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Go to the Net: Eight Goals That Changed the Game ReviewWhat does a top hockey writer do when there's no hockey to write about? He writes about hockey from the past, naturally.
Al Strachan is the hockey writer in question here. He's a columnist for the Toronto Sun and is known as one of the top reporters in his field. During the 2004-05 lockout, Strachan went back to investigate some of the top moments in recent hockey history. The result is "Go to the Net," the story about eight goals that changed the game of hockey. It's an interesting, if Canadian-centric (is that a word?) look back at some key moments of the sport's history.
Strachan gets off to a slightly odd start with the book. It obviously was written before the NHL went back to work in the fall of 2005, and the league obviously has changed quite a bit. Therefore, his pleas to open up the game are a little dated if on target at the time. Granted, no one was going to get a hockey book published coming off the lockout, since we weren't too sure how well the rule changes would work and whether the people would return after a year away from the game.
Strachan's list starts with Game Three of the Challenge Cup final featuring the USSR and Canada, and goes through such games as Game Seven of the Montreal-Boston semifinal, 1984 Canada Cup semifinal, and the 2002 gold medal Olympic game between the United States and Canada. While the name and subtitle of the book imply a conversation about a goal itself, "Go to the Net" has more on its mind than that. Each chapter does a nice job of putting games and events in perspective.
Plus, there are nice little inside bonuses along the way. For example, there's a story about how Mike Keenan wanted Wayne Gretzky to room with Eric Lindros when Team Canada was practicing in Quebec City. Lindros was more or less hated in Quebec for not signing with the Nordiques, and Gretzky didn't told Keenan he wasn't anxious to get blown up as an innocent bystander in the next bed. Gretzky and Keenan, along with Don Cherry and Glen Sather, sat down for long conversations with Strachan for the book, and their anecdotes add much to the story.
There could be some arguing about the goals on the list. For example, the United States defeated Canada in the finals of the 1996 World Cup. Brett Hull scored the game-winning goal with what might have been a high stick in the final minutes. Still, the game was a signal that the U.S. certainly had arrived as a world power, pushing Russia slightly to the side as a top hockey rival. Then in 1998, the Czech Republic won the gold medal. Could a shootout goal in the semifinal against Canada that proved to be the difference be ranked in Strachan's list? Easily.
No big deal. Books like this are supposed to start arguments, not finish them. In the meantime, "Go to the Net" will bring back good memories and provide insight into recent hockey history.Go to the Net: Eight Goals That Changed the Game Overview

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