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They Don't Play Hockey in Heaven: A Dream, A Team, and My Comeback Season | 
 enlarge | Author: Ken Baker
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 732575
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1592281494
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.962092
EAN: 9781592281497
ASIN: 1592281494
Publication Date: September 1, 2003
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"A riveting and often hilarious account." -The Hockey News
"Inspirational . . . colorful descriptions make this a fun read." -Los Angeles Times "One of the best sports books of the year." -Booklist
Ken Baker wanted nothing more than to play ice hockey with the pros-until a brain tumor cut his dreams short while in college. After surgery and several years of rehab, Baker, who in high school was a top prospect for the U.S. Olympic team, put his successful journalism career on hold to attempt the seemingly impossible: a comeback.
He moved away from his family to become the third-string goalie for the Bakersfield Condors, an AA-level minor-league team in the dusty oil town of Bakersfield, California. At the age of thirty-one, Baker became the oldest rookie in all of pro-hockey, facing 100-m.p.h. slap shots and long bus rides, hostile fans and cheap motel rooms, body bruises, and battle-worn teammates.
From his visit to an NHL training camp to his first nerve-rattled minutes as a pro, Baker joins the rookies who still dream of making it to the Show, the veterans long past their prime, and the obsessive fans who keep them going. When the season is over, Baker's pro-hockey adventure ends up teaching him nearly everything he will ever need to know about life.
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 Great story blend of his life February 13, 2008
This book to me is 5 stars-- a lot better than even The Game by Ken Dryden. His life story told from himself creates a very solid atmosphere and ultimately a great blend of tragedy into fantasy. This is one of the few books I finished within a week without having to do for school work.
Good Read March 16, 2007
An interesting story. Very inspirational. Well written. Its a true story and I love that, it gives you another reason to always have hope and to never give up.
Great stuff October 24, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Someone had given my husband a copy of this book to read and I picked it up one day because I am a big-time hockey fan. I read it cover to cover in all of about five hours. I was completely absorbed by Ken Baker's story, I think much more so because I know a lot of the players he talked about. Jason Firth, John Vary, Willett, Hayzie and my favorite, Beau-beau(David-Alexander Beauregard), I smiled each time I read their names, thinking of the times they spent in Port Huron over the years. Minor league hockey is not glamorous (try being married to a broadcaster), but Baker's dream moved me. So many people in his position would have just given up and he kept digging deeper, he knew he could do it if given the chance. I wish I could be that brave.
A Dream,A Team December 30, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I couldn't put it down. A GREAT book!. I read it over and over again. It's very inspiring. Helped to recongized the importance of fulfilling a dream. It's way more than a hockey book it teaches life gulidlines.
Hockey Insider tells all. June 13, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you like hockey or even if you don't you won't be able to put this book down. It's moving to the point of being captivating. In telling his comeback story Ken Baker reveals much about the inside workings of minor league pro hockey. He is transparent about his own life as well as presenting an expose on pro hockey. It's easy reading but also inspiring. This is one you'll want to read and pass on to your friends.
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