Return to Gold Country
by John Gilbert

(published by his own Blue 7 Publishing, 2002)

John Gilbert has covered Minnesota hockey—from pee-wees to the pros—since the 1960s for such publications as the Duluth News Tribune and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. In Return to Gold Country, Gilbert follows the 2001-2002 Minnesota Golden Gopher hockey team as they underwent a transformation from a rag-tag squad of mostly freshman three years earlier to become college hockey’s national champions, bringing the U of M’s hockey program back to the "Gold Country" glory days of the 1970s. A rush job, X-communication turned Gilbert’s text and pictures into a 192-page book with over 70 photos and had it off to the printer in just 7 days, complete with a full-color cover and a logo for his new publishing company. We even helped Gilbert locate a distributor and saved him 50% on his printing bill.