BEST OF THE ORIGINAL SIX

255 pp. (viii) Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates. This includes twelve dropped-in hockey cards printed by Parkhurst in 1991, commemorating the 1955-56 hockey season - Montreal won the cup that year, beating the Red Wings. The cards feature: Tod Sloan and Sid Smith - Toronto Maple Leafs; Al Rollins and Elmer Vasko - Chicago Black Hawks; Vic Stasiuk and Allan Stanley - Boston Bruins; Gump Worsley and Andy Bathgate - New York Rangers; Red Kelly and Ted Lindsay - Detroit Red Wings; and Jacques Plante and Doug Harvey - Montreal Canadiens. The Contents are: Introduction by Ted Lindsay; Habs: How the Canadiens Got Their Name; Illness Ends Series in Seattle; Forum Built for Maroons but Habs Played There First; Montrealers Pay Tribute to the Magnificent Morenz; Aurel Joliat: 130 Pounds of Might and Muscle; Five for the Rocket Richard; Blakes Shines in 1944 Cup Triumph; The Rocket Set the Standard; Riot at the Forum; Past Misdeeds of the Rocket; Dick Irvin: Great Player Great Coach; Doug Harvey: Marching to a Different Drummer; Five in a Row is Fantastic; Boom Boom Goes for the Record; Rousseau's Strange Penalty Shot; Fergie Feared Maiming an Opponent; Dangerous Dickie Moore; Dick Irvin Recalls the Unknown Goaltender; Habs Rookies Seldom Win the Calder; Scotty Bowman: Often an Enigma; Fergie Victim of Savard's Devilish Humour; The Roadrunner Could Fly; Montrealers Are Dominent in Vezina Trophy Wins; Dream Team Honoured. Leafs: Toronto's First Cup Champs; Little Known Facts About Maple Leaf Gardens; The Busher Had Everything. and Lost It All; Doraty Ends Torrid Grind; Ace Bailey's Final Game; A Night for the King; Hockey's Most Incredible Comeback; Hap Day Rewrites the Record Book; Triumphs and Troubles of the Turkey Man; Triumph to Tragedy; Punch Imlach's Biggest Thrill; Brewer Had Them in the Palm of His Hand; The Leafs of the Sixties; An Ankle Injury Leads Kelly to Leafs; Shack Gets a Nickname; George Armstrong the Native Son; Spoiling Montreal's Planned Party; The Final Goal of the Original Six Era; Another Classy Captain; McKenny's Memories; Pal Hal's Most Outrageous Acts. Bruns: Adams Brings Big League Hockey to Boston; Bruins Win Their First Stanley Cup; The Eddie Shore Ace Bailey Incident; Eddie Shore's Quirks; Milt Schmidt Signs with Boston; Milt Was a Superstar; Mel Hill Earns a Nickname; Mr Zero Makes a Sensational Debut; Bruins Capture 1941 Cup in Record Time; Talking with Topper; The NHL's First Black Player; When Laycoe and the Rocket Collided; Horvath Battles Hull for the Art Ross Trophy; Unbelievable - A Defenceman Wins the Scoring Crown; A Night for the Chief; Espo Almost Missed Out; The Green Maki Incident; Espo's Wild Ride; Don Cherry's Memories of Bobby Orr; The Irascible Irishman; Cashman: A Ruffian and a Rogue. Red Wings: Big Jim Norris Steps In; The Strange Career of Norman Smith; Wings Were First with Firewagon Hockey; Stewart Orlando in Bloody Battle Royal; Gordie Howe's Life Threatening Injury; Was Howe Tough - I'll Say; The Octopus Tossers; Little Tony Lights It Up; Bonin the Bear Wrestler; Death of a Defenceman; Adams' Teams Were Awesome; Adams Doesn't Deserve the Accolades Lindsay Says; Johnny Wilson Looks Back; Red Wings Developed Great Goalies; An Unusual Night for Pronovost; Call It Twelve Foggy Years; Detroit's Mr Clean; The Goal Gadsby Can't Forget; Adams Picks His Best; The Cheerleader; Smarten Up Baun Tells Howe; Playing the Pest Position; Ullman Sets Playoff Record; Detroit's Second Banana Is a First Class Guy; The Golden Anniversary. Rangers: Opening Night; The Silver Fox: A Hockey Legend; Was Cook the Greatest Right Winger; Winning in Wartime; Rangers' Streak Ends on a Sour Note; Blueshirts Were First on TV; Buzinski Was a Beautiful Bust; The One That Got Away; Buddy's Big Bonus; The Ranger Who Outplayed the Rocket; Dr Tracy Casts His Spell; The Bentleys' Last Hurrah; Gadsby Size: 8vo.…