Overview
From the bestselling author of Beauties, more stories
With its unpredictability, brutality, and camaraderie, hockey is full of great stories. And great characters. Certified Beauties 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:
· How an NBA superstar helped lead Macklin Celebrini to NHL stardom
· What happened when Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl surprised a beer league team
· When Mike Johnson’s first NHL road trip turned into a disaster
· When Sarah Nurse became a superstar during the chaos of Covid-19
· How a team of Canadian “misfits” turned disaster to gold in Riga
· When Kevin Bieksa got a big break at the worst possible time
· Why Darcy Hordichuk wheels, deals, and wrestles alligators
With a foreword by Sidney Crosby and a special chapter remembering Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, Certified Beauties is essential reading for every hockey fan.
Praise for Beauties
“Duthie loves to hear, and loves to tell, a great hockey story. This book is full of them. Most will make you laugh. A few might make you cry. You know how we always say, ‘That guy’s a beauty’? This book is full of beauties.” —Roberto Luongo, from the foreword of Beauties
This book title, Certified Beauties (More of Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories), ISBN: 9781443474702, by James Duthie, published by HarperCollins (October 21, 2025) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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