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Foreword by Bob McKenzie xi Foreword by James Duthie xv Acknowledgments xvii

1. A Complete Transcript of Every NHL Game Ever Broadcast 1 2. The Ten Greatest Coaches in NHL History 7 3. The Other Former NHL Stars Who Interviewed for Colin Campbell’s Job 13 4. Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. the NFL 18 5. A Look Back at Game Seven of the 2011 COPYRIGHTED Final (which, due to MATERIAL a scheduling error, had to be published twelve hours early) 21 6. Take the Quiz: Do You Have a Concussion? 24 7. The Code: Hockey’s Unwritten Rules Revealed 28 8. A Moment with the Guy Who Has to Go Out and Fix the Glass When It Breaks 33

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9. What an Offi cial NHL Call Really Sounds Like 37 10. The Signs of the Hockey Zodiac 40 11. The Not-So-Original Six: A Look Back at the NHL’s First Expansion Teams 44 12. The NHL’s Top-Secret Flow Chart for Handing Out Suspensions 49 13. A Brief History of Mats Sundin 52 14. Signs Your City May Not Be a Viable Hockey Market 55 15. Behind the Scenes at the Rehearsal for the Presentation of the Stanley Cup 58 16. You Wanna Go? A History of Hockey Brawls 61 17. From the Archives: The 1993 Leafs/Kings Game Six Live Blog 64 18. An In-depth Comparison: Mario Lemieux vs. Patrick Roy 72 19. The NHL’s Plan for Appealing to Video Game Fans 76 20. A Period-by-Period Recap of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final 79 21. Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. Soccer 83 22. Behind the Scenes at an NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Session 87 23. Other Complaints about 94 24. Leafs vs. Habs: Hockey’s Greatest Rivalry 97 25. The Details of Don Cherry’s Contract 101 26. An In-depth Comparison: vs. Zdeno Chara 104 27. Take the Quiz: How Will Your Team Do this Year? 108 28. Behind the Scenes at NHL Referee Tryouts 112 29. Come On Down: A History of NHL Game Show Appearances 116 30. The Offi cial Map of an NHL Rink 119 31. A Brief History of Wayne Gretzky 121 32. How to Spend Your Day with the Stanley Cup 125

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33. Determining Whether a Should Count: The NHL War Room’s Top-Secret Flow Chart 128 34. Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. MLB 131 35. The Pros and Cons of Fighting In the NHL 135 36. An NHLer’s Guide to Never Saying Anything Interesting 138 37. Democracy Doesn’t Work: A History of All-Star Voting 142 38. Take the Quiz: Should You Rebuild? 145 39. A Tale of Two Homecomings 149 40. The NHL’s Hall of Fame Application Form 153 41. Rating the NHL’s Relocation Candidates 158 42. What an Offi cial NHL Suspension Call Really Sounds Like 162 43. Other Mario Lemieux Grievances 166 44. Understanding the New Wave of Advanced Statistics 169 45. A Brief History of Teemu Selanne 172 46. Other Ways NHL Teams Use Home Ice Advantage for an Unfair Edge 175 47. Seventh Heaven: When One Game Decides the Stanley Cup 178 48. How to Dominate Your Fantasy Hockey League 184 49. A Period-by-Period Recap of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final 187 50. NHL Hockey, Then vs. Now 192 51. An In-depth Comparison: Eric Lindros vs. 197 52. Take the Quiz: Was that a Dive? 201 53. No Ties Allowed: A History of the Shoot-out 205 54. So You Want to Be the Commissioner: The NHL’s 1993 Job Application Form 208 55. The NHL’s Top-secret Flow Chart for Dealing with Scandals 213

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56. Nobody Remembers Number Two: A History of First Overall Draft Picks 215 57. How to Become an Ironman 219 58. Behind the Scenes at NHL Fan Training Camp 222 59. Signs You May Be Injury Prone 225 60. Inside the NHL’s Legal Brief on the 2011 NFL Work Stoppage 228 61. An In-depth Comparison: Sidney Crosby vs. 231 62. Make His Head Bleed: A History of the NHL in Pop Culture 235 63. When a Day with the Stanley Cup Goes Wrong 239 64. Breaking Down the Battles: Inside Canada’s Provincial Rivalries 242 65. Welcome to the Doghouse: A History of Coach vs. Player Feuds 247 66. Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. UFC 251 67. A Hockey Fan’s Guide to Modern TV Technology 255 68. Behind the Scenes at the Matt Cooke Suspension Hearing 259 69. A Complete Transcript of Every Post-game Call-in Show Ever Broadcast 264 70. Dear Son, Welcome to Life as a Maple Leafs Fan 268

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