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Pride on the Mount: More Than a Game
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by John Gillooly
Sales Rank: 765872
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Discount: 22 %
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Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
Published by: The Lyons Press November 1, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1592288340
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1592288342
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6.1 x 1 inches
Weighs: 14.4 ounces
Back Cover Copy
Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, is the Los Alamos of hockey. A small school in a small town in a famously small state, it has for decades been a virtual secret laboratory for creating hockey players, winning regional championships for twenty-seven straight years, and sending player after player to the NHL. But no parent or reporter had ever been allowed to witness a practice or enter the locker room, until veteran sportswriter John Gillooly was given complete access for one year.
The result is a chronicle of a year in sports unlike any other. Gillooly watched the practices, rode the bus, hung out in the locker room after defeats and triumphs. He spoke with the parents and the former players now competing for the Stanley Cup. He talked hockey for hours with kids who have dreamed all their lives of playing for coach Normand "Bill" Belisle. Mount Saint Charles hockey is in many ways the story of one man: Coach Belisle. Gillooly found a coach who made cuts in thirty minutes - who had even cut his own son after only a day. His practices were notoriously hard, so hard that many great players were too timid to try out. Bobby Orr, now a scout, might show up at a game but wouldn't want to bother Belisle and would hang furtively in the shadows. It was a team where future NHLers would linger for three years on junior varsity. In many ways, Bill Belisle (with his son and assistant coach Dave) is Mount Saint Charles hockey. It is he who instills in his players that intangible he calls "Mount Pride."
About The Author
John Gillooly is a national-award winning sportswriter for the Providence Journal in Providence, RI. He has been the recipient of an Associated Press Sports Editors award for enterprising writing along with several regional awards. His feature writing and commentary on college and high school sports over the past two decades have established him as an expert on the role of athletics in education. In addition to his writing, he also is a frequent speaker on the subject. He is a former college tennis coach, college sports information director and U.S. Congressional legislative aide. He lives outside Providence, RI.
Reader Reviews
I've read dozens of books about great hockey teams, coaches, and players and there is tremendous variety in their quality. I actually found Pride on the Mount to be very enjoyable to read with a good amount of action and personal information. What I found disappointing, though, is how old this material was. Written in 97/98 you can almost hear the threatening phone calls from Gillooly's publisher to get this thing finished seven years later! If you thought those seven years were spent proofreading and checking facts, you would be very wrong. The typos and grammatical errors are the worst I've seen in print since spell-check became available. As others have pointed out, there are also a lot of technical errors. Still, though, I thought the book was worth reading and certainly recommend it for anyone involved in amateur hockey. I don't understand the concerns expressed here by a Mount parent as I thought the account was overall pretty positive. Anyone in youth hockey knows that even the most storied programs have warts. I frankly would have been turned off if the book hadn't addressed them. I'd be thrilled if my kid could participate in the program I read about!
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