Behind the Bench, Craig Custance
Behind the Bench, Craig Custance
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Behind the Bench
Inside the Minds of Hockey's Greatest Coaches

Author: Craig Custance, Sidney Crosby

Narrator: Barry Abrams

Unabridged: 8 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/12/2019

Synopsis

They are motivators, key strategists, tough bosses, and choreographers. They can be branded as heroes, ousted as scapegoats, quietly valued as friends, and everything in between. It's all in the job description for an NHL head coach. In Behind the Bench, ESPN's Craig Custance sits down for film sessions and candid conversations with some of the game's most notable modern luminaries—names like Mike Babcock, Joel Quenneville, Dan Bylsma, Todd McLellan, Ken Hitchcock, and Claude Julien—all of whom share their singular views on topics ranging from leadership secrets to on-ice game plans. Dissect some of hockey's greatest moments with the men who set the pieces in motion. Go straight to the source on what it's like to manage a dressing room full of the league's top stars or execute line changes with everything at stake. Signature games, including Stanley Cup finals, Olympic gold medal clashes, and World Championship contests—both wins and losses—are reflected upon and broken down in detail, making this a must-listen for current and aspiring coaches, players, and hockey fans alike.

About Craig Custance

Craig Custance is a journalist who spent the last decade covering the NHL as a national hockey writer, including six years with ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine. He left ESPN to join The Athletic, a San Francisco-based sports media startup. He is currently an NHL Insider for The Athletic and editor-in-chief of The Athletic Detroit. Before working at ESPN, Custance wrote for the Sporting News. He spent the first ten years of his writing career with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after graduating from Michigan State University. He lives in Clinton Township, Michigan, with his wife, Cassie, and three children, Calvin, Cameron, and Cormac.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shawn on February 11, 2018

Great read. Loved the perspective from so many coaches and leaders. They all have different perspectives they share about winning championship games.......more

Goodreads review by Georgie on April 05, 2024

Reading this book several years after publication meant facing chapters by disgraced former-NHL coaches, Mike Babcock and Joel Quenneville. The transgressions of one of these men are much worse than the other, and honestly made some of the book unreadable. I ended up skipping the Quenneville chapter,......more

Goodreads review by Yamato on June 28, 2020

Loved the book!! Wonderful insight into the top coaches in hockey. What I took away from it is how much each of them love the game, and work on their craft. They have learnt from failures and are always pushing themselves and their teams for better performance. They all took different paths to the top......more

Goodreads review by Dave on December 05, 2022

As a coach. I really enjoyed all the insights shared from the coaches perspective in this book. It really gives a feel for the type of coach each one of them is and some of the tools they use to approach the game. It also gave me a different perspective on what I thought about a couple of them and h......more

Goodreads review by Sydney on September 28, 2017

What a fascinating read! I loved all these deep stories from the minds of amazing coaches and their insights into the biggest games of their careers. But I'm curious...what happened to Craig's recorder?......more

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