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Best of Down Goes Brown: Greatest Hits and Brand New Classics-to-Be from Hockey's Most Hilarious Blog [Mīkstie vāki]

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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, height x width x depth: 216x140x19 mm, weight: 377 g, illustrations
  • Izdošanas datums: 17-Sep-2012
  • Izdevniecība: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN-10: 1118358309
  • ISBN-13: 9781118358306
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 288 pages, height x width x depth: 216x140x19 mm, weight: 377 g, illustrations
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  • ISBN-10: 1118358309
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The greatest hits from the world's largestand most hilarioushockey humour blog Hundreds of thousands of hockey fans around the world are addicted to Down Goes Brown, and with good reason: Sean McIndoe is the funniest writer in hockey. His often insightful, always entertaining posts have made the site one of the top hockey blogs in the worldand definitely the most amusing. From shrewd observations to tongue-in-cheek commentary, Down Goes Brown manages to capture the essence of hockey while exposing the frequently funny side of the sport. Now, in The Best of Down Goes Brown, McIndoe himself compiles some of the blog's best-loved posts, along with a host of all-new content, in one side-splitting volume.

Packed with fan favourites, including The Code: Hockey's Unwritten Rules Revealed, The official map of an NHL rink, A complete transcript of every NHL game ever broadcast, What an official NHL trade call really sounds like, An NHLers guide to never saying anything interesting, The other former NHL stars who interviewed for Colin Campbells job, and more, many of which have become so ubiquitous that readers who have never even heard of Down Goes Brown know them by heart, the book is the ultimate gift book for hockey fans everywhere.





Brings together dozens of the funniest articles from the premier hockey humour blog Includes the hugely popular viral hit, "The NHL's Top Secret Flowchart For Handing Out Suspensions, and many other legendary posts Features exclusive, never before seen content not available online

Sure to hit hockey fans right on the funny bone, The Best of Down Goes Brown is the ultimate anthology of the very funniest writing from the world's largest hockey humour blog.
Foreword xi
Bob McKenzie
Foreword xv
James Duthie
Acknowledgments xvii
1 A Complete Transcript of Every NHL Game Ever Broadcast
1(6)
2 The Ten Greatest Coaches in NHL History
7(6)
3 The Other Former NHL Stars Who Interviewed for Colin Campbell's Job
13(5)
4 Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. the NFL
18(3)
5 A Look Back at Game Seven of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final (which, due to a scheduling error, had to be published twelve hours early)
21(3)
6 Take the Quiz: Do You Have a Concussion?
24(4)
7 The Code: Hockey's Unwritten Rules Revealed
28(5)
8 A Moment with the Guy Who Has to Go Out and Fix the Glass When It Breaks
33(4)
9 What an Official NHL Trade Call Really Sounds Like
37(3)
10 The Signs of the Hockey Zodiac
40(4)
11 The Not-So-Original Six: A Look Back at the NHL's First Expansion Teams
44(5)
12 The NHL's Top-Secret Flow Chart for Handing Out Suspensions
49(3)
13 A Brief History of Mats Sundin
52(3)
14 Signs Your City May Not Be a Viable Hockey Market
55(3)
15 Behind the Scenes at the Rehearsal for the Presentation of the Stanley Cup
58(3)
16 You Wanna Go? A History of Hockey Brawls
61(3)
17 From the Archives: The 1993 Leafs/Kings Game Six Live Blog
64(8)
18 An In-depth Comparison: Mario Lemieux vs. Patrick Roy
72(4)
19 The NHL's Plan for Appealing to Video Game Fans
76(3)
20 A Period-by-Period Recap of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final
79(4)
21 Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. Soccer
83(4)
22 Behind the Scenes at an NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Session
87(7)
23 Other Complaints about Brendan Shanahan
94(3)
24 Leafs vs. Habs: Hockey's Greatest Rivalry
97(4)
25 The Details of Don Cherry's Contract
101(3)
26 An In-depth Comparison: Daniel Alfredsson vs. Zdeno Chara
104(4)
27 Take the Quiz: How Will Your Team Do this Year?
108(4)
28 Behind the Scenes at NHL Referee Tryouts
112(4)
29 Come On Down: A History of NHL Game Show Appearances
116(3)
30 The Official Map of an NHL Rink
119(2)
31 A Brief History of Wayne Gretzky
121(4)
32 How to Spend Your Day with the Stanley Cup
125(3)
33 Determining Whether a Goal Should Count: The NHL War Room's Top-Secret Flow Chart
128(3)
34 Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. MLB
131(4)
35 The Pros and Cons of Fighting In the NHL
135(3)
36 An NHLer's Guide to Never Saying Anything Interesting
138(4)
37 Democracy Doesn't Work: A History of All-Star Voting
142(3)
38 Take the Quiz: Should You Rebuild?
145(4)
39 A Tale of Two Homecomings
149(4)
40 The NHL's Hall of Fame Application Form
153(5)
41 Rating the NHL's Relocation Candidates
158(4)
42 What an Official NHL Suspension Call Really Sounds Like
162(4)
43 Other Mario Lemieux Grievances
166(3)
44 Understanding the New Wave of Advanced Statistics
169(3)
45 A Brief History of Teemu Selanne
172(3)
46 Other Ways NHL Teams Use Home Ice Advantage for an Unfair Edge
175(3)
47 Seventh Heaven: When One Game Decides the Stanley Cup
178(6)
48 How to Dominate Your Fantasy Hockey League
184(3)
49 A Period-by-Period Recap of the 2012 Stanley Cup Final
187(5)
50 NHL Hockey, Then vs. Now
192(5)
51 An In-depth Comparison: Eric Lindros vs. Peter Forsberg
197(4)
52 Take the Quiz: Was that a Dive?
201(4)
53 No Ties Allowed: A History of the Shoot-out
205(3)
54 So You Want to Be the Commissioner: The NHL's 1993 Job Application Form
208(5)
55 The NHL's Top-secret Flow Chart for Dealing with Scandals
213(2)
56 Nobody Remembers Number Two: A History of First Overall Draft Picks
215(4)
57 How to Become an Ironman
219(3)
58 Behind the Scenes at NHL Fan Training Camp
222(3)
59 Signs You May Be Injury Prone
225(3)
60 Inside the NHL's Legal Brief on the 2011 NFL Work Stoppage
228(3)
61 An In-depth Comparison: Sidney Crosby vs. Alexander Ovechkin
231(4)
62 Make His Head Bleed: A History of the NHL in Pop Culture
235(4)
63 When a Day with the Stanley Cup Goes Wrong
239(3)
64 Breaking Down the Battles: Inside Canada's Provincial Rivalries
242(5)
65 Welcome to the Doghouse: A History of Coach vs. Player Feuds
247(4)
66 Know Your Sports: The NHL vs. UFC
251(4)
67 A Hockey Fan's Guide to Modern TV Technology
255(4)
68 Behind the Scenes at the Matt Cooke Suspension Hearing
259(5)
69 A Complete Transcript of Every Post-game Call-in Show Ever Broadcast
264(4)
70 Dear Son, Welcome to Life as a Toronto Maple Leafs Fan
268
Sean McIndoe is the funniest writer in hockey. A pioneering blogger in the world of hockey humor, he grew Down Goes Brown from nothing in 2008 to the world's biggest and best hockey humor blog. Today, Down Goes Brown is one of the most popular hockey blogs in the world. Sean is also published twice weekly by the National Post, both in print and online. He posts regularly on Grantland (one of North America's most-read sports websites), and he is regularly quoted by, or a guest on, sports radio, television, and your favorite blog or podcast.