by Matthew Dibiase | Nov 22, 2022 | Hockey History
This article was a long time in the making. I had conceived of the idea featured in this piece in 2015 and always wanted to write an article about it but as John Lennon once sang, “life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.”It took a certain event in...
by Matthew Dibiase | Nov 10, 2022 | Books, Hockey History, International
Last September marked the 50th anniversary of the Summit Series between Canada and the U.S.S.R. and such anniversaries always provide impetus for books marking the occasion. One such work is Reaching the Summit: Reimagining the ’72 Summit Series in the Canadian...
by Matthew Dibiase | Nov 26, 2020 | Books, NHL, Product Reviews
Author Perry Lefko is a pro’s pro when it comes sports literature and his resume reflects the plethora of sports topics he has chronicled for the past 35 years. His titles run the gamut from hockey to thoroughbred racing to Canadian Football to curling. This Christmas...
by Matthew Dibiase | Apr 23, 2020 | Books, Hockey History, Montreal Canadiens, NHL, Product Reviews
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 Toe Blake was the greatest coach in NHL history until the...
by Matthew Dibiase | Mar 21, 2020 | Inside Hockey, New York Islanders, NHL
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 and female) of the Fourth Estate. Following the same formula...
