The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the odds, overtaking the Detroit Red Wings to capture the legendary Stanley Cup. This commemorative book, officially licensed with the NHL, celebrates all the magical moments of the season, including the incredible 7th game of the series. Max Talbot’s incredible 2 early goals in the 2nd period; goalie Marc-Andre Fleury’s formidable saves in the last moments of the game; Evgeni Malkin’s Conn-Smythe Trophy win; and superstar team captain Sidney Crosby are all celebrated in this collector’s edition.

Sixteen teams qualified for the playoffs, and the Pittsburgh Penguins emerged victorious. This book chronicles the Penguins’ championship year, from the first day of training camp and the team building decisions made at the executive level, to a recapping of each regular season game and playoff match-up. The Official Championship book is the definitive tribute to the Pittsburgh Penguins. It contains all the stats, facts and figures a hockey fan could ever want. It relives the greatest goals, the hardest fought line-ups, the injuries, the trades and the most memorable moments the Penguins enjoyed in their quest for the Cup. All told with stunning photography and the best hockey writing available.

Praise for Andrew Podnieks’ writing:

“The detail is astonishing ... a stunning testament to the history of sports photojournalism in this country.” —The Edmonton Journal

“Illuminating…Serious students of the game know already to follow where Podnieks leads…his attention to and reverence for the game compares with Nabokov and his bond with butterflies.” —The Globe & Mail

“The author of numerous books on hockey and some of the sport’s greatest players, Andrew Podnieks undertook the most ambitious project of his career with Players, an exhaustive encyclopedia of hockey lore that will delight hockey fans both young and old.” —Read Magazine

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Andrew Podnieks is the author of more than 50 books on hockey, most notably 2008’s best-selling book on the 100th anniversary of the Montreal Canadiens, Honoured Canadiens, which has sold over 140,000 copies. He is also the author of Players: The Ultimate A-Z Guide of Everyone Who Has Ever Played in the NHL; The Complete Hockey Dictionary; World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF; A Day in the Life of the Maple Leafs; Canada’s Olympic Hockey Teams, 1920-1998; A Canadian Saturday Night; and, Portraits of the Game: Classic Photographs from the Turofsky Collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame. Andrew Podnieks’ website can be found at www.andrewpodnieks.com