When the Lights Went Out
How One Brawl Ended Hockey's Cold War and Changed the Game
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Narrateur(s):
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Jeff Burling
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Auteur(s):
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Gare Joyce
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When the Lights Went Out tells the story of a moment in the 1987 World Junior Championship that forever changed the lives of the players involved and ignited a debate that has yet to subside about the way the game is meant to be played.
When Team Canada skated onto the ice that night in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, they thought they were 60 minutes away from a gold medal. Future superstars like Brendan Shanahan and Theo Fleury, pitted against Russians like Sergei Fedorov and Alex Mogilny, dreamed of returning to Canada in glory. Instead, they were sent home empty-handed, bearers of a legacy that would follow them throughout their careers.
No one who saw it will ever forget it. The mere mention of Piestany evokes the image of 20 fights breaking out all over the ice as players rushed to their mates’ defense, of haymakers, stick-swinging, and even kicking, of a referee skating off the ice in shame.
ESPN hockey writer Gare Joyce tells the story of the game that marked the last time Canadian and Soviet players squared off as enemies, rather than potential teammates in the NHL. It tells the stories of the combatants on the ice. Of the coaches behind the bench. Of officials, international hockey executives, members of the media, and even politicians who were caught up in the intrigue.
©2006 Gare Joyce (P)2022 Audible, Inc.Ce que les auditeurs disent de When the Lights Went Out
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2024-07-10
Mispronounced names.
Too many mispronounced names. As a hockey fan, I found it frustrating that the narrator would not have looked for the phonetic guide to pronounce the names properly.
The story was very insightful with a lot of homework done to tell the stories before and after the famous game was played.
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- DAVID
- 2024-08-30
Lazy and Amateurish Narration
This is a great hockey story aimed at a very specific readership. Audible could have and should have done a better job presenting their oral version. Instead, they gave the job to the worst possible team of audiobook producers. Jeff Burling, the narrator, comes off sounding like a hack but I place more blame on the producer and the editor. No one connected to the reading of this book did any research into the pronunciation of names. it was astounding and jaw dropping the number of times a name was bungled. It took me completely out of the story. It felt at times like i was overhearing a disappointing son reading aloud to his dying dad about a subject he knows nothing about. The actual book author refers over and over to specific game tapes. If you have questions about how to pronounce certain confusing last names, you know what would be a great help? WATCH THE GAME TAPES!!! Don't just make up your own names. They even bungled "Albert Camus". A maddening experience that's hard to forget for every possible wrong reason.
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