Download or read book Backup Goalie written by Dean Hughes and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1992-04-14 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster strikes when goalie Nate Metheson is injured. Can Jared Trajillo be ready to play goalie in time for the championship game--and will Nate let him?
Download or read book Backup Goalie written by Jake Maddox and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2008 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie, the captain and star forward of the Comets hockey team, thinks everything is perfect. His two best friends, Jill and Brett, are amazing players too. The team is bound for the state championship. But when Jill is told she can't play on the boys' team anymore, and Brettt is hurt during a match, everything starts to fall apart. To make matters even worse, Jamie is pulled from his position to fill Brett's place at goal. Can Jamie make the adjustment and help his team skate to victory - or are they all on thin ice?
Download or read book We Are the Goalies written by NHLPA and published by FENN-TUNDRA. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With thirty teams in the NHL, We Are the Goalies showcases the starting netminder of each club and provides young fans with exciting photos, a detailed history, and an introduction to each of these star players. Along with full color photos, young and eager fans will enjoy reading about their goalie heroes.
Download or read book The Ultimate Man s Survival Guide written by Frank Miniter and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know how to fight off an alligator? Throw a four-seam fastball? Mix the perfect martini? How about Ben Franklin’s 13 Rules of Improvement? Learn all this and more in the new expanded paperback edition of Frank Miniter’s New York Times bestseller The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide. Broken into seven sections—survivor, provider, athlete, hero,romantic, cultured man, and philosopher—Miniter teaches guys the skills,attitudes, and philosophies they need to be the ultimate man.
Download or read book Goalie Interference written by Avon Gale and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-04-29 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s goalie vs. goalie in this enemies-to-lovers hockey romance. Ryu Mori has had a stellar season as goalie for the Atlanta Venom. So when he’s called into management’s office, he’s expecting to hear he’s the new starting goalie for the team, not that some new guy—an incredibly hot, annoyingly bratty rookie—is here to compete for his spot. Not everyone gets to play in the best league in the world. Emmitt Armstrong knows that, and he’s not about to waste the opportunity after grinding his way from the bottom to the top. If the Venom are looking for a meek, mild-mannered pushover, they’ve got the wrong guy. Ryu doesn’t want to admit the other goalie’s smart mouth turns him on. Beating Armstrong at practice feels good, sure, but there are other, more fun ways to shut his rival up. In this league, it’s winner takes all. But there’s more to life than winning, and if Emmitt and Ryu can get past their egos and competitive natures, they might just discover they work better as partners than they ever imagined possible. Hat Trick Book 1: Off the Ice Book 2: Goalie Interference Book 3: Trade Deadline
Download or read book 75 Easy Steps to Becoming a Minor League Backup Goalie written by Seamus Kotyk and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even in the hockey world, goaltender Seamus Kotyk is not a household name. But for every huge star in the NHL, there are a hundred other guys trying to scrape a living out of the sport they love, without the benefit of huge contracts, lucrative endorsement deals, or the status that playing on an up-market team in the NHL brings. This is the unseen side of the world of professional hockey, where the weekly threat of being traded or sent down to a lower league is a fact of life, you take whatever you're given, and you start to think, hey, maybe playing in Jesenice, Slovenia wouldn't be so bad after all? Luckily, these kinds of things build character. Especially things like: Having your heart give out on you while playing in a junior-league game Having an irate General Manager attempt to sell you your own gear When the GM of your team is replaced by the hard-drinking President of the team's fan club Breaking 2 fingers in a goalie vs. goalie fight and being told you'll still play if you want to get paid Armed with honesty, insight, and a sense of humour, Kotyk's pro hockey career has led him through a Memorial Cup with the Ottawa 67s, seen him cycle through the San Jose Sharks, Nashville Predators, and Minnesota Wild organizations, and a successful-if trying-4 years in Europe before joining the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds as goalie coach. His writing partner, James Cybulski, is a TV personality on TSN, The Sports Network, and is the host of the drive-time talk show "Cybulski & Company" on TSN Radio. This is a true underdog story in a world of hockey rarely seen beyond the bright lights of the NHL.
Download or read book Just Like That written by Gary D. Schmidt and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other.
Download or read book The Role I Played written by Sami Jo Small and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-time Olympic medalist shares behind-the-scenes insight into the beloved Canadian National Women’s Hockey Team Men’s hockey in Canada may hog the limelight, but interest in women’s hockey has never been higher. The Role I Played is a memoir of Sami Jo Small’s ten years with Canada’s National Women’s Hockey Team. Beginning with her experience as a rookie at the first-ever women’s Olympic hockey tournament in Nagano in 1998 and culminating with Canada’s third straight Olympic gold medal in Vancouver in 2010, the veteran goaltender gives the reader behind-the-scenes insight into one of the most successful teams in sports history. Small offers insider access, writing with unflinching honesty about the triumphs of her greatest games and the anguish of difficult times. This book honours the individuals who sacrificed so much of their lives to represent Canada on a world stage and celebrates their individual contributions to the team’s glory. While bringing the personalities of her teammates to life, Small takes the reader into the dressing rooms and onto the ice for an up-close glimpse into the ups and downs of athletes pursuing a sport’s highest achievement.
