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Wie ich hier bereits angekündigt hatte, ist das dritte Buch in der letzten Woche ebenfalls angekommen:
Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings V. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports’ Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era
Und obwohl der Autor Adrian Dater für die Denver Post aktiv ist, gebührt das Vorwort einer der grüßten Trainerlegenden der NHL, Scotty Bowman:
In the seven playoff seasons from 1996 to 2002, the Colorado Avalanche and the Detroit Red Wings battled each other five times to compete for hockey’s greatest prize, the Stanley Cup. The two teams’ regular season-games were epic struggles that drew the highest television ratings, and when the NHL had a national TV broadcast, their games were always first choice on the requests.
Dater delves into the controversy of the Avalanche’s illegal visitors’ bench, as well as the Claud Lemieux-Kris Draper incodent, and the goaltender battles between Patrick Roy and Mike Vernon, Chris Osgood and Dominik Hasek. These incidents and many others resulted in heated exchanges between Avalanche Coach Marc Crawford and me. In all my 30-plus years in the NHL, I had never before witnessed media battles like those that resulted from this on-ice rivalry.
The action on the ice was second to none, and while both teams enjoyed sold-out arenas for all of their games, the gamesbetween each other caused a ticket frenzy never before seen. I think what made the rivalry so special was that the comparative strength of each franchise was so similar and the prize to the winner was so special. Any sport would dream of a rivalry so bitter, yet for the most part healthy, and this book captures all the exiting battles both on and off the ice. It is a must-read for all hockey followers.
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