Overview
The Detroit Red Wings are one of the most successful and unparalleled teams in the NHL, with 11 Stanley Cup victories and a perpetual playoff presence. Author Ken Daniels, as the longtime play-by-play voice for the Wings, has gotten to witness more than his fair share of that action up close and personal. Through singular anecdotes only Daniels 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. Citizens of Hockeytown will not want to be without this book.
Author Biography
Ken Daniels has been the television voice of the Red Wings since 1997. Daniels also called the 1988 Seoul and 1996 Atlanta Olympics and has lent his voice to motorsports events and Toronto Blue Jays baseball. Daniels won a Michigan Emmy in 2006 when he called a Red Wings-Ottawa Senators game from between the benches at Joe Louis Arena and in 2011, he won the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association's Ty Tyson Award for broadcast excellence. Bob Duff is a longtime sports columnist, who has written extensively for the Windsor Star, MSNBC.com, and Hockey Weekly. His work has also appeared in the Hockey News, Beckett Hockey, Faceoff, and Prospects magazine. Mickey Redmond was a two-time All Star and a two-time Stanley Cup champion in a career spent with the Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings. He is currently a color analyst for Red Wings games for Fox Sports Detroit.
Press Releases
If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Red Wings
Stories from the Detroit Red Wings Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box
By Ken Daniels and Bob Duff
Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.676.4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
As an Original Six team, the Detroit Red Wings have one of the richest histories in the NHL. From multiple Stanley Cup championships to the emergence of Hockeytown, the Wings are known for being an organization like no other. Now Detroit fans can hear firsthand stories from someone who was there through the past 20 years.
In If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Red Wings: Stories from the Detroit Red Wings Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box (Triumph Books, October 15, 2017), television voice for the Red Wings Ken Daniels and sports columnist Bob Duff take fans behind the scenes of Hockeytown. This new release includes stories from the broadcast booth to the parade route only Daniels could tell. Highlights include:
- A heartfelt foreword by color analyst and two-time Stanley Cup Champion and All Star, Mickey Redmond
- Daniels’ favorite calls from his time calling Red Wings’ games
- A look at what it’s like to have a day with the Stanley Cup through Daniels’ story
- Inside information about the best and the worst broadcast locations across the league
- Conversations with Detroit greats: Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Marcel Pronovost and more
An inside look at Red Wings history If These Walls Could Talk: Detroit Red Wings: Stories from the Detroit Red Wings Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box is the perfect book for any Detroit sports fan.
About the Authors:
Ken Daniels has been the television voice of the Red Wings since 1997. He also called the 1988 Seoul and 1996 Atlanta Olympics and has lent his voice to motorsports events and Toronto Blue Jays baseball. He won a Michigan Emmy in 2006 and the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association's Ty Tyson Award for broadcast excellence in 2011.
Bob Duff is a longtime sports columnist, who has written extensively for the Windsor Star, MSNBC.com, and Hockey Weekly. His work has also appeared in the Hockey News, Beckett Hockey, Faceoff, and Prospects Magazine.
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