Hockey Card Stories, Ken Reid
Hockey Card Stories, Ken Reid
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Hockey Card Stories
True Tales from Your Favourite Players

Author: Ken Reid

Narrator: Ken Reid

Unabridged: 5 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 10/18/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Hockey Card Stories reveals what was really going on in your favourite old hockey cards through the eyes of the players depicted on them. Some of the cards are definitely worth a few bucks, some a few cents — but every story told here is priceless. Sportsnet’s Ken Reid presents the cards you loved and the airbrushed monstrosities that made you howl, the cards that have been packed away in boxes forever, and others you can’t believe ever existed. Whether it’s a case of mistaken identity or simply a great old photo, a fantastic 1970s haircut and ’stache, a wicked awesome goalie mask or a future Hall of Famer’s off-season fashion sense, a wide variety of players — from superstars like Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin, and Phil Esposito to the likes of Bill Armstrong who played only one game in the NHL — chime in on one of their most famous cards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karlene

"A time machine on cardboard." Not a fan of Sportsnet at all, but Ken Reid does a fantastic job of giving these hockey cards from the 70s, 80s and 90s a second-life. Each hockey card literally tells a story, through an interview with the player about that game, that year, or what's going on with that......more

Goodreads review by Jakub

Nedávno jsem na Instagramu začal narážet na spoustu profilů, který se věnujou hokejovejm kartám, včetně těch z devadesátek, který jsem sbíral jako kluk. A v rámci nostalgický vlny jsem narazil i na tuhle knížku, kterou napsal nadšenej sběratel a sportovní komentátor Ken Reid. V rámci 59 krátkejch ro......more

Goodreads review by Craig

Hockey Card Stories is the third book I have read by Ken Reid, following One Night Only: Conversations with the NHL’s One-Game Wonders and One to Remember: Stories from 39 Members of the NHL’s One Goal Club. I found this one to be the funniest of the bunch, and as a hockey card collector from the se......more

Goodreads review by Ben

This book is full of interesting anecdotes and factoids, but it will not sate a hockey fan who wants to take a deep dive into the history of hockey cards. The prime focus here is the players and their stories about individual cards Reid interviews them about. Topics range from errors on cards, comme......more