Download or read book The Lost Dream written by Steve Simmons and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Jefferson started out as a suburban kid who dreamed of making it to the NHL, with parents determined to do anything and everything to make their son’s dream come true. So how did this promising young man’s hockey career turn into a harrowing crime story played out in sensational news reports? Coach and agent David Frost fast-tracked Jefferson’s route to the NHL, but at a staggering cost. Along the way, the affable young man turned against his parents, changed his name to Danton, and descended into a spiral of paranoia and violence that finally cut short the career he had sacrificed everything for when he was arrested for conspiracy to commit murder. In this fast-paced and gripping story, veteran hockey journalist Steve Simmons digs beneath the surface to answer questions that have left Canadians shocked and fascinated. How did Frost get such a grip on Danton and his family? How did Frost work himself into such a position of trust in the world of minor hockey? What exactly was Danton’s relationship with Frost? And who was it that Danton hired a hitman to kill—his father or his agent? Full of the insights from one of Canada’s most-trusted hockey columnists, who is intimately familiar with both minor hockey and the big leagues, The Lost Dream is the story of the dark side of our fascination with a game Canadians love.
Download or read book Lacrosse For Dummies written by Jim Hinkson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-15 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate guide for fans and players of this rapidly growing sport! Lacrosse For Dummies is the ultimate guide for fans and players of this rapidly growing sport alike. The book offers everything the beginning player needs to know, from the necessary equipment to the basic rules of the game, with explanations of the women's game and the indoor game, too. It also offers a wealth of information for the experienced player, including winning offensive and defensive strategies, along with skill-building exercises and drills. Finally, there's information on how armchair lacrosse players can get their fix of the sport on television, online, on in print.
Download or read book University of Sorcery Books 1 3 written by Megan Linski and published by Gryfyn Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 1407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Megan Linski introduces a captivating three-book box set where fae find their shifter mates and royals battle for the right to rule. Emma is a sorceress— but she doesn’t know it. A rare breed of fae, Emma is whisked away to a regal realm where dragons breathe fire, griffins fly, alicorns battle and wolves hunt monsters. In this land of pagan ritual and dark deception, a cult of shadow seeks her blood to raise a dark god, and the greatest danger of all could be her own mate. Ethan is a disgraced wolf who desires to be king. He forged an unbreakable bond with Emma at first sight, but loving her means putting the country at risk. A prince by day and a vigilante by night, Ethan must keep his identity secret, or face execution. An evil power seeks the monarchy, and if the nation falls into the wrong hands, chaos will reign. To find his way back to the throne, Ethan must make Emma his queen… and prove they deserve the crown at all costs. *** University of Sorcery: Books 1-3 includes the first three books in a faerie supernatural love story of bad boy kings, superheroes, and rejected mates. This enchanting academy royalty romance features a diverse cast and disabled main characters. Over 1200+ pages of epic sword fights and incredible magic battles! "Action moves quickly and with excitement, and the romantic elements are teased out with tension effectively... the characters and plot are original and will keep readers invested." - The BookLife Prize by Publisher's Weekly "Oh wow, now this is a novel worth waiting for. I honestly haven't read something like this in ages." - Jessica Mitchell, Reviewer ★★★★★ "Overall this was just what I wanted, and I have a terrible book hangover I am not sure how to recover from." - Smada's Book Smack ★★★★★ "Once I picked up The Wolven Mark I didn’t want to lay it down for a minute. I just wanted to keep on reading." - Nancy Allen, The Avid Reader ★★★★★ This title is one omnibus in a set of Hidden Legend collections. The Hidden Legends Universe features college-aged protagonists attending magical academies, dual points-of-view, disabled and diverse main characters, and steamy, empowering romances. Omnibus sets connected to this series include Academy of Magical Creatures, College of Witchcraft, and Prison for Supernatural Offenders.
Download or read book Ice Storm written by Bruce Dowbiggin and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2014-10-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, the Vancouver Canucks were Team Modern, revolutionizing the NHL under their new GM, former player agent Mike Gillis. Cool, calculating, and unsparing with the media, the onetime number one draft pick of the old Colorado Rockies swept away the tangled psychological past of the Canucks with bold innovation, remodeling Vancouver as a destination city for NHL star players. To do so, he built the Canucks from a non-playoff team in 2008 to the best in hockey from 2010-2012. He modernized the players' diets and psychological approach, he rebuilt the dressing room, and he sought sleep consultants to help with the Canucks' punishing travel schedule. More than that, his winning team lifted Vancouver from eighth overall in NHL revenues to second by 2013. When the team took to the ice for Game 7 of the 2011 Cup Final, it seemed there was nothing the Canucks couldn't overcome with their "Canucktivity" approach. The hockey world was at their feet. But things changed in Game 7. Physically exhausted and bullied by the Bruins, the Canucks succumbed 4-0. To cap the greatest season in team history, Vancouver rioted. Gillis tried a number of aggressive moves to get back to the Final, from switching Luongo for Schneider to trading players, but nothing worked. From there, the dominoes fell: Alain Vigneault was dismissed, John Tortorella hired; Tortorella raged, fans bayed for Gillis' head; and finally, Gillis and Tortorella were both fired. In spring 2014, tried-and-true Canuck hero Trevor Linden was installed as president, with former teammate Jim Benning by his side as GM. No one was quite sure if this was an improvement, but at least the hysterical screaming had stopped. How did it happen? Ice Storm follows the journey that led the Canucks from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the abyss in six short years.
