Hockey Night in Canada: 60 Seasons

by Michael McKinley

To celebrate the broadcast that has redefined Canada and the game of hockey, Hockey Night in Canada is a gorgeously illustrated chronicle of some of our most cherished moments in hockey. From Gordie Howe to Sidney Crosby, from Foster Hewitt to Cassie Campbell, Hockey Night in Canada has been broadcasting the game we love to Canadian living rooms for over sixty years. Featuring moments as different as the first hockey game aired in colour to the return of the Jets to Winnipeg, and with a Foreword from “Coach’s Corner” star Ron MacLean, Hockey Night in Canada is the defini­tive commemoration of the anniversary of the broadcast that has come to define the way Canadians watch hockey. Hockey Night in Canada celebrates the moments, the personalities, and the innova­tions that have forever shaped our experience of the game.

Genres: Hockey, Sports

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Michael McKinley is an author, filmmaker, journalist, and screenwriter. A Vancouver native, he was educated at the University of British Columbia, and then at the University of Oxford. As a journalist, he has written for publications on both sides of the Atlantic, and has won national newswriting awards. He has produced several television shows for CNN, History, and the CBC, and is the author of several books, among them Codebreakers: The Secret Intelligence Unit that Changed the Course of the First World War (with James Wyllie) and Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery, the companion book to the CNN TV series he created with David Gibson. He lives in New York City.
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Reviews

[Howie · Rating 5 out of 5]

terrific 👍

[Robert Grant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book on the first 60 years of Hockey Night In Canada. It is such a shame that the CBC, through it's own hubris, lost the rights to this show which is deeply woven into the Canadian DNA. Many great stories and anecdotes in this excellent collection of HNIC memories.

4 stars out of 5

[Charles Regan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very easy and interesting read about HNIC. Also a very condensed picture of Hockey's move from "sport" to a "major business product".

[Michael Hodge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, bite-sized stories. That said, the picture quality is unforgivably bad for a professionally published book, and the writer forgives far too much due to rose-coloured glasses.