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Logothetis, Paul.
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Blake, Toe, 1912-1995.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
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Logothetis, Paul.
Blake, Toe, 1912-1995.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
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Toe
Blake
: winning is everything / Paul Logothetis.
by
Logothetis, Paul.
ECW Press, 2020.
Call #:
796.962092 B636L
Subjects
Blake
,
Toe
,
1912-1995
.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781770414907 (pbk)
Description:
xiii, 274 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"'Holy Dirty Dora!' Hector '
Toe
'
Blake
would bark while pacing behind the Montreal Canadiens bench, hands thrust into his pockets, jawing at chewing gum before intentionally banging his forehead into the glass that separates players and fans. No lead was safe or sufficient for the lifelong hockey man at the helm of the greatest dynasty in NHL history. As a player,
Toe
won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Maroons before captaining a stumbling Canadiens organization to glory and a pair of Cups. As the Habs coach,
Toe
cemented the team's status as lords of the league with eight more. Born into a family of 11,
Blake
emerged from the poverty of the Depression and a youth spent working the mines of Sudbury's Nickel Belt to find junior hockey success and an unlikely shot at the NHL. While a fiery temper and penchant for stick-swinging nearly railroaded
Toe
's promise, the Canadiens recognized his talent and leadership, and he went on to spend more than 50 years with the organization. History remembers
Toe
being hoisted onto the shoulders of his beloved players, waving his signature fedora and sipping from the Cup, but behind the success was a man driven by fear and an obsessive desire for victory. Despite personal tragedy,
Toe
always put winning first, and as a result, there are few coaches in any sport who have enjoyed
Blake
's success and even fewer who endured the toll that came with it."--Publisher.
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