Goon

Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer, 2d ed.

Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio

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McFarland & Co Inc
21 December 2017

Hockey

Directionless yet driven by a fervent desire to make something of himself, Doug ""The Thug"" Smith took his only marketable job skill--amateur boxing--and followed an unlikely career path to become a hockey enforcer, a.k.a. ""goon."" Entrusted with aggressively protecting his teammates from tough guys on the opposing team, he punched, elbowed and cross-checked his way up the ranks of minor league hockey to win a championship ring and the respect of his community. His entertaining underdog story is the subject of the cult-classic motion picture Goon (2011) and its sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017).

By: Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 299g
ISBN: 9781476671680
ISBN 10: 1476671680
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 21 December 2017
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface From the Coauthor 1. Reborn in the Boys’ Club 2. My First Training Camp 3. A Second Life 4. Road Trip 5. Popular Loyalty? 6. A Third Chance with Johnstown 7. My Second Training Camp 8. Delivering with the Mailman 9. Sunk in Seniors 10. Hit in the Bigtime 11. Rent-A-Goon 12. One More Shot at the Animal 13. More Than a Goon 14. GOON: The Movies Chapter Notes Index

Doug Smith has worked as a police officer in Massachusetts for more than two decades and as an assistant coach for the three-time state-champion Hanover High School hockey team. He lives in Halifax, Massachusetts. Adam Frattasio is an adult education teacher and author of Steroid Man: Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement (McFarland, 2016). His first book, GOON: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, was adapted into the motion picture GOON and a sequel, GOON: Last of the Enforcers.

Reviews for Goon: Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer, 2d ed.

Smith was an enforcer, the kind of swaggering tough guy hockey teams bring on the ice to protect their star players and strike fear into the hearts of their opponents. - Grantland Gives details of every hockey fight he ever got into...loved reading about Smith's experiences as the wide-eyed average guy, playing in front of large crowds and tussling with some of the toughest men from the 1990s. - Puck Junk