Synopsis
An evocative portrait of amateur hockey in a small New England town details how the author returns to the ice rink twenty-five years after playing on his own high-school hockey team as an assistant coach, an experience that leads him to relive his own past and love of the sport as he helps prepare the teens for competition. 20,000 fist printing.
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About the Author
Jay Atkinson is the author of the critically acclaimed novel <b>Caveman Politics</b>. His work has appeared in the <i>Boston Globe</i> and <i>Boston Herald</i> and has been syndicated by the <i>New York Times</i>. He teaches writing at Salem State College and lives in Methuen, Massachusetts.
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all had passions -- something we loved doing, experienced with our friends, dreamed about every spare moment. For Jay Atkinson, who grew up in a small Massachusetts town, it was hockey. When Bobby Orr scored the winning goal in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals against the St. Louis Blues, Atkinson became a fan for life. In 1975, he played on the first Methuen Rangers varsity hockey team. Once and always a rink rat, Atkinson still plays hockey whenever and wherever he can. <br><br>Twenty-five years after he played for the Rangers, Atkinson returns to his high school team as a volunteer assistant. <b>Ice Time</b> tells the team's story as he follows the temperamental star, the fiery but troubled winger, the lovesick goalie, the rookie whose father is battling cancer, and the "old school" coach as the Rangers make a desperate charge into the state tournament. In emotionally vivid detail, Ice Time travels into the rinks, schools, and living rooms of small-town America, where friendships a
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