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A fast, highly skilled, and endlessly exciting sport, ice hockey is one of those games that’s as fun to watch as it is to play.
So when you can’t be on the ice or at the rink, you can at least be elbow deep in ice hockey books, enjoying everything from autobiographies to guides on playing the sport, to fiction novels about ice hockey.
Booktopia offers a little of everything, so you can live and breathe ice hockey even on the hottest days of summer.
Hockey biographies
Darren McCarty is a legendary name in ice hockey, as a four-time Stanley Cup winner and man known for his rockstar lifestyle off the rink. In this release, Darren shares his entire life story, including the infamous fight with Claude Lemieux, and plenty of tales from his time with his band ‘Grinder!’. Making this biography unique is the fact that it is a full colour graphic novel, which brings the stories to life in a way rarely seen in non-fiction books.
In Beyond the Rink, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the 1951 Thunder Bay district championship winners, the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks hockey team. In the press tour following their win, what was supposed to demonstrate the success of the residential school system instead shone a light on the brutal living conditions in the schools. While showcasing the students’ passion and athleticism, it also exposes truths about Canada’s less rosy history.
Hockey coaching guides
Anyone new to teaching the game needs to get their hands on The Hockey Coaching Bible. This book sets the standard for coaches, sharing insights, strategies, and stories from 16 of ice hockey’s most respected teachers.
One strategy for ice hockey coaching is using small-area games to improve an athlete’s speed and efficiency. In Coaching Hockey with Small Area Games, author Dave Cameron shares the tips he uses with top tier pros, including more than 50 small-area games to try.
Hockey fictions novels
Save Your Breath is a fun, romantic ice hockey fiction novel that leans on the fake dating trope with delightful consequences. It’s the story of a hockey bad boy and an international popstar, and is the fourth book in the Kings of the Ice set, each a standalone following a team of professional ice hockey players.
Beautiful Collide is an ice hockey romance of a different sort. It’s the wildcard player who’s known for breaking hearts, and the annoying younger sister of his teammate who is strictly off limits. Yet when the little sister joins the team on their tour, she no longer seems so annoying after all.
