The the business of building winning teams Custance, Craig creator author. text onc 2024 2024 Simon & Schuster Canada edition. monographic eng

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1 online resource (288 pages) "Team builders make the biggest decisions in hockey, and indeed in all of sports. They set the culture. They are the ones ultimately responsible for whether a Stanley Cup is raised at the end of the season. In the NHL, it all starts at the top. In this book, journalist Craig Custance takes readers behind the scenes of championship hockey culture where the most impactful (and most secretive) leaders in the NHL operate. For over three years, he has journeyed everywhere to get exclusive time with the most powerful people in hockey: an owner's suite, a private championship ring ceremony, a Pennsylvania country club, a Florida pickleball court, and a bookstore in a northern Michigan resort town, among other locations. In total, the owners, presidents, general managers, and executives featured in this book have won twelve Stanley Cups, an Olympic gold medal and, in one case, led a boycott that changed the sport forever. For hockey fans, there are stories behind memorable trades, the biggest free agent signings and insights into how some of the most successful teams of the last two decades were built. There are never-been-told details about trade demands, a prominent hire that was regretted immediately, and the story of how one general manager risked his life to sign a player he thought could alter his franchise. For those interested in the secrets of sports management, this book details the hiring process, the path to the highest levels of success in hockey, the values in risk-taking, and the character traits most consistent in eventual champions."-- Introduction -- Chapter 1 : The Power of Relentless Preparation -- Chapter 2 : Uncompromising Core Beliefs -- Chapter 3 : The Education of Experience -- Chapter 4 : Trusting Your Instincts -- Chapter 5 : Turning Details into Gold -- Chapter 6 : The Art of Listening (and Managing Up) -- Chapter 7 : Better, Faster, Cheaper -- Chapter 8 : Revealing the Value in People -- Chapter 9 : Serving to Win -- Chapter 10 : How to Build a Franchise Craig Custance. Includes index. Issued also in elecronic format. National Hockey League Management Hockey players Selection and appointment Hockey players Trading of Hockey players Recruiting Sports teams Management Success Joueurs de hockey Sélection et nomination Joueurs de hockey Transfert Joueurs de hockey Recrutement Succès GV847 .C87 2024 796.962/64068 cci1icc Custance, Craig. Toronto, Ontario : Simon & Schuster Canada Ltd., 2024 Simon & Schuster Canada edition. (OCoLC)1431884513 9781668035443 1668035448 2024405146 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31106716 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=31106716 NLC 241202 20250311095740.0 23937375 eng