Meg Braithwaite

• Dec-2018
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Growing up in Arizona, Auston Matthews dreamed of playing hockey in the NHL. Now a brand-new centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston is ready for his NHL debut. How will he do in a must-win game against the Ottawa Senators? Spoiler alert: he s...

• Dec-2018
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Team Canada is facing the United States in a must-win game at the Vancouver Olympics. The score is 2-1 for Canada, and then disaster strikes -- with only 24 seconds left in the game, the US scores. The game is tied and goes into overtime. The team th...

• Dec-2018
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Mario and his brothers loved hockey. They played every day on their front-yard rink, until one day the snow was coming down so hard that the rink was completely buried. They shovelled and shovelled, but the snow kept coming. What could they do? Then ...

• Dec-2018
• / General Fiction
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Why did Wayne Gretzky wear the number 99? Why did Jonathan Toews choose the number 19? What does Sidney Crosby’s 87 mean? What’s in a Number? reveals the fascinating stories behind the most famous jersey numbers in hockey. Ideal for young hock...

• Dec-2018
• / General Fiction
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It wasn’t too long ago that goalies didn’t wear masks. They faced rock-hard pucks flying at them without much protection -- until Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante had enough. Jacques Plante had broken many bones: his nose (four times), hi...