Next up on my reading list for The London Free Press book page is NHL referee Kerry Fraser's The Final Call. Can't wait to get to his explanation of the blown call in the 1993 playoffs between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Los Angeles Kings. You know, the one that likely prevented the Leafs from making the final.
For hockey history buffs, I have Pucklore, which gets a back cover thumbs up from none other than Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
My favourite from the stack of hockey books so far remains Al Strachan's I am Not Making This Up. His tales of Ken Dryden's frugality, the day when Guy Lafleur rolled Wayne Gretzky's sports car and multiple Brian Burke run-ins are insightful and amusing.
Sure beats the odd He Shoots, He Skewers, in which preambles are outdated and the cartoons more illustrations than funny cartoons.
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