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Chargement... J.R.: My Life as the Most Outspoken, Fearless, and Hard-Hitting Man in Hockeypar Jeremy Roenick
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Roenick shares his life story in this frank and unflinching autobiography. After making his debut as an 18-year-old with the Chicago Blackhawks, Roenick thrilled fans with his flashy style, take-no-prisoners approach, and jaw-dropping skills. He went on to play for four more franchises, including the Philadelphia Flyers and Los Angeles Kings, during his incredible 18-season career. By the time he was through, Roenick had racked up 513 goals and 703 assists. Roenick takes readers on a behind-the-scenes, warts-and-all tour through his illustrious career, both on and off the ice. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Roenick grew up a hockey player. He was playing pee wee hockey at 10 and his parents were traveling to other states to take him to tournaments. He moved around a lot as a kid, mostly due to his father's occupation, but as his hockey playing skills grew, his parents' determination for him to succeed grew, so his dad did something totally bizarre. Rather than take a promotion to a warm weather city like Dallas or LA, he took an entry level demotion to move to Boston so his son could grow up entrenched in a hockey atmosphere, losing some 50% of his income in the process. Still, he must have been doing pretty well, because JR went to prep schools, where he dominated. So much that he got drafted by Chicago after his junior year of high school. He wasn't even 160 pounds yet. Strangely, even though he wasn't into academics, he decided to go to college and went to Boston College -- for 15 minutes. Long enough to read the syllabus for a class and decide it wasn't for him. So soon, he was NHL-bound. He played a year in the minors, but got called up to Chicago and scored. The rest is history. He had a tough coach, was surrounded by good players, was a tough player himself, could score a lot, was a fast skater, a scrapper, and excelled. He lasted eight years in Chicago before they shipped him off to Phoenix, where he stayed for five years. Then he went to Philly, where I think he was also there for about five years. L.A. for one abysmal year, then two years with San Jose, then retirement. Along the way, his body took a lot of punishment. Hundreds of stitches, many broken bones, most teeth busted. Abused. He also partied his ass off, even though he was married. Strangely the book evades the topic of groupies. Gee, I wonder why? LOL! He devotes a chapter to a gambling problem he had, which was pretty bad. He played a lot of pranks. He was the life of the party, an entertainer. When he retired, he didn't know what he wanted to do, but he felt like he wanted to stay in front of the camera. So when NBC offered him his job as an analyst, he jumped for it. And I like watching him now. I think he's very good. There's a funny story in the book about a disagreement he and Mike Milbury had in the studio about a hit on Kris Letang which nearly brought them to blows. Speaking of Penguins stars, in the book's first paragraph, JR calls out Sidney Crosby for not showing enough or proper leadership. Which I tend to agree with, and I'm a huge Pens fan.
This book isn't the best autobiography I've ever read. There should have been more about the game of hockey itself and more hockey stories, with fewer party stories. But it's still quite entertaining. One area of confusion. He goes out of his way to ensure you know he's American, dammit! Yet the book is written in Canadian English (defencemen, cheque, etc). WTF? Whatever. I enjoyed it. If you like hockey, you probably will too. And even if you don't like hockey, but you like a good story, this might be a good book for you. Recommended. ( )