Odd Man Rush (eBook)

A Harvard Kid?s Hockey Odyssey from Central Park to Somewhere in Sweden?with Stops along the Way

Bill Keenan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
304 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-61321-861-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Now a feature film produced by Academy Award-nominee Howard Baldwin and featuring Dylan Playfair, Jack Mulhern, Trevor Gretzky, and Elektra Kilbey! In his hilarious, gritty, and touching debut, Bill Keenana hockey star once on the fast-track to the NHLtells of how he overcame multiple obstacles to find fulfillment and redemption in the strange world of European minor-league professional hockey. Keenan's hockey obsession begins as a five-year-old on Lasker Rink in New York's Central Park';love at first stride,' as he calls it. He then becomes the youngest, and skinniest, player on the New York Bobcats, a Junior B hockey team. Later, after his hockey career at Harvard doesn't end as plannedwith a fat NHL contractKeenan decides to play in the minor leagues in Europe, where the glamour of professional sports is decidedly lacking. Part fish-out-of-water travelogue, part coming-of-age memoir, Odd Man Rush will capture the interest of not just hockey fans, but also fans of good writing. Throughout, Keenan's deep affection for the game shines through, even as he describes fans who steal players' clothes from the locker room or toss empty beer cans onto the rink after games. Abusive fans, cold showers, long bus ridesnothing diminishes his love for the sport. ';Because that's the way it works with me and hockey. Even when it's horrible, it's wonderful.' Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sportsbooks about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Autor

Bill Keenan played hockey at Harvard University from 2005 to 2008 and professionally in Europe from 2009-2012. He no longer plays the game but still has hockey hair. He is currently pursuing his MBA at Columbia Business School and lives in New York City.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.1.2016
• Vorwort: Adam Graves
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
• Schlagworte: America • Basics • Beer • Belgium • books on basics • books on beers • books on bruins • books on clocks • books on curtains • books on goalies • books on grinders • books on harvards • books on hockey players • books on ice hockeys • books on injuries • books on journeymen • books on laskers • books on lockers • books on mcdavids • books on minor leagues • books on minor-leagues • books on pro hockeys • books on pucks • books on rinks • books on sports books on peels • books on teammates • books on vanities • books on youth hockeys • Bruins • clock • curtains • deprecating • die-hard • Europe • four’ • four’ • Goalie • grinders • Harvard • hockey player • Ice Hockey • Injury • Journeyman • Lasker • locker • lower-tier • mcdavid • minor-league • minor leagues • peels • pro hockey • Puck • Pursue • pursuing • reaffirms • rinks • Sport • Sweden • teammates • Tick • ticking • timelessness • traded • uproarious • vanity • youth hockey
• ISBN-10: 1-61321-861-3 / 1613218613
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61321-861-7 / 9781613218617