
The Series
What I Remember, What It Felt Like, What It Feels Like Now
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Ken Dryden
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Ken Dryden
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A new book by Hall of Fame goalie and bestselling author Ken Dryden celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Summit Series
SEPTEMBER 2, 1972, MONTREAL FORUM, GAME ONE:
The best against the best for the first time. Canada, the country that had created the game; the Soviet Union, having taken it up only twenty-six years earlier. On the line: more than the players, more than the fans, more than Canadians and Russians knew.
So began an entirely improbable, near-month-long series of games that became more and more riveting, until, for the eighth, and final, and deciding game—on a weekday, during work and school hours all across the country—the nation stopped. Of Canada’s 22 million people, 16 million watched. Three thousand more were there, in Moscow, behind the Iron Curtain, singing—Da da, Ka-na-da, nyet, nyet, So-vi-yet!
It is a story long told, often told. But never like this.
Ken Dryden, a goalie in the series, a lifetime observer, later a writer, tells the story in “you are there” style, as if he is living it for the first time. As if you, the reader, are too.
The series, as it turned out, is the most important moment in hockey history, changing the game, on the ice and off, everywhere in the world. As it turned out, it is one of the most significant events in all of Canada’s history.
Through Ken Dryden’s words, we understand why.
©2022 Ken Dryden (P)2022 Penguin Random House CanadaCe que les critiques en disent
"[Ken Dryden is] [h]ockey's brainiest practitioner[...]The story has grace and pride in the telling, and soul as well."—Canada's History
“Over 192 beautiful pages, the book combines one player's memories of the Summit Series with photos, letters and other mementoes to give the reader a deeply personal glimpse at eight games that united a nation.”—CBC
“The Series is not so much a chronicle of the games as an assembly line of word pictures spilling from the memory of what it felt like to a thoughtful, observant, and articulate man who not only was there, but out there on the ice both in Canada and Moscow.”—Winnipeg Free Press
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The Series
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Dryden says that every so often, he'll be in a group of people who will bring up the topic of "where were you when Henderson scored the goal" without really considering who is in the group, and he gets to answer, "180 feet away" at the other end of the rink. Amazing!
Summit Series from Someone who was There
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Very Captivating
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Good
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Classic Canadian
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I'm not a huge sports fan but I loved this book.
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Like his book,The Game, Ken gives what I’ve always thought to be a true Canadian take of hockey in this country,eh ?
How for many of us, the game of hockey has a personal and patriotic meaning to it,tapping into our emotions and making us feel proud of our Country, especially in these changing times.
The 1972 Summit Series
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He was not alone…ever!!
Bang on!!
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Another Great Ken Dryden Book
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