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Title: Mission 16W : Colorado Avalanche: 2000-'01 Stanley Cup Champions by Denver Post Staff, Denver Post, Sporting News ISBN: 0-89204-665-1 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Distributed Products Pub. Date: 12 July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Mission 16w
Comment: Then Denver Post Staff did a great job making this book- the commemortive story of the Colorado Avalange and how they strove to win the Stanley Cup
The book includes:
An Awesome Introduction
Summaries of Each Playoff Game
&
Suberb Pictures!!!
I must emphisise the pictures- they are great and show great plays of Patrick Roy, Captain Joe Sakic, Rob Blake, Peter Forsberg and many more!
If your an Avs fan this book is for you!
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb book
Comment: When this book came out so soon after the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup, I was a little leery. It would be a rush job, I thought, and the quality would be poor. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that wasn't the case. The photos of the season are great, and there is good, detailed analysis of the season by the writers.
The quality of the photos are excellent, and it's really a fun book to look through to relive the Avalanche's memorable season in which Ray Bourque won his only Stanley Cup.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not exactly what I had hoped for; marginally worth buying
Comment: After being disappointed by the NHL video of the Avalanche's 2001 Stanley Cup win, I hoped "Mission 16W" would provide better coverage. Unfortunately, it doesn't capture the moment very well either. While I was surprised to see a coffee-table book like this published, I expected the photos to be a little more exciting.
For example, in game five against the devils, Bourque single-handedly sprawled to break up a three-on-one Devils attack. Not a single photo appears, and the text (p. 119) says Bourque foiled a "3-on-2" opportunity. Sorry Sporting News -- the goalie doesn't count, and Bourque was alone. Bourque also possesses one of the best one-timers in the history of the game, but we don't see a single picture of Ray pulling the trigger. We do see plenty of post-goal photos, which just about any fan not trained as a sports photographer could have taken.
On the positive side, the book does include a page-and-one-half spread showing Bourque saving Roy's bacon, swatting the puck aside in mid-air (pp. 46-6). We also see a great moment on p. 79, where a helmet-less Bourque battles Keith Tkachuck in front of Roy's net. But again -- where are the photos of Bourque skating around the Pepsi center, Cup held high? We see a single photo on the dust jacket, and that's not enough for me.
True collectors will buy this book, because they're true fans. I'm still hoping someone publishes a high-quality Bourque book and video to commemorate his incredible career. The Avs team of 2000-2001 deserves better as well.
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Title:Mission Accomplished - Colorado Avalanche 2001 Stanley Cup Champions ASIN: B000056N8D Publisher: Usa Films Pub. Date: 17 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: The Colorado Avalanche (Great Sports Teams) by Adrian Dater ISBN: 1590183053 Publisher: Lucent Books Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.45 |
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Title:Landslide - Colorado Avalanche 1996 Stanley Cup Champions ASIN: B00004RF1F Publisher: Usa Films Pub. Date: 04 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.95 |
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Title: Colorado Avalanche 2004 16-month wall calendar by Colorado Avalanche ISBN: 1403802645 Publisher: John F Turner & Co Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title:Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team ASIN: B00005TPC7 Publisher: Hbo Studios Pub. Date: 03 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.99 |
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