Growing Up Hockey offers a warm, wry portrait of hockey culture for players and fans alike. Through house-league anecdotes, street games and recollections of legends such as Bobby Hull, Frank Mahovlich and Wayne Gretzky, the book traces how the sport shapes childhood and community.

The voice is affectionate and comic, focusing on the small moments—Pee-Wee league scrambles, backyard goals and rink bullies—that make up a lifetime's relationship with the game. Essays and anecdotes prompt readers to revisit personal memories rather than celebrate only professional glory.

Published by Folklore Publishing in paperback, the collection blends humour and nostalgia to capture hockey's social life across neighbourhood rinks and beyond.

• Personal essays and vignettes
• Mix of humour, memory and local colour
• From street hockey to NHL icons

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