The Making Of Slap Shot

Author : Jonathon Jackson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780470678008

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The Making of Slap Shot by Jonathon Jackson Pdf

How a movie about minor league hockey became a box office hit-and an international cult classic Even thirty-odd years after Slap Shot's release, diehard hockey fans can still recite scenes of dialogue by heart, making lines like "putting on the foil" just common argot for the devoted. Yet many may be surprised to learn that the true story behind the making of the film is as captivating as the film itself. In The Making of Slap Shot, veteran sports writer Jonathon Jackson lets fans not only relive just how the film was made, but brings to light surprising facts (i.e., Al Pacino was the first choice for the role of Reggie Dunlop; almost every scene-even the absurd and unbelievable ones-depicts a real life event). With access to those involved in the making of the film, he brings to life some of the magic behind the creation of memorable scenes and characters, especially the Charleston Chiefs, one of the most popular fictional sports teams in history. Based on interviews with over 50 cast members, production staff, and anyone of note involved in the film's creation Destined to be a collectible and keepsake (along with the jerseys, bobbleheads, and other paraphernalia associated with the film), The Making of Slapshot is a must for fans eager to learn even more about their favorite film.

Author : Dave Hanson,Ross Bernstein
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781600788758

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Slap Shot Original by Dave Hanson,Ross Bernstein Pdf

More than 30 years after its cinematic debut, Slap Shot remains one of the most popular sports movies of all time, and this book is actor Dave Hanson’s firsthand account of its making. Starring the legendary Paul Newman, the movie was based on the hilarious and outrageous antics of the fictitious Charlestown Chiefs, a tough-as-nails minor league hockey team in the early 1970s. In financial trouble and due to fold at the end of the season, they bring in the Hanson Brothers—three of the toughest hockey players around—in a desperate bid to sell tickets. What ensues is pure comic genius. Here, Dave Hanson—who played ringleader Jack Hanson in the film—not only opens the vault and dishes the dirt on the making of the movie, from the bench-clearing brawls and the practical jokes on set to the legendary partying that went on during filming, but also explores how the movie changed his and many of the cast and crew’s lives forever.

Author : Alain Haché
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781421417929

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Slap Shot Science by Alain Haché Pdf

"Slap shot science is an under-the-hood, behind-the-scenes, action-packed romp through special moments in the game as seen from the perspective of science and explained in a way everyone can understand"--Back cover.

Author : Rebecca Jenshak,Heart Eyes Press
Publisher : Heart Eyes Press LLC
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Slapshot by Rebecca Jenshak,Heart Eyes Press Pdf

I’m banished to Vermont for a scandal that wasn’t my fault, and broke because my famous father cut me off. And did I mention my roommate stole my boyfriend? Yeah, I’m loving my Moo U experience. Now I need a job, because this gel manicure won’t upkeep itself. The only available option is the last one I’d ever want--a job as the hockey team’s equipment manager. My plan is to do the bare minimum, get paid, and find my way back into my father’s good graces. I will not get involved with a hockey player, no matter how hot. They’re cocky. And obnoxious. I know their type, and I’m not willing to risk getting hurt again. Until Lex Vonne glides into my life looking like sin on a stick. He thinks I’m a spoiled brat. I think he’s using me to get ahead. But the fire I feel when we’re together is like a slapshot to my heart…

Author : Rich Cohen
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780374720582

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Pee Wees by Rich Cohen Pdf

A New York Times bestselling author takes a rollicking deep dive into the ultra-competitive world of youth hockey Rich Cohen, the New York Times–bestselling author of The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse and Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football, turns his attention to matters closer to home: his son’s elite Pee Wee hockey team and himself, a former player and a devoted hockey parent. In Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent, Cohen takes us through a season of hard-fought competition in Fairfield County, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. Part memoir and part exploration of youth sports and the exploding popularity of American hockey, Pee Wees follows the ups and downs of the Ridgefield Bears, the twelve-year-old boys and girls on the team, and the parents watching, cheering, conniving, and cursing in the stands. It is a book about the love of the game, the love of parents for their children, and the triumphs and struggles of both.

