Simply the Best

Simply the Best
Author: Mike Johnston
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1927051622
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delivers rare insights on success straight from the hearts and minds of winning coaches Scotty Bowman, Marc Crawford, Jacques Demers, Clare Drake, Ken Hitchcock, Mike Keenan, Dave King, George Kingston, Andy Murray, Rodger Neilson, Pat Quinn and Brian Sutter. These world-renowned hockey visionaries, recognized as some of the greatest coaches in the game, talk about what it takes to be a champion and the strategies that have made them successful. Each one of us is a coach, whether we are raising children, coaching a youth sports team, being the project team leader at work, teaching students in a classroom or managing employees in a corporation. Simply the Best makes it clear that these coaches' mastered principles of success are also relevant off the ice, so that people in all walks of life can win their own Stanley Cups.

Prescott Brothers

Prescott Brothers
Author: Mignon Mykel
Publisher: Mignon Mykel
Total Pages: 1356
Release: 2022-11-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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They were born into hockey. Follow these brothers as they navigate the game—and the fight for love. This complete series includes: • Interference, featuring Caleb and Sydney, as Caleb finds himself starring on a dating show. • The Playmaker, featuring Porter and Asher, as Porter realizes there are harder things in life than fighting through the shadows his older siblings cast. • Butterfly Save, featuring Jonny and Summer, as Jonny learns life after divorce. Also includes The Prequels (Troublemaker and Breakaway), the time right before Porter and Asher meet! To note, Breakaway contains dark subjects. For Fans Of: Helena Hunting, Sawyer Bennet, Samantha Chase, Samantha Cole, Rachel Gibson, Elle Kennedy, Catherine Cowles, Jami Davenport, Brenda Rothert, Elisa Faber, Kate Meader, Kelly Jamieson, Melanie Ting, Avery Flynn, Mira Lyn Kelly, Hannah Grace, Sarina Bowen, Keywords: Hockey romance, family saga, complete series, romance box set, romance complete series, hockey hero, cinnamon roll hero, golden retriever hero, tortured heroine, trauma, trigger warnings, tragedy, foster care, religious cult, new adult, contemporary, new adult romance, contemporary romance, hockey goalie, goaltender, standalone romance, long distance romance, bachelor, dating show, reality television, reality tv, divorce, family tragedy

Alaska Blizzard: Boxed Set Vol. 3 (Blizzard Hockey)

Alaska Blizzard: Boxed Set Vol. 3 (Blizzard Hockey)
Author: Kat Mizera
Publisher: Kat Mizera
Total Pages: 852
Release: 2023-08-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Come spend some time cozying up to the hunks of the Alaska Blizzard! The third boxed set in the Alaska Blizzard series contains four full-length novels, including: Blizzard Christmas Tending Tara Calling Cassie Playing Peyton A Very Blizzard Christmas: She has a new baby with the love of her life and Christmas is almost here. It should be the best time of her life.... right? But when Danielle Petrov welcomes her new bundle of joy just in time for the holidays, everything isn’t as magical as it should have been. Tending Tara: Donovan discovers that a marriage of convenience was anything but easy, especially when forced to choose: Hockey or Tara. Calling Cassie: Twenty-three-year-old hockey stud Logan is having the time of his life as the ultimate bachelor. Until a spunky, hockey-playing stripper dances into his life... and his bed. As Logan and Cassie blur the lines, will it be game over for their friendship or will it be the start of something more? Playing Peyton: The only thing Professional athlete Ryder loves more than hockey and sex, is his Bernese mountain dog, Coco. He never imagined there was someone out there who could top that list, until some shocking news changes his life forever. Peyton swore off hockey players a long time ago but after one night of undeniable passion, her life will never be the same.

Tape to Space

Tape to Space
Author: Ryan Stimson
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2018-12-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781790480494
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Ryan Stimson outlines a modern approach to playing fluid, creative hockey based on sound analytical research. He shows you, the coach, how to build a tactical framework from the ground up and illustrates how each aspect of the system links with each other. Part 1 details the overall philosophy behind team play, roster construction, and tactical decisions. "Should we play fast or slow? Which players should play together?" Part 2 takes a modern approach to hockey tactics, using years of quantitative research by Stimson and others determined to find more efficient and optimal ways of playing the game. You won't find a rigid system here, but a set of beliefs and ideology put on the ice that incorporates the highest levels of creativity, fluidity, and support. Finally in part Part 3, a narration of Stimson's coaching experience as he attempts to bring this style of play to life at the 14U level. What works? What doesn't? How does this new approach work when clashing with an old-school coach? Stimson reevaluates everything from names of positions to optimal routes in transition play. This book will appeal to any coach wanting to learn more about analytics, and to any analyst wanting to learn more about tactics. Stimson meets you in the middle and illustrates what can come out of union of the two: Total Hockey.

Hockey Bois

Hockey Bois
Author: A. L. Heard
Publisher: Duck Prints Press LLC
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2024-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1946472999
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Nick Porter has always loved hockey. Ever since he can remember, it’s been his favorite thing in the world. It’s too bad he never learned to play, he’d tell himself, but it was too late to do it now. Adults don’t just magically learn to skate and join a hockey team. That’d be ridiculous. Except maybe they do? On a whim, he decides to sign up for an adult beginner’s class. He learns to skate, joins a team, and meets a really hot teammate… and it’s pretty much a disaster from there on out.

