Hockey Rants and Raves

by Steven Glynn

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

Published October 15, 2024

Reviews

[Brie_reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was just so fun. It’s all stats and opinion but that’s what made it fun. It’s about the love and joy of hockey whether you’re a fan or a player or both, whether you’re new to the sport or a die hard fan. I laughed a lot. It was just fun.

Reasons I Recommend:

1) Reminders of all the ways TML are awesome/so sad

2) Fun introductions to the NHL teams and quirks each team is known for and

3) Thoughts and debates on greatest players, current players, and overall hockey themes.

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Quote 1: The third goal was a sick setup from Morgan Rielly to a wide-open Matthews. Matthews pointed at Rielly to signify that he liked his pass. Rielly pointed back at Matthews and screamed like someone who sold a kidney for front row tickets to a Taylor Swift concert. The only difference was this game happened in Ottawa, and Taylor Swift would never go there.🤣

Quote 2: In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a cursed figure, damned to push a massive boulder up a hill for all eternity. Every time he got near the top of the hill, the boulder would roll back down, and Sisyphus would have to begin the torturous process again. In so many ways, that is being a Leafs fan, and nothing embodies that quite like the Leafs humiliating choke against the Montreal Canadiens.

Quote 3: Losing to your own Zamboni driver is cartoonishly bad-the kind of slapstick thing you might expect to happen in a corny movie from the late nineties.

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[Cow · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful love letter to hockey, told in Steve's trademark ranty style.

The thing I've always loved about Steve is not the yelling at the screen or the explosions -- it's that, in his quieter moments, he's one of the smarter, kinder, more human analysts I've ever read in sport. And that shines through so well in this book.

I got back into hockey because of the human stories (especially the goalies) (I have an entire group chat that formed around goalie love) and Steve clearly gets that.

In short, a lot of fun, especially after several heavy philosophical/etc texts in a row . . .

[Yvan Létourneau · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Steve, and loved his first book. This book has its moments: when his passion and storytelling shines through (when he talks about rooting for the goon, or his all time Leaf losses). Those moments are few and far between, unfortunately.

[Alison B · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s like Steve Dangle in written form. I’d buy the audio book just to hear him read his own words. :)

[Bryan Tait · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whether you're a fan or not (of the author or hockey), read this. Highly entertaining, thought-provoking, with a touch of emotion, it's simply awesome.

[Dawson Gusey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very fun, bar-style hockey debates and conversations from maybe the most passionate hockey personality on the internet.