Pride on the Mount: More Than a Game

by John Gilooly and John Gillooly

Book Overview

The sweat the skates and the stories from the premier NHL player--producing school This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592288340
• ISBN13: 9781592288342
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

AWESOME

A great read about how a coach has motivated a generation of young players to give 100 percent every day, not just on game-day. It's a book every high school sports coach should read. I'm using it for my sports psychology class. There's also an interesting sub-story on how the parents of a high school superstar, who are concerned about their son's education, deal with professional agents who want the kid to turn pro right out of high school.

A Story....

Is this book Mount St. Charles 101? No it is not, and I thoroughly enjoyed the book for that reason. Mr. Gillooly is writer first and foremost ( which is more than some can say i.e. "were` and "where" ), who then happens to have an interest in high school sports. The story covers one particular year with a team that involves certain individuals that fit into a larger framework of what it is to be a Mount hockey player. One could make the comparison that it is the "Friday Night Lights" of hockey.