Hockey’s Hottest Players: The On- & Off- Ice Stories of the Superstars

Sports journalist Arpon Basu profiles today’s rising stars in the National Hockey League. He looks not only at their on-ice performance and statistics but also probes the human story behind their victories and struggles, revealing the journey they’ve taken to reach the highest echelons of their Sidney Crosby, the 18-year-old hockey phenom whom Wayne Gretzky predicts will break some of his own records Jerome Iginla, the tough and talented leader of the Calgary Flames and one of the few black superstars to emerge in professional hockey Rick Nash, the youngest player in NHL history to win the league’s goal-scoring title Zdeno Chara, the Slovakian-born defensive star of the Ottawa Senators–and at 6 feet 9 inches the tallest player in NHL history Vincent Lecavalier the remarkable player from Quebec who led his Tampa Bay Lightning team to the Stanley Cup Championship in 2004 Dany Heatley who first made headlines with his amazing puck-handling skills and scoring ability but whose talents were overshadowed by a car accident that changed his life forever. And many others…sport.