Fighting the Good Fight: Why On-Ice Violence Is Killing Hockey
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118092228 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A. Customer said big surprise, a poorly written book by a terrible writer. Terrible book, written by the worst columnist in the history of The Hockey News. No surprise that this book is as bad as his articles, where nothing, absolutely nothing he writes has any true substance. This is the same person who wrote that getting rid of the ice girls in Florida wou. Elizabeth said The Case For Hockey Pacifism Was Not Made For Me. If I could give this book zero stars I would. Adam Proteau's case of hockey pacifism was not convincing at all for me. Many of the fights in the NHL are for the fun of it and the other half is retribution. Let it be.. Scott said Excellently Written, Regardless of Opinion. As a big fan of Adam Proteau's writings at The Hockey News, I was thrilled to both purchase and read this book. I was pleased with the final product, to say the least. It reads more like an extended version of his weekly column, Proteau Type, as opposed to a traditional book, but I be
If you love a good hit or a good fight, read Fighting the Good Fight and then we'll talk."—Michael Landsberg, Host of Off the Record on TSN"These are life-altering decisions we're makingplayers have to realize it's not a knee injury and you can't just shake it off and keep playing through blurriness and dizziness. Concussions are threatening to end the careers of some of the NHL's best players—including Sidney Crosby, the league's biggest marquee superstar—and a significant percentage of all NHLers are dealing with head injuries. Our game sell
He is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association; in 2006, he won the PHWA's award for best column.Follow Adam: twitter/Proteautype . Adam Proteau has made a name for himself in the hockey world thanks to more than a decade of feisty, funny observations about the game. In addition to his job as a columnist for The Hockey News, his work has appeared in the Globe and
A veteran hockey writer takes on hockey culture and the NHL—addressing the game's most controversial issueWhether it's on-ice fist fights or head shots into the glass, hockey has become a nightly news spectacle—with players pummeling and bashing each other across the ice like drunken gladiators. Not only is his book a plea to the game's gatekeepers to finally clamp down on the runaway violence that permeates the sport even at its highest level, he offers realistic suggestions on ways to finally clean the game up.Includes interviews with medical experts on head injuries and concussions, as well as with other members of the mediaThe author not only wages an attack on the value of fighting in hockey—but also on the establishment hockey cultureCovering the