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_beng
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020 _a1682011437
_q(paperback)
020 _a9781682011430
_q(paperback)
035 _a(OCoLC)1371748083
043 _an-us-mn
092 _a796.962
_bA433
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aAllenspach, Kevin,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMirage of destiny :
_bthe story of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars /
_cby Kevin Allenspach ; foreword by Mike Modano.
246 3 0 _aStory of the 1990-91 Minnesota North Stars
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _a[St. Cloud, Minnesota] :
_bNorth Star Press of St. Cloud Inc.,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c©2024
300 _ax, 342 pages :
_billustrations, portraits ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
520 _a"Minnesota has more youth, high school, college and pro hockey players than anywhere in the United States. For all that pedigree, and despite fifty years in the NHL, it still waits for a Stanley Cup championship team. This is the improbable tale of when the self-professed State of Hockey came closest to that title with the Minnesota North Stars. Through most of the 1990-91 schedule, the team was among the worst in the NHL on the ice, and dead last at the turnstiles. But in February and March, the North Stars began to win a little more. Future Hall of Famer, Mike Modano, and a cast of characters ranging from better-than-average to journeymen played some of the best hockey of their lives behind a homegrown goalie who made everyone believe in fairy tales, for a while. This is the story of the team with the worst regular-season record in any of the major North American sports leagues to play for a championship. The second half of Mirage of Destiny relates the exhilaration, heartbreak, and the real lives of all those players, coaches and staff who came so close to being part of something historic thirty years ago"--Provided by publisher.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
610 2 0 _aMinnesota North Stars (Hockey team)
_xHistory.
_9299591
650 0 _aHockey teams
_zMinnesota
_xHistory.
650 0 _aHockey players
_zMinnesota
_xHistory.
700 1 _aModano, Mike,
_ewriter of foreword.
994 _aC0
_bNFG
999 _c384764
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