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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, height x width: 215x139 mm, Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 02-Nov-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Triumph Books
  • ISBN-10: 162937914X
  • ISBN-13: 9781629379142
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, height x width: 215x139 mm, Illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 02-Nov-2021
  • Izdevniecība: Triumph Books
  • ISBN-10: 162937914X
  • ISBN-13: 9781629379142
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"Jim "Bearcat" Murray knows what it means to live and breathe Calgary Flames hockey, and he's carved out his own spot in team history as an unforgettable character. The young man from Okotoks who once dreamed of becoming a jockey found his calling as theFlames' longtime athletic trainer, went on to sip beer from the Stanley Cup, and later was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame. Murray now reflects on decades of incredible memories, from the Flames' earliest days after moving to Calgary in 1980 to the glory years of Lanny McDonald and Theo Fleury to the madcap sequence of events that inspired a group of Boston Bruin fans to create The Bearcat Murray Fan Club"--

"An insider's look at Calgary Flames history from beloved trainer Bearcat Murray Jim "Bearcat" Murray knows what it means to live and breathe Calgary Flames hockey, and he's carved out his own spot in team history as an unforgettable character. The youngman from Okotoks who once dreamed of becoming a jockey found his calling as the Flames' longtime athletic trainer, went on to sip beer from the Stanley Cup, and later was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame. Murray now reflects on decades of incredible memories, from the Flames' earliest days after moving to Calgary in 1980 to the glory years of Lanny McDonald and Theo Fleury to the madcap sequence of events that inspired a group of Boston Bruin fans to create The Bearcat Murray Fan Club. Packed withcountless unforgettable gems, this rollicking tour of Flames history is essential reading for all fans"--

An insider's look at Calgary Flames history from beloved trainer Bearcat Murray

Jim "Bearcat" Murray knows what it means to live and breathe Calgary Flames hockey, and he's carved out his own spot in team history as an unforgettable character. The young man from Okotoks who once dreamed of becoming a jockey found his calling as the Flames' longtime athletic trainer, went on to sip beer from the Stanley Cup, and later was unanimously voted into the Hall of Fame.

Murray now reflects on decades of incredible memories, from the Flames' earliest days after moving to Calgary in 1980 to the glory years of Lanny McDonald and Theo Fleury to the madcap sequence of events that inspired a group of Boston Bruin fans to create The Bearcat Murray Fan Club.

Packed with countless unforgettable gems, this rollicking tour of Flames history is essential reading for all fans.
Foreword ix
Lanny McDonald
Introduction xi
George Johnson
Chapter 1 One Night in Montreal ...
1(6)
Chapter 2 Beginnings
7(12)
Chapter 3 The Cowboy Way
19(6)
Chapter 4 Getting into the Business
25(16)
Chapter 5 The Professional Ranks
41(14)
Chapter 6 The Big Apple and Cowtown
55(22)
Chapter 7 Move to the Dome
77(6)
Chapter 8 The Rise: Battle Lines Drawn, March to the Finals
83(20)
Chapter 9 The Push in '89
103(12)
Chapter 10 The Fall
115(6)
Chapter 11 Trick of the Trade
121(6)
Chapter 12 Behind the Curtain
127(6)
Chapter 13 Stepping Away
133(10)
Chapter 14 Rivals/Friends
143(8)
Chapter 15 Shangri-La
151(6)
Chapter 16 A Bearcat Q&A
157(22)
Chapter 17 Snapshots
179(38)
Chapter 18 The Fraternity
217(10)
Chapter 19 Family
227(10)
Chapter 20 Charity Work
237(10)
Chapter 21 Call from the Hall
247(6)
Chapter 22 Being Bearcat
253(12)
Chapter 23 As the Seconds Ticked Away ...
265(8)
Acknowledgments 273
Jim "Bearcat" Murray spent 16 years as the Calgary Flames' head athletic trainer, including the 1989 Stanley Cup season. Murray is the first person in the history of the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society to be unanimously voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and he remains with the Flames as a community ambassador.

George Johnson has chronicled the Calgary Flames since 1984 as a newspaper beat reporter, columnist, and web content writer for the club. He is the author of 100 Things Flames Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die and the co-author of If These Walls Could Talk: Calgary Flames with Peter Maher. He is married to Rita, also a sports writer, and they're the proud parents of Michela and Sabrina.