This book of short stories, essays and poems about hockey is a must for anyone who has ever laced on a pair of skates or watched a game, peewee or professional. Forty-three authors, 20 of them American and 23 Canadian, have contributed to this anthology which is edited by Dale Jacobs. They bring new insights to the game and its importance to sports fans and others across North America.
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'It has often been stated that the pinnacle of ice hockey is winning the Stanley Cup championship. Unfortunately, that goal is shared by only a few lucky individuals. On the contrary, the ultimate experience from hockey is one that is shared by every person who has been involved in the game. From players to parents to coaches to referees, the memories of camaraderie, enjoyment, challenge, failure and success form the cohesive bond that has made the game of hockey an integral part of our cultural existence. ICE has refreshingly documented such experiences from a broad selection of hockey participants.' -- Randy Gregg, former National Hockey League player, now Director of Medicine, Edmonton Sport Institute
'None of the usual suspects are writing about hockey in these pages, and that's just one of the great charms of the collection. These are deep personal tales of the culture that spawned the game, and the cultures that keep it alive, in some of the damnedest places. The emotions in these passages are as often revealed by Americans as by Canadians, as often by women as by men. It is hockey seen through unjaded eyes, spoken by fresh voices, and it reminds us why we love this game.' -- Cam Cole, Sports Columnist, National Post
'None of the usual suspects are writing about hockey in these pages, and that's just one of the great charms of the collection. These are deep personal tales of the culture that spawned the game, and the cultures that keep it alive, in some of the damnedest places. The emotions in these passages are as often revealed by Americans as by Canadians, as often by women as by men. It is hockey seen through unjaded eyes, spoken by fresh voices, and it reminds us why we love this game.' -- Cam Cole, Sports Columnist, National Post
About the Author
Dale Jacobs is Assistant Professor at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where he teaches Composition in the Department of English. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta (BA and MA) and the University of Nebraska (Lincoln) (PhD). Jacobs' work has appeared in a number of magazines, including The Flint Hills Review, Poet Lore, Plainsong, South Dakota Review, The Mainstreet Rag Poetry Journal And The MacGuffin.
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This review is from: Ice : New Writing on Hockey (Paperback)
I have this habit of leaving things that I am finished with -- CDs I've copied to my hard drive, clean old clothing, small household items that still work, books I've read and don't want to keep -- on park benches here in NYC on the theory that someone can still use the item and may like it better than I did. Many other residents do something similar curbside, as if the city were one big free flea market.
Such will be the fate of my copy of "Ice: New Writing on Hockey." Hockey is a terrific sport, all the more so as spring and the Stanley Cup playoffs approach. But it has never gotten its "Bang the Drum Slowly" or "The Natural" (baseball) or "A Fan's Notes (football). "Ice," a collection of short stories, essays, and poems, doesn't even come close. Amid way too many images of frozen ponds and getting up at 5 AM to drive long distances to kids games (many of the works here stress the family connections of hockey, another of the wonderful things about the sport) only a couple entries are worth a second read -- e.g. Hockey Night in Metabetchouan, Hockey Nights and Naked Ladies, and -- perhaps only because I'm a Red Wings fan -- Return of the Dogman -- and even these are marred by a curious compulsion to wrap up the piece with an unnecessary one or two line coda.
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