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Zamboni Rodeo
Chasing Hockey Dreams From Austin to Albuquerque
- Author:
- By Jason Cohen
- Format:
- Hardback
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- £18.99
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- Published: 1st Oct 2001
- ISBN: 1550548131
- Pages: 238
From Word of Sport:
Deep in Texas, the Austin Ice Bats ply their trade in Hockey's minor leagues.The author follows the team for a whole season, reporting from the locker-room between periods, travelling on the team bus and getting to grips with hockey Texas-style in this poignant and irreverent portrait of a much loved game.
From the Publisher:
A rollicking ride through a season in the life of a minor pro hockey team in Texas.
Hockey today can be summed up in two words: "Go south!" The biggest boom in hockey is at the lower levels of minor pro, and a large number of these teams are south of the Mason-Dixon line. Most of the players on these teams are Canadian.
Zamboni Rodeo follows the fortunes of one of these teams, the Austin Ice Bats, as they wander from Lake Charles to El Paso, Waco to Monroe, and Belton to Albuquerque, living on fast food and Gatorade, holding practices in deserted shopping malls and dealing with slushy ice in too-warm arenas, among other challenges. Writer Jason Cohen joined the team in the locker room between periods, suffered through every bus ride and even spent a night in the penalty box as he came to know life in desert-style hockey.
From the first spark of the pre-game blowtorch to the last swig of beer, Zamboni Rodeo offers an inside look at the game's quirks, personalities, and day-to-day routines. It is a world where people still play for the love of the game and fans can get themselves a conversation as well as an autograph, no charge.
Lively, irreverent, hilarious and poignant, Zamboni Rodeo will appeal to hockey fans and non-fans alike.
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