Overview
A must-have series for fans in search of rare, insider knowledge on their favorite team
As the radio voice of the San Jose Sharks since the team's inception, Dan Rusanowsky has witnessed more than his fair share of Sharks history up close and personal—from jaw-dropping playoff runs to the individual brilliance of stars like Owen Nolan, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, and Joe Pavelski. Through singular anecdotes only Rusanowsky can tell as well as conversations with current and past players, If These Walls Could Talk: San Jose Sharks provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments, the lowlights, and everything in between. No Shark Tank regular will want to miss this book.
Author Biography
Ross McKeon has written about the San Jose Sharks since the franchise joined the NHL in 1991. During McKeon's career, he has covered the Sharks beat for the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Yahoo Sports!, in addition to contributing to NBC Sports Bay Area, The SportsXchange, Sports Illustrated, The Hockey News, The Sporting News, and Sharks Magazine. Dan Rusanowsky has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Jose Sharks since the team's inaugural season in 1991–92. He was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2013. Joe Pavelski was drafted by the San Jose Sharks in 2003 and is their current team captain.
Press Releases
If These Walls Could Talk: San Jose Sharks
Stories from the San Jose Sharks Ice, Locker Room, and Press Box
By Dan Rusanowsky with Ross McKeon / Foreword by Joe Pavelski
Contact: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.676.4256, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
The San Jose Sharks have quite the history for a team that's been part of the NHL for less than three decades. They brought hockey back to the San Francisco Bay Area, scored two hat-tricks within nine days of each other, earned the coveted Presidents' Trophy and made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. Now Sharks fans can relive their greatest triumphs, their bitterest defeats and all the in-between moments that took place on and off the ice.
If These Walls Could Talk: San Jose Sharks (Triumph Books, October 9, 2018) by Dan Rusanowsky with Ross McKeon takes fans on a compelling journey through the team's 26 seasons, from their first game in 1991 to their 2016 Western Conference victory. Highlights include:
- A heartfelt foreword written by Sharks center and team captain Joe Pavelski
- More than 25 years of stories by Dan Rusanowsky, who has been the Voice of the San Jose Sharks since the team’s inaugural season
- Background on Sharks players past and present, from Igor Larionov to Marc-Edouard Vlasic
- Chapters on the team's various attempts to qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs and their journey to the 2016 Finals
- A first-hand retelling of Rusanowsky's quest to help San Jose businessman Bruce Black locate contact his birth father, former Boston Bruins center Don Gallinger
Full of little-known facts and traditions, If These Walls Could Talk: San Jose Sharks is perfect for anyone who wants to know how two generations of promising young players captured the imaginations of hockey lovers across northern California.
About the Author:
Dan Rusanowsky has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the San Jose Sharks since the team's inaugural season in 1991–92. He was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2013.
Ross McKeon has written about the San Jose Sharks since the franchise joined the NHL in 1991. During McKeon's career, he has covered the Sharks beat for the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Yahoo Sports!, in addition to contributing to NBC Sports Bay Area, The SportsXchange, Sports Illustrated, The Hockey News, The Sporting News, and Sharks Magazine.
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