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      Legacy on Ice: Blake Geoffrion and the Fastest Game on Earth

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      A tale of soaring success and terrible tragedy, offering insight not only into one man’s athletic journey but also into the rise of American hockey on the national and international stage.
      Maker: UW Press
      Availability: In stock
      SKU: 9780299344900
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      Summary

      In 2010, Blake Geoffrion became the first player from the University of Wisconsin hockey team to receive the Hobey Baker Award, recognizing him as the best player in men’s college hockey. Blake was a rising scion of hockey royalty, descendant of legendary Canadian players Howie Morenz and Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion, and he would soon be the first fourth-generation player to reach the NHL. His professional career promised to cement his family’s storied legacy on ice. But in 2012, while playing for the Montreal Canadiens’ minor league team beneath Morenz’s and Boom Boom’s retired numbers, Geoffrion suffered a devastating injury that ended his career—and nearly his life.

      With sure-footed and swift-moving prose, Sam Jefferies tells Geoffrion’s story against the backdrop of modern North American hockey. Thorough research and scores of interviews fuel this tale of soaring success and terrible tragedy, offering insight not only into one man’s athletic journey but also into the rise of American hockey on the national and international stage. Geoffrion’s brief career, marked by tribulation and triumph, illustrates the subtle but omnipresent currents of American media, sports labor, and the interplay between college and professional athletics. It tells the story of what was, what is, and what may yet be for the fastest game on earth.

      Author

      Sam Jefferies, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, is a freelance writer and communications professional in Seattle. His work has appeared in Sports Business JournalSporting Classics Magazine, the Seattle TimesNewsweek, and elsewhere.

      Details

      • Hardcover
      • Pages: 192
      • Size 6" x 9"
      • Six b/w illustrations
      • Publication Date: 2023, UW Press.

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Foreword by John Buccigross
      Prologue: One Night in Montreal
      Chapter 1: Williamson County
      Chapter 2: USA Hockey
      Chapter 3: Finding Wisconsin
      Chapter 4: Chasing the Hobey
      Chapter 5: The Pros, and the End
      Epilogue
      Index

      Summary

      In 2010, Blake Geoffrion became the first player from the University of Wisconsin hockey team to receive the Hobey Baker Award, recognizing him as the best player in men’s college hockey. Blake was a rising scion of hockey royalty, descendant of legendary Canadian players Howie Morenz and Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion, and he would soon be the first fourth-generation player to reach the NHL. His professional career promised to cement his family’s storied legacy on ice. But in 2012, while playing for the Montreal Canadiens’ minor league team beneath Morenz’s and Boom Boom’s retired numbers, Geoffrion suffered a devastating injury that ended his career—and nearly his life.

      With sure-footed and swift-moving prose, Sam Jefferies tells Geoffrion’s story against the backdrop of modern North American hockey. Thorough research and scores of interviews fuel this tale of soaring success and terrible tragedy, offering insight not only into one man’s athletic journey but also into the rise of American hockey on the national and international stage. Geoffrion’s brief career, marked by tribulation and triumph, illustrates the subtle but omnipresent currents of American media, sports labor, and the interplay between college and professional athletics. It tells the story of what was, what is, and what may yet be for the fastest game on earth.

      Author

      Sam Jefferies, a University of Wisconsin–Madison alumnus, is a freelance writer and communications professional in Seattle. His work has appeared in Sports Business JournalSporting Classics Magazine, the Seattle TimesNewsweek, and elsewhere.

      Details

      • Hardcover
      • Pages: 192
      • Size 6" x 9"
      • Six b/w illustrations
      • Publication Date: 2023, UW Press.

      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Foreword by John Buccigross
      Prologue: One Night in Montreal
      Chapter 1: Williamson County
      Chapter 2: USA Hockey
      Chapter 3: Finding Wisconsin
      Chapter 4: Chasing the Hobey
      Chapter 5: The Pros, and the End
      Epilogue
      Index

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