The Hockey Dad Chronicles

Author : Ed
Publisher : Clerisy Press
ISBN 13 : 1578604257
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hockey Dad Chronicles written by Ed and published by Clerisy Press. This book was released on 2014-07-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sport of ice hockey is going through a transitional period, losing popularity in the United States even as it gains momentum in other countries. The Hockey Dad Chronicles is the touching and funny story of one season in the youth hockey career of Ed Wenck's son, Oliver, when he played for the Indianapolis Junior Ice. Hockey parents spend an inordinate amount of time and money on their child's sport of choice -- considerably more than soccer, football, or basketball parents dish out. They get their children to the ice rink for 7 a.m. ice time, they travel with them to other states for games every other weekend -- and if they're anything like Ed Wenck, they spend a lot of time sitting in bleachers wondering at the absurdity of it all. As youth hockey grows ever more popular, increasing numbers of parents are seeing their lives taken over by their children's hockey careers. The Hockey Dad Chronicles will be a familiar, amusing, and moving reminder to them -- and to all parents who devote themselves to their children's extracurricular activities, whether they're sports, drama, or dance -- of what it's all about.

Author : Bob McKenzie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470159391
Total Pages : 611 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey Dad written by Bob McKenzie and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of minor hockey culture Known as TSN's "Hockey Insider," Canada's Bob McKenzie is synonymous with the sport and one of its most respected analysts. In Hockey Dad, McKenzie describes firsthand the joys and heartbreak of raising two sons, with entirely diverging athletic futures. He details their separate paths, describing Michael, a 22-year-old playing NCAA hockey on scholarship, and Shawn, now 19, whose competitive minor hockey life was cut short at age 14 because of multiple concussions. Their deeply personal stories, and the trials and tribulations of a father creating futures for them, offer readers a compelling look into the world and culture of minor hockey. Includes funny anecdotes, debates on numerous hockey issues, and personal reflections on the game and its culture With an unwavering look at his own strengths and weaknesses, as well as the entire system of minor hockey in Canada, Hockey Dad is an honest, irreverent and sometimes moving look at a sporting culture that is not so much a recreation as it is a way of life.

Author : Jason Howell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780968769218
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Might Be a Crazy Dedicated Hockey Dad If- written by Jason Howell and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Hobby Life Notebooks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781710062489
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey Dad written by Hobby Life Notebooks and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lined notebook makes a funny hockey gift for hockey players and hockey coach. 6x9 inches 110 pages Lined White paper Matte-finished cover

Author : Hockey Publishing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781711183374
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hockey Dad written by Hockey Publishing and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-24 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Hockey gift for hockey players. This Hockey notebook can be used as a great gift for any hockey dad, hockey boy or hockey fan. This hockey design is also a funny gift for the hockey coach and hockey trainer of your ice hockey team. 120 colleged ruled pages 6x9 inches matte cover soft cover (paperback)

Author : Flyers Novice AE Team (Hockey team)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781554702831
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thanks to My Hockey Dad written by Flyers Novice AE Team (Hockey team) and published by . This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After spending most of their parents' money on hockey fees and equipment, and after waking the house up at 6 am for countless early morning practices—isn't it only right that these kids give an expression of thanks and love (and a whole lot of laughs) to their parents? These books do just that. They were created as an opportunity for a Novice Rep Hockey Team, a little group of 8 year-old puck chasers, to express their feelings about their moms and dads, to tell them what they think for a change. The reasons they give are honest, funny, and true—all that you would expect from a group of 8-year olds! Asked why he loves his hockey mom, one answers without hesitating: “because she always skips out on work for it.” Why does his dad deserve thanks—not for the endless offside drills?—no, more for “distracting me while I am trying to play.” And their illustrations, done with crayons and markers, are simply charming.

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374720584
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pee Wees written by Rich Cohen and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestselling author takes a rollicking deep dive into the ultra-competitive world of youth hockey Rich Cohen, the New York Times–bestselling author of The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse and Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football, turns his attention to matters closer to home: his son’s elite Pee Wee hockey team and himself, a former player and a devoted hockey parent. In Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent, Cohen takes us through a season of hard-fought competition in Fairfield County, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. Part memoir and part exploration of youth sports and the exploding popularity of American hockey, Pee Wees follows the ups and downs of the Ridgefield Bears, the twelve-year-old boys and girls on the team, and the parents watching, cheering, conniving, and cursing in the stands. It is a book about the love of the game, the love of parents for their children, and the triumphs and struggles of both.

Author : Tom Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0385660782
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gift of the Game written by Tom Allen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of the gentle humour and storytelling that he brings to “Music and Company” every morning, The Gift of the Game is Tom Allen’s exploration of the ways in which hockey can shape the relationship between fathers and sons. In the winter of 2001 Tom Allen stepped onto a frozen lake with his eight-year-old son. They laced up their skates, set out chunks of firewood as goal posts, and played one-on-one hockey under an enormous blue sky. This would mark a new turn in Allen’s relationship with Wesley, even as other relationships began to fall apart. When Allen and his wife go their separate ways, it is hockey that forms the enduring bond between father and son. As Wesley grows in confidence and purpose, Allen grows into the mythic role of hockey dad and assistant coach, and spends his empty afternoons working on his own game on outdoor rinks, if only to avoid the silence of his apartment. But what is this game to which he has entrusted his fragile sense of well-being and his son’s emerging sense of self? With keen intelligence and self-deprecating emotional honesty, Allen sets about answering the questions that shape his new life: How does hockey mould us? To what degree are we defined by our love of the game and our wish to be admired for our skill on the ice? What are the implications for our culture of a game that so privileges violence? In making of hockey the arena of his pride and love and self-respect, Allen is forced to figure out what the game itself means.

Author : Creative Juices Publishing
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781720592860
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best. Hockey Dad. Ever. written by Creative Juices Publishing and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Father's Day Appreciation Gift Notebook For Hockey Athletes. 6x9 lined journal

Author : Tom Allen
Publisher : Anchor Canada
ISBN 13 : 9780385660792
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gift of the Game written by Tom Allen and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of the gentle humour and storytelling that he brings to “Music and Company” every morning, The Gift of the Game is Tom Allen’s exploration of the ways in which hockey can shape the relationship between fathers and sons. In the winter of 2001 Tom Allen stepped onto a frozen lake with his eight-year-old son. They laced up their skates, set out chunks of firewood as goal posts, and played one-on-one hockey under an enormous blue sky. This would mark a new turn in Allen’s relationship with Wesley, even as other relationships began to fall apart. When Allen and his wife go their separate ways, it is hockey that forms the enduring bond between father and son. As Wesley grows in confidence and purpose, Allen grows into the mythic role of hockey dad and assistant coach, and spends his empty afternoons working on his own game on outdoor rinks, if only to avoid the silence of his apartment. But what is this game to which he has entrusted his fragile sense of well-being and his son’s emerging sense of self? With keen intelligence and self-deprecating emotional honesty, Allen sets about answering the questions that shape his new life: How does hockey mould us? To what degree are we defined by our love of the game and our wish to be admired for our skill on the ice? What are the implications for our culture of a game that so privileges violence? In making of hockey the arena of his pride and love and self-respect, Allen is forced to figure out what the game itself means. From the Hardcover edition.