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Robson, Dan.
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Quinn, Pat, 1943-2014.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
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Robson, Dan.
Quinn, Pat, 1943-2014.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
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Quinn
: the life of a hockey legend / Dan Robson.
by
Robson, Dan.
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada Books, Inc., 2015.
Call #:
796.962092 Q7r
Subjects
Quinn
, Pat,
1943-2014
.
Hockey coaches -- Canada -- Biography.
Hockey players -- Canada -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780670069910 (hardback)
0670069914 (hardback)
Description:
388 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations, 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"The hockey world mourned when Pat
Quinn
died in 2014. Networks carried montages of
Quinn
's rugged hits, his steely-eyed glare, and his famous victories.
Quinn
made a few enemies over the years, but there was no one who didn't respect the tough working-class kid who had fought his way to the very top of the hockey world. He had butted heads with superstars, with management, and with the league itself. And he had also succeeded at every level, finishing his journeyman's career as the captain of an NHL team, then quickly emerged as one of the best coaches in the league. He coached the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers, reaching the Stanley Cup Finals twice, with the Flyers in 1980 and the Canucks in 1994. Prior to coaching,
Quinn
was an NHL defenceman, having played nine seasons in the league with the Maple Leafs, Canucks and Atlanta Flames. He did things his own way, picking up a law degree along the way. He was brash, dour, and abrasive--and people loved him for his alloy of pugnacity and flair, his three-piece suits and cigars, his Churchillian heft and his scowl. In the end, the player who would never even have dreamed of being inducted into the Hall of Fame was the chair of the Hall's selection committee. That is
Quinn
's story: an underdog who succeeded so completely that his legacy has become the standard by which others are judged. The definitive account of one of the game's biggest personalities and most storied lives"--Provided by publisher.
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