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Directionless yet driven by a fervent desire to make something of himself, Doug "The Thug" Smith took his only marketable job skill--amateur boxing--and followed an unlikely career path to become a hockey enforcer, a.k.a. "goon." Entrusted with aggressively protecting his teammates from tough guys on the opposing team, he punched, elbowed and cross-checked his way up the ranks of minor league hockey to win a championship ring and the respect of his community. His entertaining underdog story is the subject of the cult-classic motion picture Goon (2011) and its sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017).
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Preface
From the Coauthor
¿1.¿Reborn in the Boys' Club
¿2.¿My First Training Camp
¿3.¿A Second Life
¿4.¿Road Trip
¿5.¿Popular Loyalty?
¿6.¿A Third Chance with Johnstown
¿7.¿My Second Training Camp
¿8.¿Delivering with the Mailman
¿9.¿Sunk in Seniors
10.¿Hit in the Bigtime
11.¿Rent-A-Goon
12.¿One More Shot at the Animal
13.¿More Than a Goon
14.¿GOON: The Movies
Chapter Notes
Index
About the author
Doug Smith has worked as a police officer in Massachusetts for more than two decades and as an assistant coach for the three-time state-champion Hanover High School hockey team. He lives in Halifax, Massachusetts.Adam Frattasio is an adult education teacher and author of Steroid Man: Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement (McFarland, 2016). His first book, GOON: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, was adapted into the motion picture GOON and a sequel, GOON: Last of the Enforcers.
Summary
Driven with a burning desire to make something of himself, Doug Smith calls upon his only marketable skills - those honed as an amateur boxer - and despite not learning to skate until the age of 19, punches his way into the world of professional hockey. Join Doug "The Thug" Smith during his unlikely journey as a minor-league hockey enforcer, the most unique and peculiar job in all of sport.
