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Georges Laraque

Author : Georges Laraque
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143185837
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Georges Laraque written by Georges Laraque and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Don't Call Me Goon

Author : Greg Oliver
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1770904212
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Don't Call Me Goon written by Greg Oliver and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional hockey enforcers—popularly known as “goons”—finally get their due in this rollicking look at the players who have perfected the art of making mayhem. Whether they are called upon to duke it out with a fellow troublemaker or intimidate an opponent’s top scorer, these are the men who get the crowds to their feet, the sports radio shows buzzing, and the TV audience spilling their beers in excitement. Old timers like Joe Hall and Red Horner are profiled here, along with legendary heavy hitters Tiger Williams, Stu Grimson, and Bob Probert, fan favorites Tie Domi and Georges Laroque, and contemporary hockey stars Arron Asham and Brian McGrattan. The book also delves into the intense debate over the issue of violence on the ice as well as the personal and professional dramas of the NHL’s bad boys: the suspensions, the concussions, and the constant controversy of their role in the game.

Breaking the Ice

Author : Cecil Harris
Publisher : Insomniac Press
ISBN 13 : 1897415052
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (974 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Ice written by Cecil Harris and published by Insomniac Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black hockey players from Grant Fuhr to Jarome Iginla speak candidly for the first time about their experiences in the NHL. Since 1958, thirty-seven black men have played in the National Hockey League. Out of the 600 players active today, fourteen are black. Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey is the first book to tell the unique stories of black hockey players - how they overcame or succumbed to racial and cultural prejudices to play Canada's favourite pastime. Sports journalist Cecil Harris outlines in detail the personal and professional battles as well as the vict.

The Same but Different

Author : Jason Blake
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773550577
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Same but Different written by Jason Blake and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From coast to coast, hockey is played, watched, loved, and detested, but it means something different in Quebec. Although much of English Canada believes that hockey is a fanatically followed social unifier in the French-speaking province, in reality it has always been politicized, divided, and troubled by religion, class, gender, and language. In The Same but Different, writers from inside and outside Quebec assess the game’s history and culture in the province from the nineteenth century to the present. This volume surveys the past and present uses of hockey and how it has been represented in literature, drama, television, and autobiography. While the legendary Montreal Canadiens loom throughout the book’s chapters, the collection also discusses Quebecers’ favourite sport beyond the team’s shadow. Employing a broad range of approaches including study of gender, memory, and culture, the authors examine how hockey has become a lightning rod for discussions about Québécois identity. Hockey reveals much about Quebec and its relationship with the rest of Canada. The Same but Different brings new insights into the celebrated game as a site for community engagement, social conflict, and national expression.

A Fly in a Pail of Milk

Author : Herb Carnegie
Publisher : ECW Press
ISBN 13 : 1773053795
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book A Fly in a Pail of Milk written by Herb Carnegie and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated with commentary from Bernice Carnegie, Herb’s daughter, and life lessons passed from father to daughter Herbert Carnegie was the complete hockey package in the 1940s and 1950s. Though his contributions to society both in sport and education have been referenced and profiled in books, documentaries, and thousands of articles, this is Carnegie’s own account of striving to break the glass ceiling, starting with his career as a professional hockey player on all-white teams. In 1978, noted hockey journalist Stan Fischler wrote a powerful headline about Carnegie: “Born Too Soon.” A Fly in a Pail of Milk reveals the feelings of a trailblazer — a man who proved to be unstoppable on the ice and in his resolve to make our world a better place. In this new edition, Herb’s daughter Bernice Carnegie shares stories about what it was like to work closely with Herb on youth and educational projects for more than 30 years. She also reflects on parts of her father’s writings, sharing personal thoughts, family stories, and conversations about how his journey profoundly influenced her life.

Hockey Fights: The NHL's Toughest Fighters 2000-2010

Author : Brian D'Ambrosio
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557474779
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Hockey Fights: The NHL's Toughest Fighters 2000-2010 written by Brian D'Ambrosio and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate NHL Hockey Fight Book by Brian D'Ambrosio. All the NHL's Toughest players from 2000-2010. The 30 Top NHL Goons of the Decade, all the stats, info, fight cards, and data that a hockey fight fan can handle. The best and toughest of the decade are all here, Georges Laraque, Donald Brashear, Brian McGrattan, Jody Shelley, Wade Belak, and Peter Worrell. Here is the ultimate stat, list, and photo book for the NHL hockey fight fan. The book offers familiar terrain for fight fans who know and enjoy watching the likes of Derek Boogard, Darcy Hordichuk and Cam Janssen.

The Same but Different

Author : Jason Blake
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773550569
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book The Same but Different written by Jason Blake and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From coast to coast, hockey is played, watched, loved, and detested, but it means something different in Quebec. Although much of English Canada believes that hockey is a fanatically followed social unifier in the French-speaking province, in reality it has always been politicized, divided, and troubled by religion, class, gender, and language. In The Same but Different, writers from inside and outside Quebec assess the game’s history and culture in the province from the nineteenth century to the present. This volume surveys the past and present uses of hockey and how it has been represented in literature, drama, television, and autobiography. While the legendary Montreal Canadiens loom throughout the book’s chapters, the collection also discusses Quebecers’ favourite sport beyond the team’s shadow. Employing a broad range of approaches including study of gender, memory, and culture, the authors examine how hockey has become a lightning rod for discussions about Québécois identity. Hockey reveals much about Quebec and its relationship with the rest of Canada. The Same but Different brings new insights into the celebrated game as a site for community engagement, social conflict, and national expression.

