Tom Burke - Tales from the Team: Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room : A Collection of the Greatest Eagles Hockey Stories Ever Told read ebook EPUB, PDF, DJV
9781613216491 1613216491 Watch with wonder as Mike Powers scores five goals in a 1973 Beanpot Tournament game, Experience the thrill as coach John "Snooks" Kelley captures career victory number five hundred in 1972, Cheer as Krys Kolanos scores the game-winning goal in the NCAA hockey championship in 2001, Witness the thrill as the team captures its fourth NCAA title in eleven years in 2012 Book jacket., With five Division I national championships to its credit--most recently in 2012--the men's hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with, year after year. Tales from the Boston College Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College. From the informal "ice polo" competition held among students at BC's original campus in the South End of Boston in the 1890s, to the establishment of a formal varsity ice hockey program shortly after the school relocated to its present-day home in Chestnut Hill a century ago, and on to the emergence of Boston College hockey as one of the most successful programs in all of collegiate sports, this book blends research, interviews with coaches, players and fans of Eagle hockey, and scores of anecdotes about the high points--and a few slips that occurred along the way--in the building of Boston College's fabled hockey tradition. Many of the legends are covered in this book, including coach John "Snooks" Kelley, Len Ceglarski Jerry York, the Morrissey brothers, James "Sonny" Foley, Bill Hogan, Sr., Ed "Butch" Songin, the tandem of Tom "Red" Martin and Billy Day&Daley; and the highly-recruited Tim Sheehy. Modern-day Eagle greats will also have a prominent place, from Joe Mullen, to Brian Leetch, David Emma, Mike Mottau, and more. Fans of Boston College hockey as well as college sports aficionados everywhere will find this book to be an entertaining and fact-filled volume of tales and accomplishments of one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports programs., With five Division I national championships to its credit-most recently in 2012-the men's hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with year after year. Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College, from the informal "ice polo" competition held among students at BC's original campus in the South End of Boston in the 1890s, to the establishment of a formal varsity ice hockey program shortly after the school relocated to its present-day home in Chestnut Hill a century ago, and on to the emergence of Boston College hockey as one of the most successful programs in all of collegiate sports. This book blends research; interviews with coaches, players, and fans of Eagles hockey; and scores of anecdotes about the high points-and a few slips that occurred along the way-in the building of Boston College's fabled hockey tradition. Many of the legends are covered in this book, including coach John "Snooks" Kelley, Len Ceglarski, Jerry York, the Morrissey brothers, James "Sonny" Foley, Bill Hogan, Jr., Ed "Butch" Songin, the tandem of Tom "Red" Martin and Billy Daley, and Tim Sheehy. Modern-day Eagles greats also have a prominent place, from Joe Mullen, to Brian Leetch, David Emma, Brian Gionta, and more. Fans of Boston College hockey, as well as college sports aficionados everywhere, will find this book to be an entertaining and fact-filled volume of tales and accomplishments of one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports programs., With five Division I national championships to its creditmost recently in 2012the men's hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with, year after year. Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College. From the informal "ice polo" competition held among students at BC's original campus in the South End of Boston in the 1890s, to the establishment of a formal varsity ice hockey program shortly after the school relocated to its present-day home in Chestnut Hill a century ago, and on to the emergence of Boston College hockey as one of the most successful programs in all of collegiate sports, this book blends research, interviews with coaches, players and fans of Eagle hockey, and scores of anecdotes about the high pointsand a few slips that occurred along the wayin the building of Boston College's fabled hockey tradition. Many of the legends are covered in this book, including coach John "Snooks" Kelley, Len Ceglarski, Jerry York, the Morrissey brothers, James "Sonny" Foley, Bill Hogan, Jr., Ed "Butch" Songin, the tandem of Tom "Red" Martin and Billy Daley; and the highly recruited Tim Sheehy. Modern-day Eagle greats will also have a prominent place, from Joe Mullen, to Brian Leetch, David Emma, Mike Mottau, and more. Fans of Boston College hockey as well as college sports aficionados everywhere will find this book to be an entertaining and fact-filled volume of tales and accomplishments of one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports programs.
