{"product_id":"hockey-s-hot-stove-book-al-strachan-9781982147013","title":"Hockey's Hot Stove","description":"\u003cb\u003eStories from behind the scenes of one of hockey's longest running and most popular broadcasts, \u003ci\u003eHockey Night in Canada's Satellite Hot Stove\u003c\/i\u003e, from an insider who's seen it all.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For more than twenty years, hockey fans tuned in during intermission on Saturday nights to watch one of the most popular segments in the game's long broadcasting history. They'd hear news from around the league, the latest rumours and gossip, and--of course--some of the most controversial opinions of the day.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No, we're not talking about \u003ci\u003eCoach's Corner\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Satellite Hot Stove\u003c\/i\u003e was a revolutionary show for talking about the game we love. Here, during the second intermission of the first game of every \u003ci\u003eHockey Night in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e broadcast, pundits, and insiders would convene in studios across North America--in arenas and other locales--to discuss the biggest topics. \u003ci\u003eHot Stove\u003c\/i\u003e was the best place to get news, opinions, and a good laugh.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And Al Strachan was in the middle of it all. A bestselling author and award-winning sports journalist, he has been writing and talking about hockey for more than forty years. As a regular TV pundit on \u003ci\u003eHot Stove\u003c\/i\u003e, he witnessed the most exciting and talked-about episodes in the modern game. And more than once, his unfiltered, say-it-as-it-is style added controversy of its own, too. In this new book, he relives the best stories of his long career, from working with some of the biggest personalities, on and off the ice, to the hijinks that went on behind the cameras.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From embarrassing himself in front of Scotty Bowman, to cooking up a plan with Wayne Gretzky to save hockey, and frank conversations with Ken Dryden and hockey's elite, \u003ci\u003eHockey's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHot Stove\u003c\/i\u003e delivers all new hockey stories you won't hear anywhere else.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50765301743889,"sku":"CIN1982147016G","price":5.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51323765981457,"sku":"CIN1982147016VG","price":6.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51582133764369,"sku":"GOR014336036","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1982147016.jpg?v=1751439518","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/hockey-s-hot-stove-book-al-strachan-9781982147013","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}