Certified Beauties: More of Hockey's Greatest Untold Stories

By James Duthie

With its unpredictability, brutality, and camaraderie, hockey is full of great stories. And great characters. Certified Beauties is a new collection of the most compelling, hilarious, and heartwarming inside hockey stories--the ones that the players tell each other. Grab a seat with TSN's James Duthie as hockey's finest relive the highs, the lows, and heartwarming, hilarious moments on and off the ice including:

- How Brady and Matthew Tkachuk both pulled pranks on teammates that almost went horribly wrong

- The night a stunned beer league team had to face Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl

- The friendship of Darryl Sittler and Borje Salming and the remarkable story of Salming's final visit to Toronto

- When Sarah Nurse became a superstar during the chaos of Covid-19

- How a team of Canadian "misfits" turned disaster to gold in Riga

- When Kevin Bieksa got a big break at the worst possible time

- How Darcy Hordichuk captured an alligator and left it on Roberto Luongo's front porch

With a foreword by Sidney Crosby and a special chapter remembering Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, Certified Beauties is essential reading for every hockey fan.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443474703
• ISBN13: 9781443474702
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Collins
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.