9781613216491 1613216491 Watch with wonder as Mike Powers scores five goals in a 1973 Beanpot Tournament game, Experience the thrill as coach John "Snooks" Kelley captures career victory number five hundred in 1972, Cheer as Krys Kolanos scores the game-winning goal in the NCAA hockey championship in 2001, Witness the thrill as the team captures its fourth NCAA title in eleven years in 2012 Book jacket., With five Division I national championships to its credit--most recently in 2012--the men's hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with, year after year. Tales from the Boston College Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College. From the informal "ice polo" competition held among students at BC's original campus in the South End of Boston in the 1890s, to the establishment of a formal varsity ice hockey program shortly after the school relocated to its present-day home in Chestnut Hill a century ago, and on to the emergence of Boston College hockey as one of the most successful programs in all of collegiate sports, this book blends research, interviews with coaches, players and fans of Eagle hockey, and scores of anecdotes about the high points--and a few slips that occurred along the way--in the building of Boston College's fabled hockey tradition. Many of the legends are covered in this book, including coach John "Snooks" Kelley, Len Ceglarski Jerry York, the Morrissey brothers, James "Sonny" Foley, Bill Hogan, Sr., Ed "Butch" Songin, the tandem of Tom "Red" Martin and Billy Day&Daley; and the highly-recruited Tim Sheehy. Modern-day Eagle greats will also have a prominent place, from Joe Mullen, to Brian Leetch, David Emma, Mike Mottau, and more. Fans of Boston College hockey as well as college sports aficionados everywhere will find this book to be an entertaining and fact-filled volume of tales and accomplishments of one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports programs., With five Division I national championships to its credit-most recently in 2012-the men's hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with year after year. Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College, from the informal "ice polo" competition held among students at BC's original campus in the South End of Boston in the 1890s, to the establishment of a formal varsity ice hockey program shortly after the school relocated to its present-day home in Chestnut Hill a century ago, and on to the emergence of Boston College hockey as one of the most successful programs in all of collegiate sports. This book blends research; interviews with coaches, players, and fans of Eagles hockey; and scores of anecdotes about the high points-and a few slips that occurred along the way-in the building of Boston College's fabled hockey tradition. Many of the legends are covered in this book, including coach John "Snooks" Kelley, Len Ceglarski, Jerry York, the Morrissey brothers, James "Sonny" Foley, Bill Hogan, Jr., Ed "Butch" Songin, the tandem of Tom "Red" Martin and Billy Daley, and Tim Sheehy. Modern-day Eagles greats also have a prominent place, from Joe Mullen, to Brian Leetch, David Emma, Brian Gionta, and more. Fans of Boston College hockey, as well as college sports aficionados everywhere, will find this book to be an entertaining and fact-filled volume of tales and accomplishments of one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports programs., With five Division I national championships to its creditmost recently in 2012the men's hockey program at Boston College is a force to be reckoned with, year after year. Tales from the Boston College Hockey Locker Room details the long and highly successful history of ice hockey at Boston College. From the informal "ice polo" competition held among students at BC's original campus in the South End of Boston in the 1890s, to the establishment of a formal varsity ice hockey program shortly after the school relocated to its present-day home in Chestnut Hill a century ago, and on to the emergence of Boston College hockey as one of the most successful programs in all of collegiate sports, this book blends research, interviews with coaches, players and fans of Eagle hockey, and scores of anecdotes about the high pointsand a few slips that occurred along the wayin the building of Boston College's fabled hockey tradition. Many of the legends are covered in this book, including coach John "Snooks" Kelley, Len Ceglarski, Jerry York, the Morrissey brothers, James "Sonny" Foley, Bill Hogan, Jr., Ed "Butch" Songin, the tandem of Tom "Red" Martin and Billy Daley; and the highly recruited Tim Sheehy. Modern-day Eagle greats will also have a prominent place, from Joe Mullen, to Brian Leetch, David Emma, Mike Mottau, and more. Fans of Boston College hockey as well as college sports aficionados everywhere will find this book to be an entertaining and fact-filled volume of tales and accomplishments of one of the nation's premier intercollegiate sports programs.