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1 online resource (144 pages) |
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"Hockey historians will appreciate the precision action shots taken of the first cohort of NHL stars... a record of how hockey has evolved." -- Winnipeg Free Press The hockey stars of the 1950s and '60s -- Rocket Richard, Gordie Howe, Dave Keon, Bobby Hull, Jean Beliveau, Terry Sawchuk, Tim Horton, and others -- were some of the most passionate players in National Hockey League history. These skillful and often colorful athletes played exhilarating hockey and were national heroes in a time when only six teams and fewer than 150 players battled for the Stanley Cup. Hockey's Original 6 celebrates the most dynamic players and exciting moments of the era in more than 120 photographs from the legendary Harold Barkley Archives, including a number of never -- or rarely seen -- images. From 1942 until the early '70s, Barkley was the Toronto Star 's leading sports photographer. He pioneered the use of electronic flash to capture stop-action hockey, and his dramatic work -- both black and white and vibrant color -- define the pre-expansion period. Two informative essays by Mike Leonetti -- hockey historian, archivist, and prolific sportswriter -- set Barkley and the photos in context, and short image captions illuminate the players and their feats. The late hockey legend Jean Béliveau provides a personal and insightful foreword. "Will take your breath away... a collection that captures players' grimaces, suture tracks, missing teeth and Brylcreem-lacquered hair; their primitive equipment, joy and considerable pain, even the depth of snow beneath their tubular-steel blades, the individual planks of lumber that were the arena boards, and the octagonal orange crests on the Tyer Rubber Co. pucks whose impact has smudged the fire-engine-red goalposts." -- The Montreal Gazette"-- Provided by Freading. |
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National Hockey League -- Biography.
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National Hockey League -- Pictorial works.
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Hockey players -- Biography.
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Hockey players -- Pictorial works.
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PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Sports.
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Electronic books.
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Barkley, Harold, photographer.
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Freading.
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| ISBN |
9781553659662 (epub) |
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9781553659662 |
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