Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Shoots and Scores
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UNCLE JOHN'S BATHROOM READER SHOOTS AND SCORES UPDATED & EXPANDED
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Page 321: Earliest known photograph of women's hockey (Isobel Stanley, Lord Stanley's daughter, is in white). Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Canada (circa 1890). Source: Library and Archives Canada/
Proud past, bright future: one hundred years of Canadian women's hockey
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eISBN: 978-1-60710-652-4
E-book edition: June 2012
The Bathroom Readers' Institute would like to congratulate the members of the BRI AllStar Shinny Team for their tremendous effort and great sportsmanship, and for making this book possible.
THE “WRITE” LINE
The journalists and writers who scouted the rinks and went into overtime in their quest for the most interesting hockey facts and stories.
Frank “Faster than Bobby” Orr (Captain) â Center
Mark “The Fog” Weisenmiller â Right Wing
Rob “Emmy” Adler â Left Wing
Kevin “Pappa” Woodley â Defense
Lucas “Barbershop” Aykroyd â Defense
Jeff “The Human Highlight Film” Rud â Rover
Adam “Suitcase” Schroeder â Goalie
Sue “Sweet Feet” Steiner â Goalie
Thom “Too Tall” Little â Enforcer
Derek “The Impossiblist” Fairbridge â Team Hypnotherapist
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BEHIND THE BENCH
The editors and designers who pulled the team together and made a book out of it.
Silas “Roadrunner” White â Assistant Coach
Alexandra “The Hammer” Wilson â Equipment Manager
Teresa “Boom Boom” Bubela â General Manager
Michael “Miracle” Brunsfeld â Team Mascot
To everyone else behind the scenes who helped pull together this “miracle on ice.”
Gordon Javna
JoAnn Padgett
Melinda Allman
Amy Miller
Jay Newman
Monica Maestas
Annie Lam
Ginger Winters
Jennifer Frederick
Sydney Stanley
Gary Lloyd
Michelle Benjamin
Jennifer Thornton
Jennifer Browning
Mana Monzavi
Dylan Drake
Antonia Banyard
Cindy Connor
Jamie Broadhurst
Paddy Laidley
Sandy Cooper
Pete MacDougall
John Sawyer
Danielle Johnson
Tom “Dijon” Mustard
All our great friends at Raincoast
Duncan McCallum and Friesens
Sophie and JJ
Publishers Group West
And special greetings to Allan “the Godfather” MacDougall
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DID YOU KNOW?
In 2000, the year of his death, Maurice “Rocket” Richard became the only NHL player to have his number honored in a professional sport other than hockey. For the entire season that year, the Montreal Expos honored Richard's memory by wearing his iconic #9 on the sleeves of their uniforms.
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The Founding Father of Modern-Day Goaltending
Goal(s) Heard 'Round the World
Wild at the World Hockey Championships
So Be Good, for Goodness Sake!
Things Not to Say to the Boss' Wife
UNDERDOGS, UNDERACHIEVERS, & UNLIKELY HEROES
You Are Getting Sleepy, Very Sleepy
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