Author: Andrea Alexander
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631776021
Category : Hockey players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alexander Ovechkin is one of the biggest names in the NHL. Drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2004, he has continually set franchise and NHL records every year. Read more about his hockey story and his domination on the ice since he was a child in Russia.
Glory Days Press Sports Biographies: Alexander Ovechkin
Author: Andrea Alexander
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631776021
Category : Hockey players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alexander Ovechkin is one of the biggest names in the NHL. Drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2004, he has continually set franchise and NHL records every year. Read more about his hockey story and his domination on the ice since he was a child in Russia.
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631776021
Category : Hockey players
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alexander Ovechkin is one of the biggest names in the NHL. Drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2004, he has continually set franchise and NHL records every year. Read more about his hockey story and his domination on the ice since he was a child in Russia.
Major Misconduct
Author: Jeremy Allingham
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
ISBN: 1551527723
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A sobering yet crucial analysis of fighting in hockey, and its devastating consequences.
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
ISBN: 1551527723
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A sobering yet crucial analysis of fighting in hockey, and its devastating consequences.
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
Glory Days Press Sports Biographies
Author: Andrea Alexander
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631776014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
John Wall is one of the biggest names in the NBA. Since being selected as the first overall draft pick in 2010, he has broken franchise records, been named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team, and helped improve the Washington Wizards' team record. Read more about his story and how he became one of Washington's favorite basketball players.
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781631776014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
John Wall is one of the biggest names in the NBA. Since being selected as the first overall draft pick in 2010, he has broken franchise records, been named to the Eastern Conference All-Star Team, and helped improve the Washington Wizards' team record. Read more about his story and how he became one of Washington's favorite basketball players.
Shattered Ice
Author: Steve Seftel
Publisher: Art of Hockey C/O Steve Seftel
ISBN: 9781999058142
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A story about my hockey odyssey and passion for the game. My compelling journey starts on a schoolyard rink in Kitchener, Ontario. Filled with inspiring memoirs, relationships, players and coaches, including chance childhood meetings with Darryl Sittler and Wayne Gretzky. Along the way, young dreams turn to reality as I play my first NHL game at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, starting on a line with Dale Hunter & John Druce. Impassioned coaches I played for like Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Barry Trotz, and Doug MacLean influenced my love of the sport and outlook on life. Truthful hockey experience while suffering silently from mental illness I didn't understand, grew in my teen years. Full of entertaining thoughtful stories, SHATTERED ICE is a hockey journey, a Canadian hockey journey, my journey!
Publisher: Art of Hockey C/O Steve Seftel
ISBN: 9781999058142
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
A story about my hockey odyssey and passion for the game. My compelling journey starts on a schoolyard rink in Kitchener, Ontario. Filled with inspiring memoirs, relationships, players and coaches, including chance childhood meetings with Darryl Sittler and Wayne Gretzky. Along the way, young dreams turn to reality as I play my first NHL game at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, starting on a line with Dale Hunter & John Druce. Impassioned coaches I played for like Bryan Murray, Terry Murray, Barry Trotz, and Doug MacLean influenced my love of the sport and outlook on life. Truthful hockey experience while suffering silently from mental illness I didn't understand, grew in my teen years. Full of entertaining thoughtful stories, SHATTERED ICE is a hockey journey, a Canadian hockey journey, my journey!
Georges Laraque
Author: Georges Laraque
Publisher: Penguin Canada
ISBN: 0143185837
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Think you know NHL tough guy Georges Laraque? Think again. Sure, Laraque knows all about the rough side of hockey. The Hockey News named him “best fighter.” Sports Illustrated called him the league’s “#1 enforcer.” Fans called him “BGL”—for Big Georges Laraque. Ottawa Senators’ pugilist Chris Neil called him “probably the toughest in the league.” Ask Laraque, though, and he’ll say that’s not who he really is. Known as a player who was unfailingly respectful and gentlemanly even when he was going toe to toe with the toughest guys in the toughest league in the world, he now takes that courageous sense of what is fair into fights that are much more important than the outcome of a hockey game. The son of Haitian immigrants, Laraque campaigns for World Vision to help Haitian reconstruction and relief. A committed believer in animal rights (and probably the toughest vegan in the world), he is a spokesperson for PETA. A conscientious environmentalist, he stepped up to be the deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada. From facing racism in Quebec’s minor-hockey system to the thrill of the Stanley Cup finals as an Edmonton Oiler, Laraque tells the story of a hockey player’s life defined by courage and a refusal to compromise. Honest, startling, and brave, this is a portrait of a hockey player unlike any you’ve read before.
Publisher: Penguin Canada
ISBN: 0143185837
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Think you know NHL tough guy Georges Laraque? Think again. Sure, Laraque knows all about the rough side of hockey. The Hockey News named him “best fighter.” Sports Illustrated called him the league’s “#1 enforcer.” Fans called him “BGL”—for Big Georges Laraque. Ottawa Senators’ pugilist Chris Neil called him “probably the toughest in the league.” Ask Laraque, though, and he’ll say that’s not who he really is. Known as a player who was unfailingly respectful and gentlemanly even when he was going toe to toe with the toughest guys in the toughest league in the world, he now takes that courageous sense of what is fair into fights that are much more important than the outcome of a hockey game. The son of Haitian immigrants, Laraque campaigns for World Vision to help Haitian reconstruction and relief. A committed believer in animal rights (and probably the toughest vegan in the world), he is a spokesperson for PETA. A conscientious environmentalist, he stepped up to be the deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada. From facing racism in Quebec’s minor-hockey system to the thrill of the Stanley Cup finals as an Edmonton Oiler, Laraque tells the story of a hockey player’s life defined by courage and a refusal to compromise. Honest, startling, and brave, this is a portrait of a hockey player unlike any you’ve read before.
