Research Catalog

Title

The battle of Alberta : the historic rivalry between the Edmonton Oilers & the Calgary Flames / Mark Spector ; with a foreword by Theoren Fleury.

Author

Spector, Mark, 1965-

Publication

• [Toronto, Ontario] : McClelland & Stewart, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xiii, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits; 25 cm

Summary

"When it comes to sports rivalries, few in history equal the intensity, passion, finesse, and often brutal competitiveness of "The Battle of Alberta", the fierce crusade waged between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames in the 1980s. One of the two teams was the Campbell Conference representative in the Stanley Cup each year from 1983 to 1990. During those seven years, the Oilers and the Flames won every Stanley Cup except for 1986, when Calgary succumbed to Montreal. At the end of almost every game they played each other, the trainer's room looked like an army field hospital on a bad day. Based on first-hand interviews with many of the key players and coaches, and accompanied by never-before-seen colour photos, the Battle of Alberta weaves together the unique story of the Oilers-Flames rivalry in a no-hold-barred manner that puts the reader right in the action, whether it's on the ice or in the locker room."--Publisher.

Subject

• Edmonton Oilers (Hockey team)
• Calgary Flames (Hockey team)
• Hockey > Alberta
• Sports rivalries > Alberta
• Hockey
• Sports rivalries
• Alberta

Genre/Form

Alberta author.

Note

• Includes index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Contents

Iron sharpens iron: the Oilers and the Flames evolve -- Matching the Oilers blueprint: U.s. college talent boosts the Flames roster -- Dissecting the oilers dynasty: Glen Sather and the art of experience -- Climbing the mountain: Bob Johnson fules the flames' rise -- Leading by inclusion: Oiler Mark Messier's subtle direction -- Of mics and men: reporting from the Battle press box -- Being Neil Sheehy: the Battle's most hated villain -- Upside-down land: the Flames capture the 1986 Battle -- The right to play the wrong way: Oiler Steve Smith's unforgettable goal -- Stripes and stars: reffing the Battle of Alberta -- Containing the Great One: like trying to hug fog -- The mountain climbed -- finally: the Flames' Lanny McDonald hoists the 1989 Stanley Cup -- Stu Grimson versus Dave Brown I and II: the night the battle went too far -- Two hundred fifty feet awa, miles apart: Flame Rejean Lemelin versus Oiler Grant Fuhr -- The last great battle: Theo Gleury's anger pours gas on the Battle's fire.

ISBN

• 9780771078064
• 0771078064

OCLC

• ocn900913318
• 900913318
• SCSB-1842080

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library