Over the Boards: Lessons from the Ice

Name: Over the Boards: Lessons from the Ice
Price: 18.36 USD
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Author: Hayley Wickenheiser
ISBN: 9780735240506

The greatest women’s hockey player of all time, Hayley Wickenheiser shares the lessons that won her four Olympic gold medals, and hard-earned wisdom distilled from moments when she fell short. Wickenheiser became a Hockey Hall of Famer while raising a child, earning multiple university degrees, and not benefiting from the financial stability male professional athletes have. She gave the game everything she had — now, Hayley shares what the game gave her, hard-won lessons that helped her craft a life filled with joy, growth, and challenges.

In her own words, Hayley shares how she rose from the backyard pond and changing in boiler rooms (because girls' dressing rooms didn’t exist) to Olympic MVP (twice). But she also delves into her immense failures and how she grew from them. Told with humor, compassion, and steadfast optimism, Hayley’s practical advice, coaching, and invaluable perspective inspires readers to never accept “that’s not the way we do things” or “that hasn’t been done before” as limitations. An empowering and pragmatic guide, Hayley encourages readers to not follow in her footsteps, but to carve their own ice.