Goon

Memoir of a Minor League Hockey Enforcer, 2d ed.

• Author(s): Doug Smith, Adam Frattasio,
• Publisher: McFarland
• Pages: 240
• ISBN_10: 1476630313
  ISBN_13: 9781476630311
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Sports & Recreation / Winter Sports / Hockey ,

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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).