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Offside : my life crossing the line / by Avery, Sean,1980-author.;
"Hockey's most polarizing figure takes us inside the game, shedding light not only on what goes on behind closed doors, but also what makes professional athletes tick. Sean Avery has one of the biggest profiles of any NHL player in the past decade. He appears on Dancing with the Stars, Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, Letterman's Late Show, Good Morning America, and more. He's modeled for ads in Vanity Fair and was named to People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive list. He writes for The Players' Tribune. His wedding to supermodel Hillary Rodda was covered in the media across North America. And when he was arrested the day before the ceremony, the story appeared in media as varied as the New York Times, the Daily Mail in the UK, and Perez Hilton. (The charges were later dropped.) Avery is not afraid to break the rules laid down by hockey tradition. And the most respected of these is the code of silence. For the first time, a hockey player is prepared to reveal what really goes on in the NHL, in the spirit of what Ball Four did for baseball. The money, the personalities, the adultery and the drugs -- and also the little things that make up daily life in the league. Most athletes have little to say, but Sean doesn't have that problem. Yes, he tells us about the guys he's fought and the guys he's partied with, and he tells us where to find the best cougar bars in various NHL cities and what it's like to be hounded by the media when you're dating a celebrity. But Sean's job on the ice was always to get inside the heads of the guys he played against, and that insight on human nature is on full display in Offside. What makes millionaire athletes tick? What are their weaknesses? And in the end, what makes Sean Avery -- once called "the most hated player in the NHL" -- who he is? What is it like to make people hate you for a living? Sean Avery's misdeeds on and off the ice are well,documented, and he certainly has his detractors. But on the other hand, he has a lot of supporters, in part for things like being the first North American athlete to come out in favour of marriage equality, and in part just for being an interesting guy. Love him or hate him, he is one of the best-known players of the past few decades, and certainly one of the most colourful and outspoken. In Offside, he meets his accusers head-on, and gives them something to think about"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Avery, Sean, 1980-; Hockey players;
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All the way : my life on ice / by Tootoo, Jordin,1983-author.; Brunt, Stephen,author.;
Subjects: Tootoo, Jordin, 1983-; Tootoo, Jordin, 1983-; Hockey players; Inuit hockey players; Recovering alcoholics;
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Barilko : without a trace / by Shea, Kevin,1956-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Barilko, Bill, 1927-1951.; Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Hockey players;
© 2004., Fenn Pub.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hockey's original 6 : great players of the golden era / by Barkley, Harold.; Leonetti, Mike,1958-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 137).LSC
Subjects: National Hockey League; Hockey; Hockey players;
© c2011., D&M Publishers,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rhapsody Smith : Ice Angel / by Schultz Nicholson, Lorna.;
Rhapsody "Rap" Queen Smith, lives with her grandparents and plays for the Ice Angels hockey team, a tight group of girls who spend time together outside of hockey and school. Her focus is on improving her power plays and crossovers until she meets Marion, an older woman who spends her days sitting on a bench outside the arena. Nobody seems to know who she is, but there are two other mysterious things about her: she has an in-depth knowledge of hockey strategy and she wears a 1990 Women's World Cup ring. When Marion's ring goes missing, Rap and her friends are determined to find it. Who is Marion, and why does she know so much about hockey? The Ice Angels work together to find out.
Subjects: Sports fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Hockey players; Hockey teams; Lost articles; Rings;
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The longest shot : how Larry Kwong changed the face of hockey / by Soon, Chad.; Chiang, George(Actor); Qi, Amy.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."This illustrated nonfiction book for middle grade readers tells the story of how Larry Kwong became the first player of Asian descent in the NHL."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Kwong, Larry, 1923-2018,; Hockey players; Chinese Canadian hockey players;
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Willie : the game-changing story of the NHL's first black player / by O'Ree, Willie,1935-author.; McKinley, Michael,1961-author.; Iginla, Jarome,1977-writer of foreword.;
"An inspiring memoir that shows that anyone can achieve their dreams if they are willing to fight for them. In 1958, Willie O'Ree was a lot like any other player toiling in the minors, waiting for his chance to play in the best hockey league in the world. He'd grown up playing in small towns, working his way up the complicated hierarchy of junior and minor leagues, losing teeth and dropping the gloves along the way. He was good. Good enough to have been signed by the Boston Bruins, good enough to have been invited to training camp twice. In a six-team league, that meant he was one of the best players in the world. Just not quite good enough to play in the NHL. Until January 18 of that year. The call came, and Willie O'Ree was told he'd be suiting up against the Montreal Canadians. The next morning, he opened the paper to see if his name showed up in the box score. Instead, he found it on the front page, in the headline. Without even realizing it, Willie O'Ree had broken hockey's colour barrier, just as his hero, Jackie Robinson, had done for baseball. In 2018, O'Ree was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in recognition not only of that legacy, but of the way he has built on it in the decades since. He has been, for twenty years now, an NHL Executive. As Director of Youth Development, O'Ree has helped the NHL Diversity program expose more than 40,000 boys and girls of diverse backgrounds to unique hockey experiences. Over the past decade, O'Ree has traveled thousands of miles across North America helping to establish 39 local grassroots hockey programs, all geared towards serving economically disadvantaged youth. While advocating strongly that "Hockey is for Everyone," O'Ree stresses the importance of essential life skills, education, and the core values of hockey: commitment, perseverance, and teamwork."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; O'Ree, Willie, 1935-; Hockey players; Black Canadian hockey players;
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Maple Leafs top 100 : Toronto's greatest players of all time / by Leonetti, Mike,1958-; Iaboni, John.;
Subjects: Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Hockey players;
© c2007., Raincoast Books,
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The McDavid effect : Connor McDavid and the new hope for hockey / by Klinkenberg, Marty,author.;
"Step into the streets, arenas, coffee shops, and offices of Edmonton, and witness how the arrival of a teenage hockey phenomenon is changing the city's fortunes."--
Subjects: Biographies.; McDavid, Connor, 1997-; Edmonton Oilers (Hockey team); Hockey players; Hockey;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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We are your Leafs : the Toronto Maple Leafs book of greats / by Ulmer, Michael,1959-author.;
Subjects: Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Toronto Maple Leafs (Hockey team); Hockey players;
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