Hockey Talk: Sauce, Spinorama, and More Ice-Time Lingo

by A. L. Wegwerth

Overview

Put on your bucket, pick up your twig, and put the biscuit in the basket! Learn the lingo of the coolest game on earth in Hockey Talk. Created with Sports Illustrated Kids, this nonfiction book presents the secret language of hockey players. Explore the origin of these words and phrases—from five-hole to face wash—and discover how collegiate and NHL players use them on and off the ice. With action-packed photos and rapid-fire text, hockey fans will be cheering for more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666346923
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2022
Series:	Sports Illustrated Kids: Sports Talk
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	980L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

A.L. Wegwerth (also known as Amber Ross) has an uncanny ability to recall songs and rhymes from childhood with little-to-no prodding. As one might imagine, this remarkable skill comes in handy on a daily basis—or at least for the time it took to create this book. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband and kids.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Talking Hockey 4

Chapter 1 Hockey 101 6

Chapter 2 The Players 14

Chapter 3 Light the Lamp 18

Chapter 4 The Coolest Game On Earth 24

Glossary 30

Read More 31

Internet Sites 31

Index 32

About the Author 32

Interviews

In partnership with Sports Illustrated Kids, an elite sports magazine offering a kid-first perspective to 7+ million young sports fans;