Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio

Goon

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

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781476671680
• ISBN-10: 1476671680
• Artikelnr.: 48030381

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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