Table of Contents
1 Fresh Air & Ice
1 The Dawn Patrol John Forrest 1
2 Playing Shinny on Macamley Street Hank Mattimore 4
3 Watch out for the Diving Board! John M. Scanlan 7
4 The Endless Rink David Martin 10
5 Uncle! Bruce Mills 13
6 Backyard Games Donna Firby Gamache 16
7 Rink of Dreams C. G. Morelli 19
8 The Hockey Skate Thief Christa Holder Ocker 23
9 The Arena of Life Judi Peers 26
10 The Graham Hockey League Susan Winslow 29
11 Hockey Memories David K. Overlund 33
12 Hockey Détente Lisa Trovillion 35
13 Small Town Hockey Robert J. Stermscheg 38
2 Game On!
14 Shooting Star Catherine Pendola 45
15 The Best Seat in the House Brian McFarlane 48
16 Hockey Heart Ties Amanda Romaniello 53
17 Winning with Gretzky Irene Maran 56
18 Welcome Back Clark Jimmy Holmstrom 59
19 Hockey, you had me at Face-Off Moira Rose Donohue 62
20 Hockey with a Side of Ice Mark Spangler 65
21 Pass the Puck! Mark Ettlinger 68
22 Got Teeth? Theresa Sanders 71
3 Fan-tastic!
23 All Hockey, all the Time Diane Stark 79
24 Orange and Black Laura Guman Fabiani 82
25 The Glory Days Martha Helen Cotiaux 84
26 Road Apples William Halderson 87
27 Hooked Georgia Bruton 91
28 The Edmonton Oilers get Even Michael Brennan 94
29 Warming up to Hockey Jill Pertler 97
30 The Littlest Bruiser Diane Stark 99
31 The Making of a Hockey Fanatic Brandi South 102
32 The Cursed Jersey Michelle McKague-Radic 106
33 Blindsides by Hockey Lori Zenker 109
4 Heroes Among us
34 Five Minutes with Bobby Orr Lori Hein 117
35 One of the Guys Jennifer Quasha 119
36 Meeting the Gods with my Dad Bruce Davidsen 123
37 Super Mario Jim Bove 126
38 Little Devil Shane Kenneth Daneyko 129
39 Hockey Heroes off the Ice Matt Chandler 132
40 Breaking the Ice Teresa Kruze 136
41 The Day Fate was an Islanders Fan Justin Schlechter 140
5 Family Ties
42 Hockey Family Matt Duchene 147
43 Frozen Tales Chris Robinson 152
44 Someday Finally Came Julienne Mascitti-Lentz 155
45 The Zamboni Michael Sullivan 158
46 Our Last Game Leigh Anne Saxe 162
47 Back to School, Back to Hockey Jennifer Walter 165
48 Will there be Hockey in Heaven? John P. Walker 168
49 When I Think of Summer, I Think of Zambonis Christopher Harder 172
50 Ice in our Veins Alana Patrick 175
51 Love and Hockey B.J. Taylor 178
52 C'mon, Boys Beverly A. Suntjens 182
53 Part of the Team Jack Ettlinger 185
6 Global Games
54 The Rink Rat Hayley Wickenheiser 193
55 A Nation Held its Breath John Forrest 196
56 Olympic Spirit Jim Bove 200
57 110% Viewing David Martin 203
58 A Dream Come True Cassie Campbell-Pascall 206
59 Golden Tickets Elena Aithken 210
7 Dreams & Inspiration
60 Eat my Shoes Vinny Prospal 215
61 The Young and the Old Dennis McCloskey 220
62 The Dream Leighton Kemmett 224
63 Sledge Hockey: A Dream Comes True Sharon John Klassen 227
64 Scoring in Life Sharon Babineau 230
65 Deep at the Heart Lisa Ricard Claro 234
66 Hockey Mom Carol Elaine Harrison 237
67 The Great Transformer Audrey McLaughlin 241
68 Love at First Lace Ailish Forfar 245
8 Life Lessons
69 Use your Courage Ryan Walter 253
70 My Dad the Coach Bill Reay 256
71 There's no "I" in Team Aedyn MacKenzie 261
72 Hockey's Lessons on Life Peter J. Green 264
73 The Hockey Coach Jennifer Litke 267
74 The Sound of Opportunity Tara Reyelts 271
75 Games Scents Leanne Fanning Pankuch 275
76 What's the Big Deal Anyway? Tammy E.A. Crosby 279
77 What Hockey Taught us Lori Fairchild 281
78 My Hockey Scar Jeffrey Scott Hamilton 284
79 The Life Lessons of Hockey Cara McLauchlan 287
9 Spectacular Spectators
80 More than a Game Arlene Rains Graber 293
81 An Audience of One Ken Freebairn 297
82 Poetic Justice Valerie Coulman 299
83 A Night at the Arena Shawn Marie Mann 300
84 Hockey Grandparents Phyllis Jardine 303
85 That Constant Face Sarah McCrobie 306
86 The Anti-Fan David Martin 308
87 Skate-Walker Cynthia Mallick 311
88 Priceless Hockey Heirlooms Annabel Sheila 314
89 Numbers Game Beth Cato 317
90 The Look Mary C. M. Phillips 321
10 Slice of Ice
91 The Ritual John Forrest 327
92 You're Gonna Love this Game Rob L. Berry 331
93 The People you Meet JC Sullivan 334
94 I Married a Zamboni Kate Zamboni 337
95 The Frozen Tundra of South Carolina Cathy Elliott 339
96 Texting on Ice Cindy Beck 343
97 The Ride of her Life Jennie Ivey 346
98 Holy Moly, What a Goalie! Daniella Porano 349
99 The Geri-hatricks Bobbie Wilkinson 352
100 Girl in Goal Emily Papsin 355
101 The Gentle Tough Guy Georges Laraque 358
Meet our Contributors 363
Meet our Authors 381
Thank you 384
About Chicken Soup for the Soul 386
