Goon

Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer, 2d ed.

Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7168-0 (ISBN)

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Driven with a burning desire to make something of himself, Doug Smith calls upon his only marketable skills - those honed as an amateur boxer - and despite not learning to skate until the age of 19, punches his way into the world of professional hockey. Join Doug ""The Thug"" Smith during his unlikely journey as a minor-league hockey enforcer, the most unique and peculiar job in all of sport.

Directionless yet driven by a fervent desire to make something of himself, Doug "The Thug" Smith took his only marketable job skill--amateur boxing--and followed an unlikely career path to become a hockey enforcer, a.k.a. "goon." Entrusted with aggressively protecting his teammates from tough guys on the opposing team, he punched, elbowed and cross-checked his way up the ranks of minor league hockey to win a championship ring and the respect of his community. His entertaining underdog story is the subject of the cult-classic motion picture Goon (2011) and its sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017).

Doug Smith has worked as a police officer in Massachusetts for more than two decades and as an assistant coach for the three-time state-champion Hanover High School hockey team. He lives in Halifax, Massachusetts. Adam Frattasio is an adult education teacher and author of Steroid Man: Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement (McFarland, 2016). His first book, GOON: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, was adapted into the motion picture GOON and a sequel, GOON: Last of the Enforcers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

From the Coauthor

1. Reborn in the Boys’ Club

2. My First Training Camp

3. A Second Life

4. Road Trip

5. Popular Loyalty?

6. A Third Chance with Johnstown

7. My Second Training Camp

8. Delivering with the Mailman

9. Sunk in Seniors

10. Hit in the Bigtime

11. Rent-A-Goon

12. One More Shot at the Animal

13. More Than a Goon

14. GOON: The Movies

Chapter Notes

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2018
Zusatzinfo	35 photos, notes, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ski- / Wintersport
ISBN-10	1-4766-7168-0 / 1476671680
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7168-0 / 9781476671680
Zustand	Neuware