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Captains
THE WILL TO WIN
Since the Toronto Maple Leafs were founded in 1927, fifteen men have worn the treasured "C" above their hearts. Now hockey writer Michael Ulmer profiles nine of the best. Here is the inside story on Hap Day, the superb defenceman who became one of hockey's most successful coaches; Syl Apps, an Olympian turned awe-inspiring Leafs legend; Ted Kennedy, who could do everything on the ice but skate; George Armstrong, a dogged and ferocious overachiever; Dave Keon, a polished but problematic dynamo; Darryl Sittler, who held a crumbling sports dynasty together with his tenacity; Rick Vaive, a talented but troubled scoring machine; Wendel Clark, a fierce and courageous combination of brains and brawn; and Doug Gilmour, who by sheer force of will has become one of today's most riveting performers. Captains is a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the men behind the legends, a book no hockey fan will want to miss.
Since the Toronto Maple Leafs were founded in 1927, fifteen men have worn the treasured "C" above their hearts. Now hockey writer Michael Ulmer profiles nine of the best. Here is the inside story on Hap Day, the superb defenceman who became one of hockey's most successful coaches; Syl Apps, an Olympian turned awe-inspiring Leafs legend; Ted Kennedy, who could do everything on the ice but skate; George Armstrong, a dogged and ferocious overachiever; Dave Keon, a polished but problematic dynamo; Darryl Sittler, who held a crumbling sports dynasty together with his tenacity; Rick Vaive, a talented but troubled scoring machine; Wendel Clark, a fierce and courageous combination of brains and brawn; and Doug Gilmour, who by sheer force of will has become one of today's most riveting performers. Captains is a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the men behind the legends, a book no hockey fan will want to miss.
- GenresHockey
257 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published November 1, 1996
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About the author
Mike Ulmer
19 books1 followerMike Ulmer is an author and owner of Catapult Bookwriting. He authored 19 books including M is for Maple, the best selling alphabet book in Canadian publishing history.
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March 4, 2023
This obscure title gives the history of nine of the captains of the Toronto Maple Leafs from pharmacist Hap Day to Doug Gilmour. Since published in 1995, Mats Sundin, Dion Phaneuf and John Tavares are not included. Most of the information I had already known due to reading the biographies of many of the Leafs. A good review.
May 23, 2021
This book took me a while to read, but that was because I am not the biggest Leafs fan in the world and I also don’t know much about former players, but it was an okay book, not the best I’ve read, but pretty okay.
March 19, 2009
An easy read that took me just a day. I liked the book because I am a Toronto Maple Leafs freak and I thought that some of the historical info about some of the Leafs Captains was kinda cool. Big print so you should have an easy time with it and i would recommend it to anyone that likes Hockey.
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