The Final Call
Author: Kerry Fraser
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771047991
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
After almost two thousand games and thirty years of wearing the Stripes, legendary NHL official Fraser dropped his final puck at the end of the 2009/2010 season and relives his colourful career officiating hockey in his candid book. After thirty years in the NHL, legendary referee Kerry Fraser has decided to hang up his skates and enjoy the game from the other side of the boards. Never shy about offering his opinion, nor afraid to step in and separate an on-ice fight, the diminutive Fraser is without question one of the most respected officials in today's NHL. Fraser entered officiating after recognizing that his size would limit his chances as a player. Over the course of the almost two thousand NHL contests, he has shown himself to be an exemplary referee. In The Final Call, Fraser uses the seventy two games he is officiating in his farewell season as the centre piece of his story. He relives candid memories from each city he visits, such as the night he was pulled from the ice by the Boston police after a threat was made that if he skated out for the second period he would be shot. Fraser offers a colourful, behind-the-scenes portrait of our national game, recounting stories of pulling apart enraged 250-lb men in on-ice battles and divulging the politics behind which games are assigned to which refs. Although a referee's job and story may not appear as glamorous as that of a superstar player, it is every bit as entertaining!
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771047991
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
After almost two thousand games and thirty years of wearing the Stripes, legendary NHL official Fraser dropped his final puck at the end of the 2009/2010 season and relives his colourful career officiating hockey in his candid book. After thirty years in the NHL, legendary referee Kerry Fraser has decided to hang up his skates and enjoy the game from the other side of the boards. Never shy about offering his opinion, nor afraid to step in and separate an on-ice fight, the diminutive Fraser is without question one of the most respected officials in today's NHL. Fraser entered officiating after recognizing that his size would limit his chances as a player. Over the course of the almost two thousand NHL contests, he has shown himself to be an exemplary referee. In The Final Call, Fraser uses the seventy two games he is officiating in his farewell season as the centre piece of his story. He relives candid memories from each city he visits, such as the night he was pulled from the ice by the Boston police after a threat was made that if he skated out for the second period he would be shot. Fraser offers a colourful, behind-the-scenes portrait of our national game, recounting stories of pulling apart enraged 250-lb men in on-ice battles and divulging the politics behind which games are assigned to which refs. Although a referee's job and story may not appear as glamorous as that of a superstar player, it is every bit as entertaining!
Future Greats and Heartbreaks
Author: Gare Joyce
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 038567273X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
“One of this continent’s master craftsmen of sporting prose” (Sports Illustrated) and three-time National Magazine Award-winner Gare Joyce goes undercover to learn the secrets of NHL scouts. Veteran sports writer Gare Joyce realizes a long-held secret ambition as he spends a full season embedded as a hockey scout. Joyce’s year on the hockey beat is a steep learning curve for him; NHL scouts spend each season gathering information on players fighting it out to break into the world of professional hockey. They watch hundreds of games, speak to scores of players, parents, team-mates and other scouts, amassing profiles on all the top contenders. It’s a form of risk assessment–is this young hopeful deserving of a multi-million dollar contract?–and it can be a tough and thankless task. Scouts are ground into the game, picking up nuances of play that even the most committed fan would miss, but they are looking at more than just how well a kid can play. And come the final draft, only a tiny percentage of their full year’s work might matter. Examining the amount of information gathered on the under-eighteen hopefuls, the scrutiny to which they are subjected, and the differences between the rigour of American and Canadian junior teams, Joyce opens a window on the life and methods of an NHL scout and penetrates the mysterious world of scouting as no one has before.
Publisher: Anchor Canada
ISBN: 038567273X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
“One of this continent’s master craftsmen of sporting prose” (Sports Illustrated) and three-time National Magazine Award-winner Gare Joyce goes undercover to learn the secrets of NHL scouts. Veteran sports writer Gare Joyce realizes a long-held secret ambition as he spends a full season embedded as a hockey scout. Joyce’s year on the hockey beat is a steep learning curve for him; NHL scouts spend each season gathering information on players fighting it out to break into the world of professional hockey. They watch hundreds of games, speak to scores of players, parents, team-mates and other scouts, amassing profiles on all the top contenders. It’s a form of risk assessment–is this young hopeful deserving of a multi-million dollar contract?–and it can be a tough and thankless task. Scouts are ground into the game, picking up nuances of play that even the most committed fan would miss, but they are looking at more than just how well a kid can play. And come the final draft, only a tiny percentage of their full year’s work might matter. Examining the amount of information gathered on the under-eighteen hopefuls, the scrutiny to which they are subjected, and the differences between the rigour of American and Canadian junior teams, Joyce opens a window on the life and methods of an NHL scout and penetrates the mysterious world of scouting as no one has before.
No One Wins Alone
Author: Mark Messier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982158565
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Everybody has value and should be made to feel that way. That was one of our fundamental tenets, and we all bough into it completely. We believed that if you've built the right culture-a culture of inclusion-then an important contribution could just as likely come from a guy who says he's keeping his fingers crossed to hang on with the team as from one of the stars. Book jacket.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982158565
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Everybody has value and should be made to feel that way. That was one of our fundamental tenets, and we all bough into it completely. We believed that if you've built the right culture-a culture of inclusion-then an important contribution could just as likely come from a guy who says he's keeping his fingers crossed to hang on with the team as from one of the stars. Book jacket.
Empire of Ice
Author: Craig Bowlsby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780969170563
Category : Hockey
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780969170563
Category : Hockey
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description