Expectations were always going to be high for a new closing chapter in the 30th-anniversary edition of Ken Dryden's seminal book "The Game."

Like he did throughout his Hall of Fame hockey career, Dryden delivered once again.

"Ken was a great writer and a great storyteller, so I knew that it was going to be good," said HarperCollins Canada senior editorial director Brad Wilson. "But there was something really quite special about it that I think tapped into people's feelings about the game, community, family, and all of that.

"Those are sort of universal themes. I was just rereading it actually. It's quite moving."

Dryden, who won the Stanley Cup six times with the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s, died of cancer last Friday. He was 78.

The NHL team confirmed his death early Saturday.

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