{"product_id":"the-game-of-our-lives-9781894384599","title":"The Game of Our Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this bestselling timeless classic  Peter Gzowski recounts the 1980-81 season he spent travelling around the NHL circuit with the Edmonton Oilers. These were the days when the young Oilers  led by a teenaged Wayne Gretzky  were poised on the edge of greatness  and about to blaze their way into the record books and the consciousness of a nation. While the story of the early Oilers embodies the book  The Game of Our Lives is much more than a retelling of one season in the life of an NHL team. Unlike any book ever written in the annals of hockey  Gzowski beautifully weaves together the anatomy of a modern NHL team with the magnificent history of the game to create one of the best books about hockey in Canada. Here are the great teams and the great players through the agesMorenz  Richard  Howe  Orr  Hullthe men whose rare and indefinable genius on the ice exemplified the speed  grit and innovation of the game. The Game of Our Lives is the best book on the Canadian passion for hockey; a wondrously perceptive account of the hold the game has on Canadians. Jack Granatstein  The National Post\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647578234933,"sku":"ByrdShop_1894384598","price":40.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781894384599.jpg?v=1781693831","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-game-of-our-lives-9781894384599","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}