Goon: Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer, 2d ed.
Author:   Doug Smith ,  Adam Frattasio
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781476671680


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 December 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Doug Smith ,  Adam Frattasio
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781476671680


ISBN 10:   1476671680
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   21 December 2017
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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Smith was an enforcer, the kind of swaggering tough guy hockey teams bring on the ice to protect their star players and strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. - Grantland Gives details of every hockey fight he ever got into...loved reading about Smith's experiences as the wide-eyed average guy, playing in front of large crowds and tussling with some of the toughest men from the 1990s. - Puck Junk


Smith was an enforcer, the kind of swaggering tough guy hockey teams bring on the ice to protect their star players and strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. --Grantland; Gives details of every hockey fight he ever got into...loved reading about Smith's experiences as the wide-eyed average guy, playing in front of large crowds and tussling with some of the toughest men from the 1990s. --Puck Junk.


Author Information

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.

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