The Best Hockey Players of All Time

The Best Hockey Players of All Time — page 1 — www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher SportsZone is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 092014 012015 Cover Photos Saxon AP Images left Keith Srakocic AP Images right Interior Photos Saxon AP Images 1 left Keith Srakocic AP Images 1 right AP Images 7 9 11 17 19 21 25 Bettmann Corbis 13 Harry Cabluck AP Images 15 A E Maloof AP Images 23 Bill Kostroun AP Images 27 51 IHA Icon SMI 29 Dave Buston AP Images 31 Bourdier AP Images 33 Rusty Kennedy AP Images 35 Ron Frehm AP Images 37 Fred Jewell AP Images 39 Eric Gay AP Images 41 Gary Tramontina AP Images 43 Gene J Puskar AP Images 45 47 Jerry S Mendoza AP Images 49 Julie Jacobson AP Images 53 Petr David Josek AP Images 55 Iurii Osadchi Shutterstock Images 57 photosthatrock Shutterstock Images 59 Chris O’Meara AP Images 61 Editor Patrick Donnelly Series Designer Christa Schneider Library of Congress Control Number 2014944193 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Graves Will The best hockey players of all time Will Graves p cm Sports best ever ISBN 978-1-62403-620-0 lib bdg Includes bibliographical references and index 1 Hockey Juvenile literature I Title 796 962 dc23 2014944193

The Best Hockey Players of All Time — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 4 Maurice Richard 6 Gordie Howe 10 Jacques Plante 14 Phil Esposito 18 Bobby Orr 22 Guy Lafleur 26 Wayne Gretzky 30 Mark Messier 34 Ray Bourque 38 Mario Lemieux 42 Nicklas Lidstrom 46 Martin Brodeur 50 Hayley Wickenheiser 54 Sidney Crosby 58 Honorable Mentions 62 Glossary 63 For More Information 63 Index 64 About the Author 64

The Best Hockey Players of All Time — page 3 — INTRODUCTION Hockey players have a unique set of skills In many ways they are not like other athletes 4

The Best Hockey Players of All Time — page 4 — They skate instead of run They shoot instead of throw And they check instead of tackle But like other athletes they are supremely skilled and consistently tough They rely on stamina and endurance to pass the game’s most grueling tests And the best players get the coolest nicknames The Rocket Sid the Kid The Great One and Super Mario They all followed different paths to the National Hockey League NHL Yet they all had one thing in common They loved to play the game Here are some of the greatest hockey players of all time 5

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