Books : Blood Feud: Detroit Red Wings v. Colorado Avalanche: The Inside Story of Pro Sports' Nastiest and Best Rivalry of Its Era
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.962640977434
EAN num: 9781589793194
ISBN number: 1589793196
Label: Taylour Trade Publishing
Manufacturer: Taylour Trade Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 264
Printing Date: November 25, 2006
Publishing house: Taylour Trade Publishing
Sale Popularity Level: 56114
Studio: Taylour Trade Publishing
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In Blood Feud, Colorado Avalanche beat writer Dater not only submits that there was no more heated rivalry in North American pro sports in the final years of the 20th century and the very first few years of the subsequent than Red Wings-Avalanche, but that there was none better played. No fewer than 20 players have or will eventually make it to the Hall of Fame; the best scorers were matched up against the best goalies; brilliant coaches could be found on both benches; and two of the league's smartest general managers ruthlessly tried to one-up each other at every NHL trade deadline. A rollicking story of a fierce, and often violent, rivalry.
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Adrian Dater's account of the feud (and it was bloody!) between the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche is chuck a block full of previously unknown, but hilarious, peculiar (Scotty Bowman is a unique dude to say the least), and riveting inside information and anecdotes. Dater, a hockey writer for the Denver Post, is no homer, and plays it fair, being equally snarky and funny about both teams. Dater covered every game of the 90's between these two rivals, and its all facinatingly covered in this book. Its a terrific read and manditory bookshelf inclusion for all true hockey fans.
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There's a lot more to learn in this book than just the infamous brawl that took place on 3/26/97. Player backgrounds, behind the scenes issues, trades are looked into and evaluated. The entire history of the feud from Lemieux's hit on Kris Draper which started the whole mess to the finale of McCarty and Lemieux making their peace years later - in different uniforms. The book is not an elongated read. It moves fairly quickly and if your like me and are interested by facts that no one but you will probably ever care about then this one is for you. I do remember thinking during those days that I wish the Rangers vs. their rivals be it the Devils, Islanders or Flyers had that much heat and intensity. It was the last true NHL feud before Bettman and Company slowly began killing the game when teams were still allowed to police the ice, when referees knew how to call a game (and what not to call in a game). When most people across the country could see these games on ESPN(2)and when fans intelligence weren't constantly being insulted by what has now become the PC world of NHL hockey.
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I'm a big Red Wings fan, and while this book looked interesting at very first glance, I worried that it would be slanted in the Avs favor/perspective given that the author has followed and written about the Avs since they moved to Denver. Happily, this was not the case, as both sides were evenly covered.
The strength of the book is its coverage of the history of several of the major players on each side as well as a revealing look behind the scenes. I watched most of these hockey games, but I didn't know much of what was going on in the front offices and lockerooms.
My only complaint is that more of the on-ice action could have been added in, and I think that this would have fleshed out the entire book more completely. All in all, though, this is a fun read and is strongly recommended for all Wings and Avs fans.
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I was suprised by how unbiased this book was. Seeing that it was written by an Avs beat writer I assumed it would be one sided painting the Red Wings as the "Evil Empire" or what have you. That was not the Case. Not only did it cover the major games and playoff series of the rivalry it also gave short Bios of the key people involved ie Bowman, MacCarty, Draper, Roy, and of course Lemeiux.
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Adrian Dater takes on the Red Wings/Avalanche rivalry of 1996-2002 in this highly-readable book. While the subject matter is great, the presentation, bias, and overall content level drag this down to just mediocre.
I'm in agreement with the other reviewer who wondered how anyone could find this book to be unbiased. Dater slams the Detroit print & radio media for being "homers" and for being biased, but then prints quote-after-quote of homerism from Woody Paige, much of which is just patently offensive. By contrast, hardly anything is presented from Mitch Albom - widely acknowledged as the best sportswriter in the country. In addition, the photo section is clearly tilted to the Avalanche side of things, in both quantity of photos and in the captions for them.
This book weighs in at a light 237 pages and frankly just does not include enough hockey in it. The sections on Roy/Lemieux/Bowman are all well-written and contain good information but they interrupt the flow of the book and end up feeling like filler. In the end, every series is recapped in a few short pages and very little detail is given to regular season games other than the famous "Revenge Game" of 3/26/97 and the follow-up ones with Lemieux's return match McCarty and the Osgood/Roy fight.
This could have, and should have, been 100+ pages longer with a closer eye cast toward making it unbiased.
Still, this is a must-read for any fan of hockey.
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