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Welcome to Maple Leaf Gardens : Photographs and Memories from Canada's Most Famous Arena by Lance Abel (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherECW Press

ISBN-101770411631

ISBN-139781770411630

eBay Product ID (ePID)159984347

Product Key Features

Book TitleWelcome to Maple Leaf Gardens : Photographs and Memories from Canada's Most Famous Arena

Number of Pages248 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicHockey, Canada / Ontario (On), Subjects & Themes / Sports, General

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Sports & Recreation, Photography

AuthorLance Abel

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight26.7 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"A phenomenal look behind the scenes at one of hockey's most-revered shrines and the reader is thoroughly entertained from cover to cover." -- Stephen Laroche

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal796.06/8713541

SynopsisGenerations have come to marvel and celebrate spectacles of all kinds at Maple Leaf Gardens. With its soaring roof and massive walls, this iconic building tells a story with an unlikely beginning and an ending yet to be written. Built against all odds, in the grip of the Great Depression, the Gardens went on to host 2,533 hockey games, with the Toronto Maple Leafs' final regular season record 1,215 wins, 768 losses, and 346 ties. When it closed in 1999, it was the last Original Six arena still standing and remains in use for hockey today as Ryerson University's Mattamy Athletic Centre. In Welcome to Maple Leaf Gardens , Graig Abel and Lance Hornby have composed a rare, stunning, and historically invaluable tribute to what many would consider the Mecca of Canadian sport. Abel's years as the Maple Leafs' photographer make him the perfect guide for sports fans, music lovers, and star-gazers. Readers will experience the building's many innovative features from the rafters to the clock, from the rinkside gold seats right up to the greys, where the "real fans" sat. Alongside Abel's humorous first-hand stories about Harold Ballard, Doug Gilmour, and the celebrities who frequented the Gardens, Hornby gives a press box perspective on covering the Leafs at the end of the Gardens' eventful era and the building's place in history., Explore the unseen Maple Leaf Gardens Generations have come to marvel and celebrate spectacles of all kinds at Maple Leaf Gardens. With its soaring roof and massive walls, this iconic building tells a story with an unlikely beginning and an ending yet to be written. Built against all odds, in the grip of the Great Depression, the Gardens went on to host 2,533 hockey games, with the Toronto Maple Leafs' final regular season record 1,215 wins, 768 losses, and 346 ties. When it closed in 1999, it was the last Original Six arena still standing and remains in use for hockey today as Ryerson University's Mattamy Athletic Centre. In Welcome to Maple Leaf Gardens , Graig Abel and Lance Hornby have composed a rare, stunning, and historically invaluable tribute to what many would consider the Mecca of Canadian sport. Abel's years as the Maple Leafs' photographer make him the perfect guide for sports fans, music lovers, and star-gazers. Readers will experience the building's many innovative features from the rafters to the clock, from the rinkside gold seats right up to the greys, where the "real fans" sat. Alongside Abel's humorous first-hand stories about Harold Ballard, Doug Gilmour, and the celebrities who frequented the Gardens, Hornby gives a press box perspective on covering the Leafs at the end of the Gardens' eventful era and the building's place in history., Built against all odds in the Great Depression, the Maple Leaf Gardens is not just a building, it's a story. Never-before-seen photos are revealed in this extensive, eye-opening, and nostalgic history.