Champions: The Illustrated History of Hockey's Greatest Dynasties - Tapa dura

Discusses ten of the greatest hockey dynasties, tracing their rise to greatness and ultimate downfalls, with information on how hockey has evolved over the last seventy years

Over the years, which teams have earned the right to be called great hockey dynasties? Few would argue that for four decades the Montreal Canadiens were such a club. So too were the Toronto Maple Leafs of the forties and sixties. The New York Islanders and the Edmonton Oilers could both lay claim to the title in the eighties, while the ever-controversial Philadelphia Flyers would fight for that right in the seventies. What made these teams great and what kept them champions for so long?