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Puckstruck: Distracted, Delighted and Distressed by Canada's Hockey Obsession

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize

In Puckstruck, Stephen Smith chronicles his wideeyed and sometimes wincing wander through hockey’s literature, language, and history. On this journey to discover what the game has to say about who we are as Canadians, he seeks to answer some essential riddles. Can hockey make you a better person? What exactly is the Swedes’ problem? Where did the hook check go? Should those men really be permitted to keep punching each other in the head? If hockey is the best of us, is it also the worst? Is there hope?

Pages: 440

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Greystone Books

Release: September 26, 2014

ISBN: 1771640480

ISBN 13: 9781771640480

Puckstruck: Distracted, Delighted and Distressed by Canada's Hockey Obsession

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Longlisted for the RBC Taylor Prize

In Puckstruck, Stephen Smith chronicles his wideeyed and sometimes wincing wander through hockey’s literature, language, and history. On this journey to discover what the game has to say about who we are as Canadians, he seeks to answer some essential riddles. Can hockey make you a better person? What exactly is the Swedes’ problem? Where did the hook check go? Should those men really be permitted to keep punching each other in the head? If hockey is the best of us, is it also the worst? Is there hope?

Pages: 440

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Greystone Books

Release: September 26, 2014

ISBN: 1771640480

ISBN 13: 9781771640480

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