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This was an interesting look back at stories from the history of professional hockey from the unique perspective of the best player in the game's history. The book is structured more as folklore than as a straight history - if you've ever had the experience of sitting down to watch Hockey Night in Canada with an older relative who peppered in anecdotes about Eddie Shack or Jean Béliveau between the play-by-play, that's basically the experience of reading this book.

Of special interest were the parts of hockey history that Gretzky was personally involved in - getting an on-ice perspective about things like the Canada Cup and the Oilers' dynasty years was really interesting.