Hockey player’s are told to go to the net but Ryan Minkoff took his shot from the perimeter of the sport's universe.
Through his path in the game, readers gain an idea of how the sport operates on the far reaches of its icy landscape. Minkoff’s premise in Thin Ice (Lyons Press) is essentially that if you have some talent and take your approach seriously, you can make a go of it. Now a player agent working in Seattle, Minkoff did not allow himself to become discouraged by youth hockey politics while growing up in the State of Hockey, Minnesota.
In our latest episode, Minkoff talks about how he came of age in American club college hockey and seized an opportunity to play pro in Finland’s fourth division, where he moonlighted as a Zamboni driver. All of that led to him finding himself by keeping an eye out for other possibly overlooked players who are trying to live the dream.
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SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 6) - Dan Good (Journalist) - Ken Caminiti: Playing Through the Pain
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 5) - Howard Bryant (Sr. Writer - ESPN) - Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 4) - Les Stroud - Around the World with Survivorman
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 3) - Tyrone (Muggsy) Bogues - Muggsy
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 2) - André Lachance & Jean François Ménard - Team Chemistry
SportsLit (Season 6, Episode 1) - Scott Morrison (Journalist) - 1972: The Series That Changed Hockey Forever
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SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 4) - Eurico Rosa da Silva (Champion Jockey) - Riding for Freedom
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 3) - Brantt Myhres - Pain Killer: A Memoir of Big League Addiction
SportsLit (Season 5, Episode 2) - Rich Cohen - Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent
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SportsLit (Season 4, Episode 10) - Rick Westhead (TSN) - Finding Murph - How Joe Murphy Went From Winning a Championship to Living Homeless in the Bush
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