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  • Journeyman: The Story of NHL Right Winger Jamie Leach

Journeyman: The Story of NHL Right Winger Jamie Leach

Author
Publication Date
October 09, 2020
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  6th − 8th
Language
English
Journeyman: The Story of NHL Right Winger Jamie Leach

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Description

Journeyman is a first-person biography of Ojibwe rightwinger Jamie Leach, son of the legendary NHL superstar Reggie Leach.

Follow the fascinating hockey trajectory from his childhood years watching his father play for the Philadelphia Flyers, to Jamie's first goal in the NHL. Journeyman touches on Jamie's summers on Lake Winnipeg, the World Junior Hockey Championships, his life in the minor leagues, and his eventual draft into the NHL as a Pittsburgh Penguin. Discover how some of hockey's biggest stars such as Bobby Clarke, Jaromir Jagr, and Mario Lemieux influenced Jamie's life. Written in close consultation with Jamie and his mother, readers will learn about the struggles Jamie conquered, including his father's alcoholism and his own crippling self-doubt.

A story of determination, heartbreak and perseverance.

Publication date
October 09, 2020
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781773370545
Publisher
Yellow Dog
BISAC categories
YAN051070 - Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse
YAN053060 - Young Adult Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Hockey
Library of Congress categories
Biographies
Canada
Hockey players
Leach, Jamie

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Recommended for hockey fans and nonfans alike.


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