Strange But True Hockey Stories Author:Stan Fischler Describes some memorable moments on and off the ice chosen from almost seventy-five years of hockey history. — Ice-hockey's hallowed Stanley Cup runneth over with legends, most of which are repeatedly ""zany"" here and all of which are reported in the unmistakable style of the veteran sportswriter -- like ""The P... more »erils of King Clancy"" who would referee games ""the way he viewed life in general, with gobs of humor""; or the three-losses-then-four-straight-wins record that ""stands with Gibralter-like ...
More firmness"" in NHL annals, the Maple Leafs' trophy-taking attributed partly at least to a pre-game peptalk amounting to ""pure and unadulterated cornball."" But these are good fan-flaming stories, remembrances of practical jokes past yet not forgotten (""Leone's Magic Elixir,"" ""The Loose Goose,"" ""The Battle of the Bulge""-ing goaltender), less specialized than the recent Liss chronicle (p. 811, J-315), and full of the title's promise. . . such as it is.« less