Hit

Hit
Author: Elise Faber
Publisher: Elise Faber
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2022-05-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1637490631
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Cycled No matter how hard Scarlett tried to be good— She always ended up being bad. But everything was different now. She was working as a publicist for the San Francisco Gold. Her life was back on track. Then she met Kaydon. She worked for his team, and she couldn’t risk her job by jumping into a relationship that could easily get her fired. Even if it was with a man like Kaydon. Unfortunately, and despite her best intentions at keeping her distance, he was good—very good—at convincing her to be bad. A Gold Christmas Christmas time with the Gold is usually full of cheer. But this year is leaving Brit feeling unsettled. Her best friend and love of her life is acting more Grinch than Kringle and she's worried she might be causing the drift. But Brit knows that this is her life–and her man–and she's ready to fight for their future. With extra lights, cheery wrapping paper, homemade cookies, and sparkling ornaments, she is determined to make this their best Christmas ever. Will the extra holiday spirit help them fall for each other all over again for the new year? Caught It had been love at first sight… Or at least love at first sight of a toppling, glittering, unfortunately-shaped mascot. Charlie had spent months trying to pretend that his heart wasn’t broken, but it was really hard to pretend he was fine when he was surrounded by love-struck couples. He didn’t know what the hell was in the water, but the freaking Gold seemed to breed happy endings. Like a fungus. Whatever. He was done with love. Until that giant, glittering mascot had toppled over, its head falling off to reveal the woman within. And he fell, right then and there.

Puck Drills & Quick Thrills

Puck Drills & Quick Thrills
Author: Saxon James
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2021-09-25
Genre:
ISBN:
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WESTLY The fall from NHL superstar to domestic disaster was swift and painful. When I became the legal guardian of my five younger siblings, I had no idea what I was doing. One year later, I'm still lost. Coaching CU's hockey team might be the only thing I'm excelling at. But when our star forward is failing math, I have to do what it takes to keep him on the team. Even if it's going head-to-head with Jasper Eckstein. One minute I'm confronting the notorious hockey-hating professor, and the next I'm agreeing to be his date to his twenty-year high school reunion. I don't know how that happened. JASPER My rules are simple. I don't give extra credit. Ever. No matter how entitled jocks think they are, I refuse to give them special treatment. It's not because I hate them. It's not because a hockey player broke my nose in high school. It's fair. But when Westly Dalton bursts into my office like a hurricane, all my principles fly out the window. Suddenly I'm giving extra credit. And I have a date to my reunion. After one explosive night together, I want more, but his home life is a mess, and I don't want to get in the way. If all we can have is quick thrills, I'm okay with that. It's not like I could ever fall for a jock.

Rule Breaker

Rule Breaker
Author: Stacey Lynn
Publisher: Stacey Lynn
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2022-05-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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Spending the night in jail isn’t exactly how I planned to spend Christmas, but I’ve had worse holidays… Now that I’m out, it’s time to accept my real punishment. Coaching ten-year-old terrors on the ice, in my non-existent free time. My Coach thinks it’d be good for me. Remind me where I came from. He should know I’ve tried every day of my life for the last ten years to forget. The youth hockey league is a hell I didn’t plan on and the worst penalty possible… Until the day a sweet, single mom cracks a joke about her kid, and then all bets are off. I’m the best defenseman in professional hockey, but I didn’t see her coming… now what in the hell do I do? I’m not equipped for a relationship. I’m definitely not ready to have a kid depending on me, but I can’t deny she makes me feel things— want things I never imagined I could have. I should save us both the trouble and stay far away from her. But rules were made to be broken, and I was never good at following them anyway.

Playing Peyton: Alaska Blizzard

Playing Peyton: Alaska Blizzard
Author: Kat Mizera
Publisher: Kat Mizera
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2022-01-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:
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The only thing Professional athlete Ryder Kingston loves more than hockey and sex, is his Bernese mountain dog, Coco. He never imagined there was someone out there who could top that list, until some shocking news changes his life forever. Peyton Legori swore off hockey players a long time ago. But when her jerk of a boyfriend throws her out, and her brother’s friend is the one that comes to the rescue, she can’t resist. And after one night of undeniable passion, her life will never be the same. The two are forced to forge a friendship and look to the future, but fate steps in and turns everything upside down. As they navigate the unfamiliar territory, will Ryder be able to make room in his life for a new love?

Take Your Eye Off the Puck

Take Your Eye Off the Puck
Author: Greg Wyshynski
Publisher: Triumph Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2015-11-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1633192881
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A guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey More and more fans are watching the NHL each week, but many of them don't know exactly what they should be watching. How does an offense create shooting lanes for its best sniper? When a center breaks through and splits between two defensemen, which defender is to blame? Why does a goalie look like a Hall of Famer one week and a candidate for the minor leagues the next? This guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey takes you inside a coach's mind as he builds a roster or constructs a game plan, to the chaos of the goalie's crease, and deep into the perpetual chess match between offense and defense. Discussing topics such as what to look for when a team goes on the power play and why playing center might be the most grueling job in sports, Take Your Eye Off the Puck shows fans how to get the most out of watching their favorite sport.