Author : Irene Punt,Bojan Redzic
Publisher : Scholastic Canada
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Camps
ISBN : 0439948975

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The Wicked Slapshot by Irene Punt,Bojan Redzic Pdf

Tom meets a new friend at hockey camp -- can he help him become a better player? Tom isn't looking forward to hockey camp because his friends aren't going with him. But soon he is enjoying the new coach and the hockey drills, and even making a new friend. At the end of the camp, Tom invites Harty to his house for more practice. The next day, when he spots a way to improve Harty's slapshot, Tom e-mails him with a suggestion. Five months later, the two boys are surprised to find themselves playing opposite each other in a hockey tournament. Will Harty have learned from Tom's advice? The illustrations, easy-to-read text, and lots of on-ice action are sure to score with young hockey fans!

Author : Fred Sasakamoose
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780735240025

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Call Me Indian by Fred Sasakamoose Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Fred Sasakamoose played in the NHL before First Nations people had the right to vote in Canada. This page turner will have you cheering for 'Fast Freddy' as he faces off against huge challenges both on and off the ice--a great gift to every proud hockey fan, Canadian, and Indigenous person." --Wab Kinew, Leader of the Manitoba NDP and author of The Reason You Walk Trailblazer. Residential school Survivor. First Treaty Indigenous player in the NHL. All of these descriptions are true--but none of them tell the whole story. Fred Sasakamoose, torn from his home at the age of seven, endured the horrors of residential school for a decade before becoming one of 120 players in the most elite hockey league in the world. He has been heralded as the first Indigenous player with Treaty status in the NHL, making his official debut as a 1954 Chicago Black Hawks player on Hockey Night in Canada and teaching Foster Hewitt how to pronounce his name. Sasakamoose played against such legends as Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, and Maurice Richard. After twelve games, he returned home. When people tell Sasakamoose's story, this is usually where they end it. They say he left the NHL to return to the family and culture that the Canadian government had ripped away from him. That returning to his family and home was more important to him than an NHL career. But there was much more to his decision than that. Understanding Sasakamoose's choice means acknowledging the dislocation and treatment of generations of Indigenous peoples. It means considering how a man who spent his childhood as a ward of the government would hear those supposedly golden words: "You are Black Hawks property." Sasakamoose's story was far from over once his NHL days concluded. He continued to play for another decade in leagues around Western Canada. He became a band councillor, served as Chief, and established athletic programs for kids. He paved a way for youth to find solace and meaning in sports for generations to come. Yet, threaded through these impressive accomplishments were periods of heartbreak and unimaginable tragedy--as well moments of passion and great joy. This isn't just a hockey story; Sasakamoose's groundbreaking memoir sheds piercing light on Canadian history and Indigenous politics, and follows this extraordinary man's journey to reclaim pride in an identity and a heritage that had previously been used against him.

Author : Heather C. Myers
Publisher : Heather C Myers
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Exes & Goals by Heather C. Myers Pdf

A steamy new adult hockey romance packed with a bad boy alpha hero, a feisty heroine who won't put up with BS, and steamy, enemies-to-lovers romance you won't want to put down! As a blogger for the Newport Beach Seagulls, Harper Crawford is living her dream. She gets to write about her favorite sports team - and get paid for it. Granted, she wishes she could shove an old jock strap in the smart mouth of new acquisition and cocky bast*rd, Zachary Ryan, but hey, she'll take what she can get. When she's required to do a character piece on him at a local nightclub, she screams in her pillow. But getting to know the six foot four, two hundred and twenty pounds of solid muscle better, she realizes he's not all that bad. -- The minute Zachary Ryan sees Harper Crwaford at Taboo nightclub during a team bonding session dressed in a plaid shirt and converse sneakers, he has to get to know her better. Except there's a problem from her past that won't go away. Harper has an ex that won't stay in her past - where he belongs. When Zachary gets involved, things get heated and his notorious temper flares. Zach knows Harper doesn't want to get involved with a hockey player - especially with an overzealous ex who won't leave her alone - but he plans to change her mind. No matter what the cost.

Author : Alain Haché
Publisher : Raincoast Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 1551925907

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The Physics of Hockey by Alain Haché Pdf

Author : Evan F. Moore,Jashvina Shah,Renee Hess
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781637273456

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Game Misconduct by Evan F. Moore,Jashvina Shah,Renee Hess Pdf

