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Movie Review: The Russian Five

Inside Hockey Editor-in-Chief Kevin Greenstein and senior writer Darryl Houston Smith recently watched the documentary The Russian Five, which tells the story of Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Slava Kozlov, Slava Fetisov and Igor Larionov joining forces on the Detroit Red Wings.

Book Review: The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL

In The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL, author Sean McIndoe (of Down Goes Brown) takes us on a whirlwind tour of the NHL's history, looking at everything from the formation and evolution of the "Original Six" to the 1967 expansion to the Canadiens', Islanders' and Oilers' dynasties to the present day.

Retro Rangers: Book Review – Before 94

In the summer of 1978, Fred Shero finally got a chance to coach the Rangers. Shero was a former Rangers defenseman who had been coaching in the Blueshirts minor league system for many years during the Emile Fra...

Retro Rangers: Book Review – Unforgettable Rangers, Games & Moments from the Press Box

New York Ranger fans are very lucky, regardless of the current plight of the Blueshirts, a veritable All-Star cast of broadcasters and journalists cover every aspect of their seasonal roller-coaster ride. Th...

Retro Rangers: Book Review “Block that Shot: The Bob Chrystal Story”

Back in the early 1950s when there were six teams in the NHL and about ninety jobs available, only a few young players were able to break into the league and even fewer who walked away from the game once they g...

Book Review: New York Rangers By the Numbers

Uniform numbers have long been an important part of sports lore and serve multiple purposes. First and foremost, they identify the players, but they also allow fans to identify with those players by wearing tho...

Book Review; The Art of the Dealers – The NHL’s Greatest General Managers

In the hierarchy of sports franchises, a team’s general manager is the second most powerful person in the organization, right behind the owner, yet precious little has been written about the great GM’s in any s...

Book Review: “Beartown” by Fredrik Backman

There haven't historically been any truly great hockey novels, but Fredrik Backman's new novel "Beartown" looks to change that…

Book Review – Gratoony the Loony

Gilles Gratton is a character, that fact has been well established in stories that have been passed down over the 40 years since his retirement in 1977. But now Gratton has produced an autobiography called Grat...

Book Review: “We Did Everything But Win”

We Did Everything But Win is a brilliant debut work by George Grimm; an oral history of the New York Rangers during the Emile Francis era (1964 to 1976) as told by the players, coaches, Rangers staff members, r...