Overview
A must-have series for fans in search of rare, insider knowledge on their favorite team
The Boston Bruins are one of the most successful and historic teams in the NHL, with six Stanley Cup championships and counting. Author Dale Arnold, as a longtime broadcaster for the team, has gotten to witness more than his fair share of that history up close and personal. Through singular anecdotes only Arnold can tell as well as conversations with current and past players, this book provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments, the lowlights, and everything in between. Bruins fans will not want to miss this book.
Author Biography
Dale Arnold hosts Boston Bruins television broadcasts on NESN as well as the daily Dale, Holley & Keefe show on WEEI radio. He is the only person who has done play-by-play broadcasts for all five of the Boston area's major professional sports franchises. Matt Kalman is a freelance journalist who covers the Boston Bruins for CBS Boston, NHL.com, Yahoo! Sports, and other outlets. He is the author of 100 Things Bruins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die. Ray Bourque played 21 seasons with the Boston Bruins and remains the team’s longest-serving captain. He holds the records for the most career goals, assists, and points by a defenseman in the NHL.
Press Releases
If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Bruins
Stories from the Boston Bruins Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box
By Dale Arnold with Matt Kalman / Foreword by Ray Bourque
Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.676.4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
In December 1924, a Boston, Massachusetts-based hockey team known as the Bruins made their NHL debut, overpowering the Montreal Maroons by a score of 2-1. Over the next 94 years, they gradually rose in prominence to become one of the most successful franchises in NHL history. Now fans can relive the Bruins' greatest moments through firsthand stories told by someone who has seen them up close.
If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Bruins (Triumph Books, November 6, 2018) by Dale Arnold with Matt Kalman takes hockey aficionados behind the scenes of the New England sportscaster's career as he charts the evolution of his working relationship with the Bruins and reflects on the events that defined the Bruins as a team. Highlights include:
- A heartfelt foreword written by Ray Bourque, former Bruins defenseman and the longest-serving captain in the team's 90-year history.
- Background on Arnold's decision to become a sportscaster and tales from his time calling New Jersey Devils and New England Patriots games.
- The all-too-shocking origins of the ongoing feud between WEEI-FM and WBZ-FM.
- A chapter dedicated to five individuals whose lives were changed by the Bruins' tireless efforts to help those in need.
- The Bruins' role in helping the people of Boston recover from the Boston Marathon bombing and the devastation it left behind.
An intimate, inside look at one of the Original Six NHL franchises, If These Walls Could Talk: Boston Bruins has all the history that die-hard Bruins fans should know.
About the Author:
Dale Arnold hosts Boston Bruins television broadcasts on NESN as well as the daily “Dale & Keefe” show on WEEI radio. He is the only person who has done play-by-play broadcasts for all five of the Boston area's major professional sports franchises.
Matt Kalman is a freelance journalist who covers the Boston Bruins for CBS Boston, NHL.com, Yahoo! Sports, and other outlets. He is the author of 100 Things Bruins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.
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