Breakaway: Hockey and the Years Beyond - Hardcover

Wilkins, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 077108840X ISBN 13: 9780771088407

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Provides vivid, captivating portraits of 8 former hockey stars & their families, & stories of their triumphs & struggles now that they have broken away from life on the ice. Includes Johnny Bower, Yvan Cournoyer, John Ferguson, Randy Gregg, Reggie Leach, Eric Nesterenko, Bobby Smith, & Tiger Williams. Some have happily left the game behind, while others still chase after the transcendental thrill that hockey gave them. Wilkins draws penetrating observations from these men -- & their wives -- on their lives in the NHL & on what it is that continues to drive them. Heroes in their day, they remain larger than life. Photos.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 077108840X
• ISBN 13: 9780771088407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248