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Quinn
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Quinn

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A tribute to the larger than life story of a hockey icon and hero. The hockey world mourned when Pat Quinn died in November 2014.

Tough guys sobbed. Networks carried montages of Quinn’s rugged hits, his steely-eyed glare, and his famous victories. Quinn made a few enemies over the years, but there was no one who didn’t respect the tough working-class kid who had fought his way to the very top of the hockey world.

He had butted heads with superstars, with management, and with the league itself. And he had also succeeded at every level, finishing his journeyman’s career as the captain of an NHL team, then quickly emerged as one of the best coaches in the league. He gathered executive titles like hockey cards, and done things his own way, picking up a law degree along the way.

He was brash, dour, and abrasive–and people loved him for his alloy of pugnacity and flair, his three-piece suits and cigars, his Churchillian heft and his scowl.

In the end, the player who would never even have dreamed of being inducted into the Hall of Fame was the chair of the Hall’s selection committee. That is Quinn’s story- an underdog who succeeded so completely that his legacy has become the standard by which others are judged.

Told by bestselling author Dan Robson, and supported by the Quinn family and network of friends, Quinn is the definitive account of one of the game’s biggest personalities and most storied lives.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Country
United States
Date
11 October 2016
Pages
400
ISBN
9780143196020

A tribute to the larger than life story of a hockey icon and hero. The hockey world mourned when Pat Quinn died in November 2014.

Tough guys sobbed. Networks carried montages of Quinn’s rugged hits, his steely-eyed glare, and his famous victories. Quinn made a few enemies over the years, but there was no one who didn’t respect the tough working-class kid who had fought his way to the very top of the hockey world.

He had butted heads with superstars, with management, and with the league itself. And he had also succeeded at every level, finishing his journeyman’s career as the captain of an NHL team, then quickly emerged as one of the best coaches in the league. He gathered executive titles like hockey cards, and done things his own way, picking up a law degree along the way.

He was brash, dour, and abrasive–and people loved him for his alloy of pugnacity and flair, his three-piece suits and cigars, his Churchillian heft and his scowl.

In the end, the player who would never even have dreamed of being inducted into the Hall of Fame was the chair of the Hall’s selection committee. That is Quinn’s story- an underdog who succeeded so completely that his legacy has become the standard by which others are judged.

Told by bestselling author Dan Robson, and supported by the Quinn family and network of friends, Quinn is the definitive account of one of the game’s biggest personalities and most storied lives.

From the Hardcover edition.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Country
United States
Date
11 October 2016
Pages
400
ISBN
9780143196020