Boy on ice : the life and death of Derek Boograad / John Branch.
Publication details: Toronto : Harper Collins , 2014.Edition: 1st edDescription: 371 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781443417044
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700 - 799 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | BIOG 796.96 BRAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906000973595 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Boy on Ice is New York Times reporter John Branch's chronicle of Boogaard's tragic life and death. A human story in the tradition of Friday Night Lights and The Blind Side, it's a book that raises deep and disturbing questions about the systemic brutality of contact sports--from peewees to professionals--and damage that reaches far beyond the game. Derek Boogaard was a mountain of a man who lived an almost mythic sports story: from pond-hockey on the prairies of Saskatchewan to a first NHL contract in Minnesota, to the storied New York Rangers as the most-feared enforcer in the league. A gentle young man, he was a brutal fighter on ice skates, capable of delivering career-ending punches and intimidating entire teams. But at twenty-eight, his death from an overdose of painkillers in the wake of a series of concussions helped shatter the silence about violence in professional sports. Boy on Ice is a heart-rending, riveting inside look at the life of an enforcer, a book that, unlike any other, reveals in dynamic fashion the rules on the ice, where reputations are won and careers can depend on a single punch. In the case of Derek Boogaard, his final battle, with prescription medication, cost him his life."--From publisher.
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