Legacy on Ice (Hardcover)

Sam Jefferies

ISBN 10: 0299344908 / ISBN 13: 9780299344900

Editore: University of Wisconsin Press, Wisconsin, 2023

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Hardcover. In 2010, Blake Geoffrion was named the best player in college hockey, the first player from the University of Wisconsin hockey team to receive the Hobey Baker Award. Blake was a rising scion of hockey royalty, descendant of legendary Canadian players Howie Morenz and Bernie Boom Boom Geoffrion, and he would soon be the first fourth-generation player to reach the NHL. His professional career promised to cement his familys storied legacy on ice. But in 2012, while playing for the Montreal Canadiens minor league team beneath Morenz and Boom Booms retired numbers, Geoffrion suffered a life-threatening injury that ended his career. With sure-footed and swift-moving prose, Sam Jefferies tells Geoffrions story against the backdrop of modern North American hockey. Thorough research and scores of interviews fuel this tale of soaring success and terrible tragedy, offering insight not only into one mans athletic journey but also into the rise of American hockey on the national and international stage. Geoffrions brief career, marked by tribulation and triumph, illustrates the subtle but omnipresent currents of American media, sports labor, and the interplay between college and professional sports. It tells the story of what was, what is, and what may yet be for the fastest game on earth. In swift-moving prose, Sam Jefferies tells Blake Geoffrions story against the backdrop of modern North American hockey. Thorough research and scores of interviews fuel this tale of soaring success and terrible tragedy, offering insight into one mans athletic journey and the rise of American hockey on the national and international stage. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Legacy on Ice (Hardcover)
• Editore: University of Wisconsin Press, Wisconsin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0299344908
• ISBN 13: 9780299344900
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: new

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In 2010, Blake Geoffrion became the first player from the University of Wisconsin hockey team to receive the Hobey Baker Award, recognizing him as the best player in men’s college hockey. Blake was a rising scion of hockey royalty, descendant of legendary Canadian players Howie Morenz and Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion, and he would soon be the first fourth-generation player to reach the NHL. His professional career promised to cement his family’s storied legacy on ice. But in 2012, while playing for the Montreal Canadiens’ minor league team beneath Morenz’s and Boom Boom’s retired numbers, Geoffrion suffered a devastating injury that ended his career—and nearly his life. 
 
With sure-footed and swift-moving prose, Sam Jefferies tells Geoffrion’s story against the backdrop of modern North American hockey. Thorough research and scores of interviews fuel this tale of soaring success and terrible tragedy, offering insight not only into one man’s athletic journey but also into the rise of American hockey on the national and international stage. Geoffrion’s brief career, marked by tribulation and triumph, illustrates the subtle but omnipresent currents of American media, sports labor, and the interplay between college and professional athletics. It tells the story of what was, what is, and what may yet be for the fastest game on earth.
 

Informazioni sull?autore

Sam Jefferies, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, is a freelance writer and communications professional in Seattle. His work has appeared in Sports Business Journal, Sporting Classics Magazine, the Seattle Times, Newsweek, and elsewhere.