Matthew Dibiase

Book Review: “Toe Blake: Winning is Everything” by Paul Logothetis

April 23, 2020

This writer’s personal motto has always been “History abhors a vacuum”. For much too long there has been a vacuum in the annals of hockey history: a definitive biography of the late Toe Blake. Even though To...

Book Review: “Unforgettable Islanders: Games & Moments from the Press Box, Ice, and Front Office” by Matthew Blittner

Matthew Dibiase

March 21, 2020

Matthew Blittner completes his hat trick with the final volume in his historical trilogy of the greater New York City hockey teams (Rangers, Devils, and Islanders) as seen from the eyes of the members (male...

Book Review: “Unforgettable NJ Devils: Games & Moments from the Press Box, Ice & Front Office” by Matthew Blittner

Matthew Dibiase

November 9, 2019

Matthew Blittner makes his hockey literature debut with his petit sized volume Unforgettable NJ Devils: Games & Moment from the Press Box, Ice & Front Office. Unforgettable NJ Devils is an oral histo...

Book Review: “Guardians of the Goal” by George Grimm

Matthew Dibiase

October 14, 2019

In his second book Guardians of the Goal, George Grimm tackles the knotty problem all authors face of equaling (and surpassing) a brilliant first effort. In his wonderful debut We Did Everything But Win he p...

Rainbows over the St. Louis Blues

Matthew Dibiase

June 20, 2019

The St. Blues’ Stanley Cup triumph was a long overdue joy for a team that suffered so many ups and down throughout its star-crossed 52 years of existence. When the puck first dropped on the Blues, Lyndon Johnso...

Doug Armstrong: No More Heartbreaks; Let the Fun Begin!

Matthew Dibiase

May 23, 2019

In my book The Art of the Dealers: the NHL’s Greatest General Managers I not only ranked St. Louis Blues GM Doug Armstrong as one of the 50 greatest general managers in hockey history I was also forced to assig...

March 27, 2019-Flyers-Leafs: History was Made

Matthew Dibiase

March 28, 2019

I have a confession to make. I’ve been writing about hockey history, hockey coaches, and hockey general managers for years but I’ve never had the nerve to admit until, now, that I’ve never attended a single,...

Farewell Coach Q

Matthew Dibiase

November 9, 2018

The firing of Joel Quenneville by the Chicago Blackhawks ends an era for the Windy City franchise. Until now Coach Q was the greatest active NHL coach and was the fourth greatest NHL coach all-time in the eyes ...

Book Review: “The 60s: Goaltending’s Greatest Generation” by Tom Adrahtas

Matthew Dibiase

October 25, 2018

After a 16 year hiatus Tom Adrahtas has returned to the realm of hockey literature. In 2002 Adrahtas unveiled an authorized, masterful biography of goaltending legend Glenn Hall. Today, in his latest tome The 6...

Barry Trotz: this where the heartbreaks end

Matthew Dibiase

June 9, 2018

For this writer the most beautiful aspect of the Washington Capitals first Stanley Cup win is that gave head coach Barry Trotz some richly deserved glory and immortality after 19 seasons of solid hockey coachin...

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