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Teena Spencer knows from personal experience what it is to live through those months of hockey mania and endless weeks of playoff insanity, when your partner is sprawled on the couch, knocking back beer and yelling at the TV. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, she decided and proceeded to learn the ins and outs of this increasingly popular game.
In The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey, Teena Spencer illuminates the arcane language of the sport (butt-ending and chippy play), the rules (icing), and the rituals (octopus throwing). It's all here: the teams, the history, the top players, and the trivia, written with clarity and humor. There are details on women's hockey, too.
With her colorful ancecdotes and simple, direct style, this is the ultimate guide for any woman new to the game and the traditions that accompany it. The Girlfriend's Guide to Hockey is Teena Spencer's answer to hockey-dread.
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When Teena Spencer's new, sensitive, caring, artistic boyfriend, Bruce transformed himself into a swearing hooligan in front of the TV one spring evening she had to find out the trigger for his unappealing conversion. This new element responsible for the change in her relationship bliss: The Stanley Cup playoffs. Teena was thus compelled to understand this strange and powerful force men call hockey. In this book, Teena illuminates the arcane language of the sport (butt-ending and chippy play), the rules (icing) and the rituals (octopus throwing). It is all here: the teams, the history, the top players and the trivia, written with clarity and humour. There are also details on women's hockey, too, including Canada's silver medal winning 1998 Olympic team. (Who, after all, did better than the men!).
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Teena Spencer is a converted fan and like a rapidly growing group of women around the world has come to know and love the game of hockey. She lives in New Brunswick with her husband and fellow hockey fan. After completing this book, Teena discovered hockey isn't played every day, so she was forced to tackle American football in the companion volume The Girl Friend's Guide to Football.
Will Ferguson is a regular writer on hockey for The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.
Bruce Spencer is a life-long hockey fan and a devoted husband, in that order.
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