Those who have been lured by the sound of skate blades slicing into fresh ice, by the incomparable speed, split-second decisions, and everything-or-nothing attitude of the game know that hockey can seem like its own world. It's all-consuming and exhilarating, boasting its own language and complex morality code. Yet in another light, that tight community can turn insular; the values of teamwork and humility can manifest as collective silence in the face of abuse and discrimination, issues which have been brought to the forefront of the sport as many share their stories for the first time. In Game Misconduct, reporters Evan Moore and Jashvina Shah reveal hockey's toxic undercurrent which has permeated the sport throughout the junior, college, and professional levels. They address the topic with a level of passion that comes from being rabid hockey fans themselves, and from experiencing its exclusivity first-hand. With a sensitive yet incisive approach, this necessary book lays bare the issues of racism, homophobia, xenophobia, bullying, sexism, and violence on and off the ice. Readers will learn about notable players and activists fighting for transformation as well as those beyond the spotlight who are nonetheless deeply affected by hockey's culture of inaction. Both a reckoning and a roadmap, Game Misconduct is an essential read for modern hockey fans, showing the truth of the sport's past and present while offering the tools to fight for a better future.

Author : Gilles Gratton,Greg Oliver
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 17-10-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781773050683

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Gratoony the Loony by Gilles Gratton,Greg Oliver Pdf

One of hockeyÕs most colourful characters, from hockeyÕs most colourful era, tells all Gilles Gratton was not a typical pro hockey player. He refused to don his equipment and man his net if the planets were not properly aligned. He skated naked at practice. He created one of hockeyÕs most famous goalie masks based on his astrological sign. He fought with coaches and management, speaking his mind to his detriment. Sex, drugs, and rock ÕnÕ roll ruled his life, not stopping pucks. Truthfully? He never really wanted to be an NHL goaltender; he wanted to be Tibetan monk. And so, he quit hockey to seek enlightenment. Now, in his autobiography, Gratton teams up with author Greg Oliver to tell his wild and at times, yes, loony story: from his early days in Montreal, where his brother Norm Gratton became an NHL player, too; through his stints with the OHAÕs Oshawa Generals, the Ottawa Nationals and Toronto Toros of the rogue WHA, and the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers in the NHL.

Author : Dave Hanson,Ross Bernstein
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781623687014

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Slap Shot Original by Dave Hanson,Ross Bernstein Pdf

More than 30 years after its cinematic debut, Slap Shot remains one of the most popular sports movies of all time, and this book is actor Dave Hanson’s firsthand account of its making. Starring the legendary Paul Newman, the movie was based on the hilarious and outrageous antics of the fictitious Charlestown Chiefs, a tough-as-nails minor league hockey team in the early 1970s. In financial trouble and due to fold at the end of the season, they bring in the Hanson Brothers—three of the toughest hockey players around—in a desperate bid to sell tickets. What ensues is pure comic genius. Here, Dave Hanson—who played ringleader Jack Hanson in the film—not only opens the vault and dishes the dirt on the making of the movie, from the bench-clearing brawls and the practical jokes on set to the legendary partying that went on during filming, but also explores how the movie changed his and many of the cast and crew’s lives forever.

Author : Robert G. Price
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1932549145

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The Ultimate Guide to Weight Training for Hockey by Robert G. Price Pdf

Author : Jeff Gordon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Hockey players
ISBN : 189292000X

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Al MacInnis by Jeff Gordon Pdf

Steve McNair is the Tennessee Titans star quarterback, who joined the team when it was the Houston Oilers. He was the first-round draft pick in 1995 and led them to the AFC Championship in 1999. Previously, Sports Illustrated awarded him their Offensive Player of the Year title in his sophomore year at Alcorn State University. He was also All-Southwestern Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in his junior and senior years, won the Walter Payton Award for top Division I-AA player award and won the Eddie Robinson Trophy for the top black college player.

Author : Brittney Mulliner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798453320486

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Cheap Shot by Brittney Mulliner Pdf

Rule #1: Teammate's siblings are off-limits. Haley has had enough hockey to last her for the rest of her life. The last thing she wants when she arrives at college is to live in her brother's shadow but that's nearly impossible when his face is everywhere she turns. Reid's only focus has been one thing, make it to the NHL, until he meets the one woman that has the power to distract him. The only problem, she's his best friend's sister. As much as she hates to admit it, Haley can't stop thinking about the one person on campus she should avoid. Reid doesn't seem to care about the reasons why they shouldn't be together, and the longer she looks into his sapphire eyes the harder it is to resist him. Are they willing to risk the wrath of the team or lose each other? If you like L.J. Shen and Ilsa Madden-Mills, you'll love this new college romance from Brittney Mulliner. Buy Cheap Shot to start this exciting romance today!