{"product_id":"9781443474726","title":"Certified Beauties","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER, NOW IN PAPERBACK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its unpredictability, brutality, and camaraderie, hockey is full of great stories. And great characters. \u003ci\u003eCertified Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e is a new collection of the most compelling, hilarious, and heartwarming inside hockey stories—the ones that the players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN’s James Duthie as hockey’s finest relive the highs, the lows, and heartwarming, hilarious moments on and off the ice including:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· How Brady and Matthew Tkachuk both pulled pranks on teammates that almost went horribly wrong\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· The night a stunned beer league team had to face Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· The friendship of Darryl Sittler and Borje Salming and the remarkable story of Salming's final visit to Toronto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· When Sarah Nurse became a superstar during the chaos of Covid-19\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· How a team of Canadian “misfits” turned disaster to gold in Riga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· When Kevin Bieksa got a big break at the worst possible time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e· How Darcy Hordichuk captured an alligator and left it on Roberto Luongo's front porch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Sidney Crosby and a special chapter remembering Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, \u003ci\u003eCertified Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for every hockey fan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“No sport breeds better stories than hockey. We tell them constantly on team buses, long flights . . . over beers after a game. And now it’s your turn to have a seat on the bench.” —Sidney Crosby, from the foreword to \u003ci\u003eCertified Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Duthie (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":50584695505151,"sku":"9781443474726","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_abdf6004-f2d0-486a-b794-50d6d4e1590e.jpg?v=1790885221","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781443474726","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}