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Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos Paperback - 2012

by Leesa Culp; Gregg Drinnan; Bob Wilkie

On December 30, 1986, the Swift Current Broncos' bus crashed in horrible weather conditions, and four players died. In 1989 they won the Memorial Cup. In 1996 former Broncos coach Graham James was charged with sexual assault. This book tells the stories of some of the people involved in these events and in all that followed.


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A true story of hockey heartbreak, tragedy, and triumph.

Sudden Death brings to life the incredible ongoing saga of the Swift Current Broncos hockey team. After a tragic game-day bus accident on December 30, 1986, left four of its star players dead, the first-year Western Hockey League team was faced with nearly insurmountable odds against not only its future success but its very survival. The heartbreaking story made headlines across North America, and the club garnered acclaim when it triumphantly rebounded and won the Canadian Hockey League's prestigious Memorial Cup in 1989.

Many of the surviving Broncos continued their successful hockey careers in the NHL, among them 2012 Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Sakic, Sheldon Kennedy, and Sudden Death co-author Bob Wilkie. Years later the Broncos' tragedy-to-triumph tale was overshadowed when the team's former coach, Graham James, was convicted of sexual assault against Sheldon Kennedy, Theoren Fleury, and Todd Holt, all of whom played for him.

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  • Title Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos
  • Author Leesa Culp; Gregg Drinnan; Bob Wilkie
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dundurn Press, Toronto
  • Date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781459705449 / 1459705440
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 6.27 x 0.53 in (22.73 x 15.93 x 1.35 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Leesa Culp was one of the few witnesses to the crash of the Swift Current Broncos. She has been published by The Hockey News, the Penticton Herald, and the Sudbury Star.

Gregg Drinnan has been a sports journalist for 40 years and has been sports editor at the Kamloops Daily News since 2000.

Bob Wilkie played three seasons with the Swift Current Broncos and was on the team bus when it crashed in 1986.

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