Softback 1993, cover creasing, stain on upper front cover, condition of DJ rough, book itself fine, pictures. "Ross Brewitt breaks down the barriers to reveal the human side of hockey players, their special sense of humour, their hope for success and their fear of failure. DAVE KEON "Most hockey books are like the regular season - this is a playoff bovk." Seldom does a writer come along who can make the reader feel, smell, see, touch, and hear the stuff of hockey. In Last Minute of Play Ross Brewitt pulls it off, and more. He presents the thoughts, actions, pranks, anecdotes, opinions, and ribaldry of a few of the men who have toiled on the Big Pond of many a Canadian's dreams. Some of the mee~ you'll meet - Bobby Hull, Phil Esposito, Jacques Plante, Dave Keon, Don Cherry - are household names. Others, like Chico Maki, Jim McKenny, Eddie Shack, and Bill Sweeney, were the foot soldiers of hockey, the kind of men the sport can't do without but who never get the acclaim or adulation the superstars take for granted. After Ross Brewitt sends you on a skate through the arena of his prose, you won't just know these men, you'll be them for a moment. You'll feel their pain, share their triumphs, and come away with an experience that will leave you breathless, as if you'd just been cross-checked into the greys. ROSS BREWITT has been involved in hockey for more than 30 years as a writer, editor, manager, and business agent. In the late sixties and early seventies he worked with the Toronto Maple Leaf and Buffalo Sabre organizations. Today he arranges speaking engagements for himself as well as former players and broadcasters in several sports, including Dennis Hull, Phil and Tony Esposito, and Dave Keon. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution