollicking Penguins team. No, not those Pens from Pittsburgh... real ones, the Arctic Burrs. A sequel finds the King seeking NHL quality training by bringing his now mature Burrs to Buffalo to engage both the Sabres and the Niagara University Purple Eagles in another dream adventure. A third legend opens the door on a stick-on-stick tale of a small-town teen street hockey tournament contrived to win the local sports bar's paper replica of the Stanley Cup.

As the title suggests, this book, Doug Magwood's first, relates the story of the Toronto Maple Leafs as they progress through the 2001-2002 NHL season towards their ultimate objective, returning the Stanley Cup to Toronto. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

This book takes the form of a journal. It begins in early September 2001, as the players assemble for training camp, and concludes in the Spring of 2002, when the Leaf season comes to an end. Whether the players succeed, or fall short of their main objective, the book depicts a day-by-day chronicle of the struggle to attain professional hockey supremacy.

The author has been a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs since the 1950s. His book is written from a fan's perspective. He does not profess to have any means of acquiring "inside information" about the team. The opinions that are expressed in the book are his own. He also brings to this journal more than 40 years of devotion to the Maple Leafs. This work started out as a mere retirement pastime, but as it developed, the author began to envision a more ambitious and potentially useful outcome.

For more than a year, the author has been a dialysis patient at this fine hospital. He has come to admire the skill and dedication of the doctors, nurses, and technicians who provide more than 700 life-sustaining treatments each week to people like himself who require kidney dialysis. He wants to help them.

ALL author proceeds from sales will be donated directly to the Renal Department at the Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario

In its final form, Heart and Spirit - The Toronto Maple Leafs of 2001-2002 - A Fan's Journal contains:

• a prologue written and contributed by a former Toronto Maple Leaf player
• testimonials contributed by personalities from the world of NHL hockey
• player profiles
• role descriptions of team management and support staff personnel
• team and individual player objective setting and evaluations
• recognition of the "Top 25 Leafs of All Time"
• game-by-Game progress charts and summaries
• 2002 Winter Olympic Games Achievements
• triumphs and trials of an NHL season
• the drama of playoff action
• glimpses of Leaf opponents throughout the NHL

It was the author's hope that, in the final analysis, the Leafs would win the Stanley Cup in 2002, thereby returning it to Toronto for the first time in 35 years. Though the hope wasn't filled, this book tells the story of the successes and disappointments which invariably have to be dealt with by every professional sports franchise on the planet... not just the Leafs.

Doug Magwood has tried to make this book easy to read, interesting, and a volume that will be a keepsake for Maple Leaf fans everywhere.

Everything you wanted to know about the Canada Cup, the predecessor of the World Cup of Hockey. The Canada Cup saw the birth of international hockey involving NHL players. Following the Summit Series in 1972 and 1974, the world would finally see the nations of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the Soviet Union, Sweden, the United States and West Germany compete with all their best players for the first time. The Canada Cup gave us some of the greatest games and never-to-be-forgotten moments in hockey history.

For more information, please visit the author's website at: www.canadacupofhockey.com

Mathieu Simon finally achieves his dream. After four years breaking records in collegial hockey, he finally joins the Professional Hockey League. But Mathieu will quickly realize that life as professional athlete is not always beautiful. After a good start, misery strikes him, leaving him in total despair. With the help of those who care for him, he will do the impossible to climb back the mountain and be on top.

Desperately fighting for a playoffs spot, will Mathieu be able to help his team to get there? Will he become the Messiah the Boston Ice Dragons were waiting for? Will he be able to live his ultimate dream, to raise the hockey Holy Grail, the Silver Cup?