Tony Hand Book

Acknowledgements     7
Foreword   Paul Thompson     9
Foreword   Glen Sather     13
'Skating was everything to me...'     15
'A real dream come true...'     19
'We showed what was apple sauce to the doctor...'     26
'From behind the Haggis Curtain...'     32
'I knew I was holding my own...'     35
'It didn't feel right and that was my decision...'     40
'We used to light a fire to keep warm...'     49
'I still cannot watch that game...'     58
'They threw needles at me when I wasn't playing...'     62
'I thought about trying the police force...'     65
'Enter the nutter...'     69
'There's no point in hammering these guys...'     73
'I remember turning up at the rink and "stealing" our equipment...'     76
'We didn't know he had been in a mental hospital...'     81
'Perhaps the league grew too fast...'     85
'A great way to secure the Grand Slam...'     92
'To produce one of the finest performances the club has seen...'     101
'He gave you a beer for being good...'     107
'Again, we were so unlucky not to get through...'     115
'In reality, therewas very little to discuss...'     124
'It was a hard situation to be in...'     135
'Made it the perfect year...'     143
'The hardest job in British ice hockey...'     152
'It was probably the toughest year in my career, that's for sure...'     168
'Dream Teams...'     175
'Playing the percentages...'     181
'You effectively lead two different lives...'     186
'The leagues need to work together...'     189
'I'm looking forward to the future...'     197
Quotes     201
Honours and Awards     203
Players Tony has played with domestically     206
Players Tony has played with for Great Britain     209
Players drafted to Edmonton Oilers with Tony in 1986     210
Club Statistics     211
GB and other statistics     218