The Grim Reaper

Author : Stu Grimson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735237255
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Grim Reaper written by Stu Grimson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful memoir from an NHL heavyweight champion who moved from the dressing room to the courtroom. NHL tough guys all tell the same story. They all grew up dreaming of skating in the big league as stars. Then one day, a coach tells them the only way to make it is to drop the gloves. And every guy says the same thing: I'll do whatever it takes to play in the NHL. Not Stu Grimson, though. When he was offered a contract to patrol the ice for the Calgary Flames, he said no thanks, and went to university instead. And that's the way Grimson has approached his career and his life: on his own terms. He stared down the toughest players on the planet for seventeen years, while working on his first university degree. He retired on his own terms, and went on to practice law, including a stint as in-house counsel for the NHLPA. This has put him in a unique position when it comes to commenting on the game. He's seen it from the trenches, and he's seen it from the courtroom. This puts him in the eye of the storm surrounding fighting and concussions. And he handles that the way he does everything: on his own terms. When Don Cherry called him out on televison, it was the seemingly indominable Cherry who backed down. Hockey fans will be fascinated by his data-driven defence of fighting. But in the end, this is not a book about fighting and locker-room stories. It's the story of a young man who ultimately took on the toughest role in pro sports and came out the other side. Where many others have not.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Canadian Films

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 788 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular Canadian Films written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Overcoming the Neutral Zone Trap

Author : Cheryl A. MacDonald
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 177212589X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Overcoming the Neutral Zone Trap written by Cheryl A. MacDonald and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming the Neutral Zone Trap challenges hockey’s norms, pushes its boundaries, and provides new ways of conceptualizing its role in North American culture. The editors of this engaging interdisciplinary collection use the metaphor of the neutral zone trap to explore the ways that hockey’s culture and structures work to exclude marginalized people. The book features both personal and scholarly accounts of agents of change—people, ideas, and events—that confront the challenges associated with making hockey a more inclusive space. By exposing assumptions about hockey culture, Overcoming the Neutral Zone Trap opens up critical discussions of previously underexplored topics as they relate to the women’s game, Indigenous participation, viable career pathways, masculine identities, hockey parents, mental health, and social media. This is a book for fans, players, organizers, and researchers alike. Contributors: Angie Abdou, Kieran Block, Cam Braes, William Bridel, Judy Davidson, Jonathon R.J. Edwards, Catherine Houston, Colin D. Howell, Chelsey H. Leahy, Roger G. LeBlanc, Cheryl A. MacDonald, Fred Mason, Brock McGillis, Vicky Paraschak, Brett Pardy, Ann Pegoraro, Kyle A. Rich, Tavis Smith, Noah Underwood

The Bone Cage

Author : Angie Abdou
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897126172
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Bone Cage written by Angie Abdou and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tells the tale of Digger, an 85 kilo wrestler, and Sadie, a 26-year-old speed are nearing the end of their athletic careers, and are forced to confront the question: what happens to athletes when their bodies are too old and injured to compete?"--Pub. desc.

Cold-Cocked

Author : Lorna Jackson
Publisher : Biblioasis
ISBN 13 : 1897231687
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Cold-Cocked written by Lorna Jackson and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to explore a woman’s way of watching hockey.

Embrace Your Destiny

Author : Sandra Dawes
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452585172
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Embrace Your Destiny written by Sandra Dawes and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Dawes shares her story of how her father's death impacted her life and started her journey of self-discovery and self-awareness. The loss of her father magnified all of the areas of her life that she had neglected. After years of self-pity, anger, and resentment, Sandra grew tired of living a mediocre life and began the work to make changes. The lessons learned as well as tips and tools to help the reader with his or her own challenges are the basis of each chapter. Regardless of what has happened in the past, it is always possible to embrace your destiny and live the life you deserve!

100 Things Oilers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

Author : Joanne Ireland
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1633199029
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book 100 Things Oilers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die written by Joanne Ireland and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Oilers fans have marveled at highlights of The Great One, and have felt that excitement coming back to Oil Country with phenom Connor McDavid. But only real fans can immediately recall Ryan Smyth's third-period hat trick in the 2006 playoffs or have hit the road to support their team in enemy territory. 100 Things Oilers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die is the ultimate resource for true Edmonton fans. Whether you were there in person for the Wayne Gretzky era, or whether the first game you attend is at the new Rogers Place, these are the 100 things every fan needs to know and do in their lifetime. Experienced sportswriter Joanne Ireland has collected every essential piece of Oilers knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom.

Heritage Auctions Sport Collectibles Auction Catalog #717, Dallas, TX

Author : Chris Ivy
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781599674414
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Heritage Auctions Sport Collectibles Auction Catalog #717, Dallas, TX written by Chris Ivy and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heritage Auctions Sports Collectibles Auction Catalog #710

Author : Chris Ivy
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781599672953
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Heritage Auctions Sports Collectibles Auction Catalog #710 written by Chris Ivy and published by Heritage Capital Corporation. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Black Prairie Archives

Author : Karina Vernon
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 1771123753
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The Black Prairie Archives written by Karina Vernon and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology recovers a new regional archive of “black prairie” literature, and includes writing that ranges from work by nineteenth-century black fur traders and pioneers, all of it published here for the first time, to contemporary writing of the twenty-first century. This anthology establishes a new black prairie literary tradition and transforms inherited understandings of what prairie literature looks and sounds like. It collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as “prairie” people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them. The book includes introductory notes for each writer in non-specialist language, and notes to assist readers in their engagement with the literature. This archive and its supporting text offer new scholarly and pedagogical possibilities by expanding the nation’s and the region’s archives. They enrich our understanding of black Canada by bringing to light the prairies' black histories, cultures, and presences.