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From goals and assists to winning streaks and cup titles this book presents stories and tables of statistics, current through the 2007-08 season, to describe great records of players and teams in the National Hockey League.

"To say Virginia "Dindy" Hall was ambitious would be an understatement. She was that girl at your high school who makes everyone else look like a slacker, no matter how hard they're working. But how many of them can say they've been on Nazi Germany's Most Wanted list? At a time when most women were expected to becomes wives and mothers, Virginia craved adventure. And with the world gearing up for a second World War, this fearless woman knew that she...

Recounts ten high points in the history of hockey, including the 1942 Stanley Cup win for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the 1980 Olympic gold medal game between the United Stated and Russia, and the career of Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux.