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  • Published: 15 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780771083419
  • Imprint: McClelland & Stewart
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99

Over the Line

Wrist Shots, Slap Shots, and Five-Minute Majors



Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.

Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan shares more insider stories from his more-than-forty-year career covering pro hockey.
 
Bestselling author and Toronto Sun sportswriter Al Strachan is a permanent fixture in the illustrious world of professional ice hockey. His opinion, backed by an extensive knowledge of the game and his sharp sense of humour, is read and enjoyed by millions of fans internationally. He has established unique and personal relationships with the biggest names in hockey from every generation and era and it is through these contacts that Strachan can step Over the Line to obtain exclusive access to information.
 
Strachan has been writing about hockey for over forty years. He has experienced first-hand all that the game has to offer. From Stanley Cup victories, miraculous saves, and incredible goals to devastating hits and world class bouts, Strachan has been there to report on the most exciting, controversial, devastating, frustrating, humorous and talked-about episodes in the history of the game, whether it's Stanley Cup victories, miraculous saves, and incredible goals or devastating hits and world class bouts. In his latest adventure, he relives tales from the rink that will fascinate, amuse, shock, and entertain all fans of the game -- from dressing-room banter between player and coach to insider information on the League's revenue sharing program. It's all here, glorious page after glorious page of stuff that any fan of hockey must read.

  • Published: 15 November 2011
  • ISBN: 9780771083419
  • Imprint: McClelland & Stewart
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Al Strachan

Al Strachan is a columnist with the Toronto Sun and an analyst with the CBC's Hockey Night in Canada. He has been writing about hockey and hanging out with NHL players, coaches, general managers, and owners for 30 years. He lives in Toronto.

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Praise for Over the Line

"Al has always been able to reach out to fans from coast-to-coast in two countries and make them aware of what a feeling an arena really is...When you love the game as much as he does, no wonder he can write a hockey book that reads as smoothly as Jean Beliveau skated." -- Wayne Gretzky