Seventeen-year-old hockey star B.T. McPhee needs to figure out why his team is suddenly being victimized by a series of mysterious accidents which threaten their chances to win the playoffs.
Ray Hockaday, a center in the Western Hockey League who holds a secret, is assigned to help his new teammate, a Russian named Vlad, get accustomed to Canada and soon finds that his companion holds a very dangerous secret of his own.
As the state championship hockey game nears, Ricky struggles to find a balance between the aggressiveness his father insists he use and the teamwork his coach and friends urge him to practice.
"Learn what it takes to become a professional hockey player. Readers get an insider's look at how athletes prepare for competition as well as the special events players participate in when they aren't on the ice"--Provided by publisher.
"Breaks down the elements of the [ice hockey] game and explains how STEM applies to all of them. Slap shots, tape-to-tape passes, edge work, body checks, trackable pucks, and graphite sticks--this book covers it . . . and more"--Provided by publisher.
Provides illustrated instructions for hockey players to learn fifty techniques and skills, covering gear, skating, puck-handling, passing, shooting, breakaways, and other related topics.
Three buddies and their powers from the magic locker must help Mike Eruzione who played for the United States men's ice hockey team in the 1980 Winter Olympic Games.
