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008			140619s2014 nyua b 001 0beng
010			_a 2014015731
020			_a9780393239393 _q(hardcover)
020			_a039323939X _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)869437836 _z(OCoLC)892303424
050	0	0	_aGV848.5.B669 _bB73 2014
082	0	0	_a796.962092 _aB _223
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100	1		_aBranch, John _c(Sports reporter)
245	1	0	_aBoy on ice : _bthe life and death of Derek Boogaard / _cJohn Branch.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2014]
300			_a371 pages : _billustrations ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aSaskatchewan -- Minnesota -- New York.
520			_aThe "death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 and helped shatter the silence about violence and concussions in professional sports. Now, in a work of narrative nonfiction, reporter John Branch tells the shocking story of Boogaard's life and heartbreaking death. This book is the moving human story of a man who made it to the pinnacle of his sport. Widely regarded as the toughest man in the NHL, Boogard was gentle off the ice but a merciless fighter on it. With great narrative drive, Branch recounts Boogaard's unlikely journey from lumbering kid playing pond-hockey on the prairies of Saskatchewan, so big his skates would routinely break beneath his feet; to his teenaged junior hockey days, when one brutal outburst of violence brought Boogaard to the attention of professional scouts; to his days and nights as a star enforcer with the Minnesota Wild and the storied New York Rangers, capable of delivering career-ending punches and intimidating entire teams. But, as Branch reveals, behind the scenes Boogaard's injuries and concussions were mounting and his mental state was deteriorating, culminating in his early death from an overdose of alcohol and painkillers. Based on months of investigation and hundreds of interviews with Boogaard's family, friends, teammates, and coaches, Boy on Ice is a brilliant work for fans of Michael Lewis's The Blind Side or Buzz Bissinger's Friday Night Lights. This is a book that raises deep and disturbing questions about the systemic brutality of contact sports--from peewees to professionals--and the damage that reaches far beyond the game. -- Publisher description.
600	1	0	_aBoogaard, Derek, _d1982-2011.
600	1	7	_aBoogaard, Derek, _d1982-2011. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01923866
600	1	7	_aBoogaard, Derek, _d1982-2011. _2sears
650		0	_aHockey players _zCanada _vBiography.
650		0	_aViolence in sports.
650		7	_aHockey players. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00958581
650		7	_aViolence in sports. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01167302
651		7	_aCanada. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204310
650		7	_aHockey players _zCanada _vBiography. _2sears
650		7	_aViolence in sports. _2sears
655		7	_aBiography. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655		4	_aBiography.
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