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Game reports are such valuable primary research material, especially if you compile a lot of them!

Secondary reports years later are what a lot of early era greats are known for, and the one i'd read and cited is thus incorrect.

The Internet develops - even wiki NOW lists him at left wing. Old guy me did my digging on him back in 2006-2010.
 
jigglysquishy said:
This looks really interesting.

Where are you guys buying your hockey books? I can't find this in Canada.
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Morey is a fellow SIHR member, so I knew about the book months before it was released officially. I can't recall if I bought it from him directly or if it was through amazon.ca but I'm pretty sure I was among the very first to get a copy. I don't believe it was available for sale in Canada for too long - I think I recall it being a fairly limited run and I seem to remember him mentioning he might have to throw away his remaining unsold stock due to storage issues. Not sure if he went through with..I sure hope not.

I do see some copies listed on the American amazon marketplace for like $15 USD but not all sellers ship to Canada. I can keep an eye out for you and message some contacts to see if I can find a copy for you.

As for myself and new books, I tend to use amazon and Chapters/Indigo. For used books I use every online resource available - abebooks, thriftbooks, amazon marketplace, ebay, betterworldbooks etc.. Plus I have many contacts and we try to help each other out with our want lists.

If anyone here is ever looking for a particular book, let me know. I can't promise anything but I do my best to try to find a copy. Hockey book hunting is practically my other full time job - I've bought over 2,100 of them throughout the years. :laugh:
 
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jigglysquishy said:
I'm always on the lookout for empire of ice for $100ish.
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It's absolutely bonkers to see this listed at $300+ now. Good 'ol automated internet pricing. Used booksellers will run the isbn through a database and will see the lowest is listed at $299.99 so they'll put theirs up for $289.99 as a "bargain." It's ridiculous. Supply and demand I guess..

Pretty sure I paid $25 for mine a decade ago. If I'd have known what they go for now I'd have bought 10 copies lol. I'll keep my eyes peeled for you, but I have a friend who's also on the hunt for it and has me looking for him as well.
 
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I'll finish off the defense with mean Ted Green, D to play with Coffey whom he coached and was the most similar to Orr who he played with a bit

"For the last two months of the season Coffey was really the guy who ran our team," says Sather, who believes that the playoff MVP trophy, voted to Gretzky, should have been split between the Great One and Coffey. Gretzky agrees.
Adds Ted Green, another Bruin teammate of Orr's and a former Oiler assistant coach, "In last year's playoffs we leaned on Coffey the way the Bruins used to lean on Orr. No one could have risen to the occasion better. Not even 'himself.' "
Himself. That's Orr, of course.

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MOVE OVER, BOBBY

Ever since Bobby Orr came into the National Hockey League in 1966 and singlehandedly changed the concept of how to play defense, people have been waiting for
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356. Boreal01 - HC Lugano - Jack Marshall, D/C
357. Dr Pepper - Dawson City Nuggets - Jack Darragh, RW
358. Hockey Stathead - Detroit Vipers - Duke Keats, C
359. Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs - Owen Nolan, RW
360. Dr John Carlson - Hogsmeade Lunas - Art Duncan, D

Round 19

361. Dr John Carlson - Hogsmeade Lunas - Shane Doan, RW
362. Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs - Babe Pratt, D
363. Hockey Stathead - Detroit Vipers - Blair Russel, LW
364. Dr Pepper - Dawson City Nuggets - Brent Seabrook, D
365. spitsfan24 - Windsor Spitfires - Vincent Damphousse, LW/C
366. BenchBrawl - Les Canadiens de Montréal - Allan Cameron, D
367. Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks - Joe Pavelski, C/RW
368. tabness - Seattle Supersoakers - Ted Green, D
369. tinyzombies - NDG Monarchs - Doug Mohns, D/LW
370. Claude The Fraud - Ottawa 67's
371. Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks
372. jigglysquishy - Regina Capitals
373. nabby12 - Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
374. Hitru & Professor What - Gallifrey Tardis
375. ImporterExporter - Three Rivers AC
376. rmartin65 - Quebec HC
377. Boreal01 - HC Lugano -
378. Habsfan18 - Baltimore Clippers
379. Hitru & Professor What - Gallifrey Tardis
380. Voight - Odessa Jackalopes
 
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Habsfan18 said:
Have you read this yet? It's great. Cameron isn't the main focal point, but his role is obviously covered in the book. I think you'd (or any ATDer) really enjoy it.

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Can't say that I did. I have very few hockey books at home. Looks interesting.

tinyzombies said:
Doug Mohns please.
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Love Mohns, really underrated. Almost picked him up.

ImporterExporter said:
I have a phone interview tomorrow AM with one of my preferred potential employers. I enjoy interviewing. Especially now that I've done it a few times.
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Congrats man! I hope you get the job!
 
