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The Boys Of Winter by Wayne Coffey 80 US Olympic Hockey

Craig Eruzione Christian Broten Morrow Ramsey Suter

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Author: Wayne Coffey, Wayne R. CoffeyPublisher: Crown Pub
ISBN-10: 140004765XCategory: Sports & Recreation
ISBN-13: 9781400047659 Ice Hockey
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Publication Year: 2005Condition: Acceptable
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Length:263 pages
Height:9.5 in.
Width:6.5 in.
Thickness:1.2 in.
Weight:18.4 oz.

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Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the twentieth century. Their “Miracle on Ice” has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after. It is still unbelievable.

The Boys of Winter is an evocative account of the improbable American adventure in Lake Placid, New York. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews, Wayne Coffey explores the untold stories of the U.S. upstarts, their Soviet opponents, and the forces that brought them together.

Plagued by the Iran hostage crisis, persistent economic woes, and the ongoing Cold War, the United States battled a pervasive sense of gloom in 1980. And then came the Olympics. Traditionally a playground for the Russian hockey juggernaut and its ever-growing collection of gold medals, an Olympic ice rink seemed an unlikely setting for a Cold War upset. The Russians were experienced professional champions, state-reared and state-supported. The Americans were mostly college kids who had their majors and their stipends and their dreams, a squad that coach Herb Brooks had molded into a team in six months. It was men vs. boys, champions vs. amateurs, communism vs. capitalism.

Coffey casts a fresh eye on this seminal sports event in The Boys of Winter, crafting an intimate look at the team and giving readers an ice-level view of the boys who captivated a country. He details the unusual chemistry of the Americans—formulated by a fiercely determined Brooks—and he seamlessly weaves portraits of the players with the fluid, fast-paced action of the 1980 game itself. Coffey also traces the paths of the players and coaches since that time, examining how the events in Lake Placid affected and directed their lives and investigating what happens after one conquers the world.

But Coffey not only reveals the anatomy of an underdog, he probes the shocked disbelief of the unlikely losers and how it felt to be taken down by such an overlooked opponent. After all, the greatest American sports moment of the century was a Russian calamity, perhaps even more unimaginable in Moscow than in Minnesota or Massachusetts. Coffey deftly balances the joyous American saga with the perspective of the astonished silver medalists.

Told with warmth and an uncanny eye for detail, The Boys of Winter is an intimate, perceptive portrayal of one Friday night in Lake Placid and the enduring power of the extraordinary.

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"Filled with primary interviews and exceptional insight, Coffey's effort should delight more than just hockey fans."
Publishers Weekly  (12/20/2004)


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You are bidding on one book titled The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey with foreword by Jim Craig, the 1980 US Olympic hockey goalie.  272-page hardcover book is a great book about the story of the 1980 US Olympic hockey team.  Book starts with funeral of legendary head coach Herb Brooks, and then weaves its way from the famous game against the Soviet Union period by period and play by play while giving us insight into each of the players on the team, how they got to be on the team and where they are today.  It really is a great read.   Players are as follows:  Bill Baker, Neal Broten, Dave Christian, Steve Christoff, Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, John Harrington, Steve Janaszak, Mark Johnson, Rob McClanahan, Ken Morrow, Jack O'Callahan, Mark Pavelich, Mike Ramsey, Buzz Schneider, Dave Silk, Eric Strobel, Bob Suter, Phil Verchota, and Mark Wells.  Thirteen of these players went on to play in the NHL, many making major contributions to their teams, plus coaches Herb Brooks and Craig Patrick went on to become head coaches in the NHL, while goalie coach Warren Strelow went on to become a goalie coach with NHL teams.  Book is very good condition on the inside with library stickers and dates on the first blank page.  There are tear marks to the front and back beneath the dust jacket sleeves due to the plastic library covering and stickering being torn out of the book.  Great for any hockey fan or anyone who remembers where they were on February 22, 1980.  Book will be securely shipped inside padded envelope.  Shipping and handling to the United States will be $3.90US sent media mail and to Canada $7.80US sent first-class international.  Please contact me for exact shipping to locations outside of the United States and Canada.  Thanks for looking and good luck.
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