Best Seat in the House. McLennan's book.

[Yrebmi]

Anyone read this book yet?
Looks like a fun read from former backup tender and goalie coach Jamie McLennan.

Article from Edmonton Journal

[CMPunk]

I quite liked it, read it in one sitting. A tad expensive for that, but pretty funny

[mr.jim.lahey]

Just finished reading it. Pretty light reading as might be expected from a sports book. Some funny and interesting stories from an inside prospective, but certainly doesn't throw anybody under the bus. Didn't know Noodles played seriously hurt for a while.

[hamburgler]

just finished reading it. light, easy read, but really enjoyed it. funny, and provides a decent behind the scenes look at the NHL. Particularly liked the part about Darryl Sutter speeches.

[troutman]

Should be called Best Seat In The Bar

[bc-chris]

awesome.....

McLennan tells a story about Iginla helping out four fans from Calgary outside the Olympic village in Salt Lake City in 2002.
“They had driven down, didn’t have tickets to anything and didn’t have a hotel room. They were sleeping in their car. Iggy excused himself, made a phone call and told the fans he had a hotel room for them. Then he said he’d be in touch with them later and took one of their cellphone numbers. A few days later, a Hockey Canada representative phoned and told the fans they had four tickets to a game,” said McLennan.

[MonsieurFish]

There was a pretty good segment on the fan with him and Warrener telling stories last night... makes me tempted to buy the book.


Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Fan96...-Interview.mp3

[renny]

Picked this up yesterday, and finished it in a couple of hours. A really easy read, lighthearted and fun. Nice to see/hear the behind closed door personalities of some of the players.

[MissTeeks]

I haven't read this one yet, but I do recommend picking up a copy of Down Goes Brown's new book. I keep catching myself laughing out loud when reading it on the bus:

http://www.amazon.ca/Best-Down-Goes-...2311333&sr=8-1

[redmile04]

Anyone read the New Roenick book? Debating between Mclennan and Roenick.

I see the Mclennan reviews have been good but wondering if Roenicks is more vulgar and less held back.. Those always seem to be the more interesting type of books.. i.e Theo's book

[SportsJunky]

Since we are on the topic of hockey books, I'm reading Derek Sanderson: Crossing the Line right now. Sanderson was a beauty. Always liked him.

[Heavy Jack]

Originally Posted by redmile04

Anyone read the New Roenick book? Debating between Mclennan and Roenick.

I see the Mclennan reviews have been good but wondering if Roenicks is more vulgar and less held back.. Those always seem to be the more interesting type of books.. i.e Theo's book

That sig pic is awesome, had to say.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Since we are on the topic of hockey books, I'm reading Derek Sanderson: Crossing the Line right now. Sanderson was a beauty. Always liked him.

A few quotes from the book:

Booze, pills and the rise and fall of former NHLer Derek Sanderson

“Crossing the Line” details Sanderson’s beginnings in Niagara Falls, Ont., to life with the Bruins before becoming the world’s highest-paid athlete with the World Hockey Association’s Philadelphia Blazers.

Sanderson wanted US$80,000 from the penny-pinching Bruins. The Blazers offered him $2.65-million over 10 years.

The move proved to be a disaster. He played just eight games in the WHA and was bought out for $1-million.

Away from the ice, the flamboyant Sanderson partnered with Namath in a bar before starting his own string of restaurants. He stepped out with the ladies and would not bat an eye at gathering a group of friends — including three actresses and two Playboy Bunnies — and flying them to Hawaii on the spot.

The conditions were they had to leave with nothing more than the clothes on their back and they couldn’t phone anybody.

Sanderson put everything on his American Express card.

Sadly a pickled Sanderson fell asleep on the beach and woke up with a nasty sunburn on the left side of his face and back.

“I had a line starting on my forehead, running right down the middle of my nose,” he wrote.

Recovered to the point he could golf, he bought two sets of clubs and everything else needed to play. He ended up giving his clubs to his caddy as a tip.

“I did that a few times,” he wrote. “I had a bunch of money and I hate carrying clubs to the airport. It was the easy way out.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle5016334/

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Originally Posted by redmile04

Anyone read the New Roenick book? Debating between Mclennan and Roenick.

I see the Mclennan reviews have been good but wondering if Roenicks is more vulgar and less held back.. Those always seem to be the more interesting type of books.. i.e Theo's book

Deadspin posted some of Roenick's:

http://deadspin.com/5958837/mike-kee...-coach?tag=nhl

"You're ####ing brutal," Keenan screamed at Manson between periods. "You are the reason we're losing this game."

Manson had his skates unlaced and his jersey off when Keenan began unloading on him with this verbal barrage. Initially, Manson took his medicine, like we all did at various times. But during Keenan's rant, Manson snapped. He stood, yanked off his shoulder pads and flung them across the locker room, just missing Keenan as he ducked out of the way. That was merely the first salvo of Manson's attack. As the pads were launched, Manson began running, in his skates, directly at Keenan.

Keenan fled out the door with Manson on his tail. We all scurried to the door to witness the outcome. You can imagine how ####ing comical it was to see Keenan sprinting down a hallway, in the bowels of Chicago Stadium, with Manson in determined pursuit. As he chased Keenan, sparks were leaping off Manson's skates as the blades scraped across the cement. If Manson hadn't lost his balance while trying to run on skates, he might have pummelled Keenan.

...

Keenan always tried to stay one step ahead of his players, particularly with regard to controlling our lives through curfews and practices and so forth. It's said that Keenan learned all of his tricks to control players from the great Scotty Bowman when Keenan was an American Hockey League coach in Rochester. At the time, Bowman was in charge of Rochester's parent club in Buffalo.

When we were on the road, Keenan would give the bellman a hat and tell him to ask every player who came in after curfew to sign it. Keenan could then inspect the hat the next day and know who had violated curfew. Other times, he would sit in the lobby reading a book and catch his drunken players stumbling in at three in the morning.
...
Wanting to avoid any possibility of a Keenan ambush, I went around the side of the building to find the loading dock. That was locked down tight, as was the entrance to the hotel kitchen, which was on the same side of the building. But as I inspected the area, I noticed a ventilation grate; and peering through it, I could see into the hotel's kitchen. Back then, hotels were still issuing metal keys, not key cards, and I used my key to unscrew the grate. Within a couple of minutes, I had the grate removed and was scooting through the air duct, attired in a suit. I ended up breathing in plenty of soot and dust, but it was a small price to pay to pull one over on Keenan.

[edn88]

Noodles book is now on my x-mas wish list... wish I could get it for my Kindle.

[renny]

Originally Posted by edn88

Noodles book is now on my x-mas wish list... wish I could get it for my Kindle.

you should be able to, i got my copy on google books

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by redmile04

Anyone read the New Roenick book? Debating between Mclennan and Roenick.

I see the Mclennan reviews have been good but wondering if Roenicks is more vulgar and less held back.. Those always seem to be the more interesting type of books.. i.e Theo's book

I don't know if McLennan would hold much back, and he does have a great sense of humour. Course you know what you're going to get with JR's book. Get em both!

Noodles sure did have some funny stories last week on The Fan. The Darryl speeches were the best.

[ricosuave]

Anyone who has the McLennan book want to trade for the Roenick book?

PM me.