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tabness said:
I'll finish off the defense with mean Ted Green, D to play with Coffey whom he coached and was the most similar to Orr who he played with a bit

"For the last two months of the season Coffey was really the guy who ran our team," says Sather, who believes that the playoff MVP trophy, voted to Gretzky, should have been split between the Great One and Coffey. Gretzky agrees.
Adds Ted Green, another Bruin teammate of Orr's and a former Oiler assistant coach, "In last year's playoffs we leaned on Coffey the way the Bruins used to lean on Orr. No one could have risen to the occasion better. Not even 'himself.' "
Himself. That's Orr, of course.

vault.si.com

MOVE OVER, BOBBY

Ever since Bobby Orr came into the National Hockey League in 1966 and singlehandedly changed the concept of how to play defense, people have been waiting for
vault.si.com vault.si.com
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Green is a beauty. Exactly my type of defenseman.
 
Sorry for being late, guys.

The Ottawa 67's are proud to select, from Plymouth, Minnesota, Blake Wheeler.

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Chicago selects Ken Mosdell, C

I will post some more info on Mosdell later, but here's a nice summary from TDMM's bio:


Multiple Stanley Cups as the Canadiens' primary checking center and penalty killer. And when he was allowed to play offense when Elmer Lach was hurt, he was good enough to be a First and Second Team All Star in consecutive seasons. He's the perfect checking line center for an offensive-minded team - willing to sacrifice his offense to focus on defense, but capable offensively should the need arise.

  • Four Stanley Cups (1946, 53, 56, 59)
  • First Team All-Star (at center) in 53-54
  • Second Team All-Star (at center) in 54-55
  • 5 NHL All-Star Games (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955). 4 of the 5 were based on merit.
  • 6'1" in the 1950s (unadjusted)
 
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ImporterExporter said:
I just wanted to say thank you once again for all the well wishes. Things went very well!

The phone interview just wrapped up and I'm moving on to an in-person meeting next Monday!
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Super good news, you will nail it bud!

It's a blessing that you find interviews easy and enjoyable, I think me sucking at interviews (mostly cause I can't show any passion about my work lol) has limited some career opportunities for me lol
 
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tabness said:
Super good news, you will nail it bud!

It's a blessing that you find interviews easy and enjoyable, I think me sucking at interviews (mostly cause I can't show any passion about my work lol) has limited some career opportunities for me lol
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I always nail job interviews because my mindset is they don't want to be there either, they want to hire someone, fill a need and get it over with. And I'm just like - I know what you need, I can do that. But with three coffees in me.
 
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rmartin65 said:
That’s awesome!
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tabness said:
Super good news, you will nail it bud!

It's a blessing that you find interviews easy and enjoyable, I think me sucking at interviews (mostly cause I can't show any passion about my work lol) has limited some career opportunities for me lol
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Thanks fellas!

Tabness, I understand where you're coming from.

Most people don't work jobs they are passionate about. I can't say that I'm passionate (in the true sense of the word) about transportation logistics, but have been doing it for so long, and in different roles, that talking about it and life has become sort of second nature at this point haha. But at the end of the day, I enjoy it enough to continue doing it and the strategy of operations logistics does appeal to me as I'm a very analytical individual.

The older I get the more I value peace of mind. I'm a straight shooter with interviews. I feel like if you can be articulate about your life experiences and desires it really makes answering the questions related to the job, or past work experience, easier.

Just be honest. That's the best advice I can give. It's so easy to get stuck in the habit of bullshitting, trying to deliver a message you think the bosses want to hear.
 
ImporterExporter said:
Thanks fellas!

Tabness, I understand where you're coming from.

Most people don't work jobs they are passionate about. I can't say that I'm passionate (in the true sense of the word) about transportation logistics, but have been doing it for so long, and in different roles, that talking about it and life has become sort of second nature at this point haha. But at the end of the day, I enjoy it enough to continue doing it and the strategy of operations logistics does appeal to me as I'm a very analytical individual.

The older I get the more I value peace of mind. I'm a straight shooter with interviews. I feel like if you can be articulate about your life experiences and desires it really makes answering the questions related to the job, or past work experience, easier.

Just be honest. That's the best advice I can give. It's so easy to get stuck in the habit of bullshitting, trying to deliver a message you think the bosses want to hear.
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Yeah, it's not even as much as the interview experience itself, I feel I can manage that, just that in my industry (product management in big tech) the interviews are so onerous and coached now and follow a playbook. In the past while we had to deal with silly riddles and stuff, it was more about you as the person, now it seems it's more about how well you've prepped with the system in style lol

Plus I think my experience in this industry has just made me super jaded, was easier to find some positives in the past, nowadays I'm just giving the vibe of: "I only do this for the easy money to pay the bills feed the kids buy my pretty wife fancy shoes" lol
 
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