Six Shooters: Hockey's Sutter Brothers

Andrew Thomson is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of
Guelph.

The nhl success enjoyed by each of the six Sutter brothers provides a
unique and interesting basis for this book. Here, with contributions
from each of the nhl’s Sutters, Spiros provides a glimpse of their
family’s origins and their childhood, and discusses their paths to
success.

The Sutters seem to face every adversity with a smile, never
complaining, always working hard. Despite the book’s Horatio Alger
quality, its subject—the amazing development of six nhl stars in one
family—makes it interesting.

Spiros wrote the first six chapters, drawing on his friendship with
Darryll Sutter to obtain information on the family’s early years. The
book’s second half contains brief, first-person summaries of the
players’ careers. The Sutters write the same way they played hockey: a
straightforward, no-frills style that gets their point across
effectively. The most interesting story is Darryll’s. He seems to have
worked the hardest to reach the nhl; his road took him to Japan for one
year of pro hockey there. The story and his struggles with chronic
injury make fascinating reading.

This book will not appeal to those looking for nhl gossip (the brothers
are extremely reluctant to criticize any of their fellow players by
name), but it will appeal to readers who admire hard work and like to
believe that it pays off.