The home team: Fathers, sons & hockey

by Roy MacGregor

Book by MacGregor, Roy

Genres: Hockey, Nonfiction, Sports

325 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Roy MacGregor is a Canadian author of fiction and non-fiction.

Reviews

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

More beautiful writing from Roy (hardly a surprise!) ... A great walk down memory lane (from a personal and hockey perspective)

[Chibi · Rating 5 out of 5]

beautifully written. really captures the spirit of ice hockey

[Patrick Tarbox · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful storytelling journey! The author knows the subject so well, but also does a nice job telling difficult stories and intriguing stories as well. I really enjoyed it!

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book (despite being more than a decade old) should be a mandatory read for all minor hockey parents, coaches and administrators. For almost a decade now my wife and I have seen a dismaying amount of political jockeying by parents and coaches to ensure that their kids make it to the "rep" hockey teams, no matter what their skill level and no matter the impact on other participants - late "movement" up, and hence down to accommodate, often occurs after teams have supposedly already been firmly established, new friendships made, etc.

We're delighted that our boys have declined invitations to move "up" to rep hockey from the recreational stream (where unfortunately politics is still not completely absent since our association insists on tiering even the recreational teams) and just wish that ALL parents would realize that, as this book outlines, about 0.03% of all minor hockey players in Canada ever make money playing professional hockey, at ANY level. Mom, dad - your boy/girl is almost certainly going to have to learn another skill!

Rant over with, I would say that this book is well worth the read. It will bring a tear to your eye in several places and is a great book for those early morning hockey practices!

[Daryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

really enjoyed some of the real life hockey stories and insider info on how important the relationship is between fathers and sons and how hockey can bring them closer together, especially liked some of the Oilers stories from the late 80's early 90's.