Book description
Toronto Maple Leafs: Diary of a Dynasty, 1957-1967
chronicles those wonderful seasons when the Toronto Maple Leafs
skyrocketed from last place in the NHL to become the powerhouse team
of the decade. During the 1950s and 60s the Leafs were always a
contender and won the Stanley Cup in three consecutive years
(1962-1964), along with an improbable Stanley Cup victory over their
archrival, the Montreal Canadiens, in 1967 to close out the era of the
original six NHL teams.
Of the many books written on the Leafs, this one is unique: Kevin
Shea and his writing partners revisit all the important games and
moments from each season with astonishing detail based on the
broadcasts of Hockey Night in Canada from that decade. There
are authentic calls from the broadcast booth, Hot Stove Lounge
conversations and detailed descriptions of game-changing goals and
late-game heroics that have been obscured by the passage of time --
and the performance of the weaker teams that have followed.
Along with unearthed, never-before released interviews from dynasty
players, such as Johnny Bower, Dave Keon and George Armstrong to name
only a few, the authors reconstruct Toronto's dynasty years with
professional accuracy, authenticity and care.
This big book will be dear to the heart of every Maple Leaf fan -- a
nostalgic journey through hockey history and thus into the history of
modern Canada itself.
[Review of print edition] A fat history of the Leafs that helps to
explain why there's such a fuss--in Toronto, anyway--over the fact the
team has gone 42 years without winning the Stanley Cup.
Kevin Shea is a hockey historian and best-selling author. He is
the editor of publications for the Hockey Hall of Fame and teaches
hockey history at Seneca College in Toronto, Ontario. He is also a
member of the Toronto Maple Leafs Historical Committee and the Society
for International Hockey Research.
Paul Patskou is a hockey historian, researcher, writer and
authority on archival hockey footage. He was the historical consultant
for Leafs TV and the associate producer of Leafs Classics.
Roly Harris is a life-long Leafs' fan who closely followed the
team's glory years. He has spent the past 36 years working in law, as
a criminal lawyer, crown attorney and judge.
Paul Bruno is known as "The Statsman," primarily due
to his podcasts and his work in sports statistics. He has worked with
Fanball Sports Network and Stats LLC.