Download or read book We Are the Rangers written by Stan Fischler and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring exclusive interviews with the greatest players in team history, this is the definitive story of this Original Six franchise, told by the men who built it. Rangers legends—from Frank Boucher and Babe Pratt to Mark Messier, Henrik Lundqvist, and John Tortorella—tell of their experiences with the team to make a comprehensive oral history of the New York Rangers. This collection of first-person accounts is a must-have, perfect for any hockey fan.
Download or read book The Worst of Sports written by Jesse Lamovsky and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TAKE THEM OUT OF THE BALL GAME–PLEASE! From star running back Bryon “Bam” Morris’s interesting (and totally illegal) sideline career to the 1950s Kansas City A’s sneaky relationship with the New York Yankees; from French golfer Jean Van de Velde’s epic choke on 18 at the 1999 British Open to the infamous Cleveland Ten-Cent Beer Night riot of 1974; from Hungary’s bloody 1956 Olympic water polo match with the Soviet Union to the definitive analysis of basketball coach Larry Brown’s sartorial evolution and hoops maven Mike Fratello’s hair devolution–if it’s bad and sports related, then it’s likely in The Worst of Sports. An uproarious collection of the most controversial and regrettable moments in major pro and college athletics, with a sprinkling of the obscure, The Worst of Sports is a compendium of abject failure, harebrained decision-making, avarice, and rank stupidity–in other words, the stuff that some athletes, and fans, are best at. Whether you’re a casual fan or a face-painting zealot, you’ll find plenty to root for (or against) in The Worst of Sports. “Original and funny, this book will entertain the pessimist that lurks in all of us who don’t root for the Yankees.” –Mike Greenberg, author of Why My Wife Thinks I’m an Idiot
Download or read book Patrick Roy written by Michel Roy and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals the man behind the mask—the triumphs and failures of one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of hockeyIn the early 1970s, a young Patrick Roy laced up his hockey skates for the very first time, like thousands of other kids. More than 30 years later, his indomitable will to win and his focus on being the very best brought him four Stanley Cups, three Conn Smythe trophies, three Vezina trophies, and many more individual honors. An incredible hockey talent who was instrumental in changing the very art of goaltending, Roy's success was driven as much by determination and perseverance as by talent. Patrick Roy: Winning, Nothing Else brings to life Roy's phenomenal career and unmasks his more mysterious personal side. Michel Roy, the father of this great sports legend, reveals what makes Patrick tick, taking us behind the scenes and into the family life of one of the greatest goaltenders of all time.
Download or read book Odd Man In written by Stephen Whyno and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining look at one of hockey's most unique traditions: the emergency backup goaltender Tom Fenton was in a barber's chair when he got the call. Nathan Schoenfeld was giving his 5-week-old twin boys a bath. Eric Semborski was teaching kids to play hockey at a suburban rink. Within hours, each was wearing a mask, pads, and an NHL uniform as an emergency goalie, perhaps the most unusual position in all of sports. Odd Man In shares the stories of these unlikely masked heroes, tracing the origins of this quirk of the game while profiling those who have experienced the chaotic thrill of suiting up on short notice for an NHL team. David Ayres, a Zamboni driver, became an overnight sensation with the Carolina Hurricanes after beating his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs. Accountant Scott Foster signed on the dotted line then played an unforgettable 14 minutes for the Chicago Blackhawks, finishing his one-day career with a perfect 1.000 save percentage. Their stories and more are celebrated in this fascinating volume for all hockey fans.
Download or read book Seven Strokes of Sin written by K. McDevitt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After high senior Gary Sinclair is kicked out of his house for being gay, he doesn't have a lot of options. Desperate and hurting, he confides in his youth hockey coach. Sin finds himself moving into a veritable mansion that houses a ragtag group of gay men who have made it their home over the years. While Sin-as he's known to his team on the ice-gets used to his new life, he struggles with his identity as a gay teen, his relationship with his family, his hockey career, and his first love. And though everything might not be the same anymore, he just wants to find a way for it to be okay again. Join him on these coming-of-age adventures in this collection of seven short stories: Seven Strokes of Sin.
