Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer
OPEN ICE\ In this new collection of exquisitely crafted essays, veteran sports writer Jack Falla writes about hockey as he has seen and experienced it over the past fifty years. Reflections on the game, its personalities and arenas, and twenty-five years of commitment to creating his backyard rink are woven into family memories and other fond remembrances.\ A heartwarming and amusing collection, Open Ice is sure to touch every hockey fan and all those who have grown up loving the game.\...
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A new collection of heartwarming essays from one of North America’s foremost hockey writers. Jack Falla follows up his gem of a book, Home Ice, with this exquisitely crafted collection of essays on hockey as he has seen and experienced it for fifty years. Funny, poignant, joyful, and occasionally melancholy, Open Ice is one man’s witness to fifty years of the game he loves. Reflections on hockey, its personalities and arenas, and twenty-five years of dedication to his own backyard rink are woven into family memories and other fond remembrances. From the death of Rocket Richard, to skating on the Rideau Canal, contemplating his fantasy hockey team while sitting in the Sistine Chapel, memories of being in all Original Six arenas, and more, Open Ice is a reflective and fond look at hockey for people to whom the sport is more than just a game.
Preface xiA Death in Montreal 1Short Shifting in Fantasy Land 29Skating the Rideau Canal 41New Skates 61Passing the Torch 75"Excuse me, Mr. Delvecchio..." 93Back to the Barns 107Requiem for the Cucumber 131Much of What I Know about Life I Learned Tending Goal 151The Rink Rat 163Unknockable 179Searching for Hobey Baker 195Goodbye to the Backyard Rink? 221Acknowledgments 235About the Author 240
