By Roy MacGregor
ISBN-10: 0143053361
ISBN-13: 9780143053361
“A actually excellent book.”—Calgary Herald
It’s the good Canadian icon: a frozen creek, a yard rink, a father passing anything helpful directly to his child—the love of a video game. there's not anything really so Canadian as hockey, and not anything fairly so evocative in hockey because the relationships among Canadian hockey gamers and their fathers.
listed here are the private stories of Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Paul Coffey and Marty McSorley, instructed because the 4 NHL stars take their fathers on a hockey journey of Europe.
listed here are the stories of hockey’s grand households: Gordie, Mark and Travis Howe; invoice, Kevin and Gord Dineen; Murray, Ken and Michael Dryden. here's Brett Hull’s tale of the well-known father who used to be by no means home.
But The domestic Team is approximately greater than recognized names. it's the tale of the daddy and son left weeping within the stands on the finish of a disappointing draft day. it's the tale of a minor league trainer and his residence league son. This publication is ready hockey. it's also approximately the place we are living and who we're: a publication for all fathers and sons in Canada.
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