Hockey Dreams

By (author): "David Adams Richards"
Publish Date: 1996
Hockey Dreams
ISBN0385256078
ISBN139780385256070
AsinHockey Dreams
Original titleHockey Dreams: Memories of a Man Who Couldn't Play
With a voice as Canadian as winter, David Adams Richards reflects on the place of hockey in the Canadian soul.The lyrical narrative of Hockey Dreams flows from Richards' boyhood games on the Miramichi to heated debates with university professors who dare to back the wrong team.  It examines the globalization of hockey, and how Canadians react to the threat of foreigners beating us at "our" game.Part memoir, part essay on national identity, part hockey history, Hockey Dreams is a meditation by one of Canada's finest writers on the essence of the game that helps define our nation.