Goon

Doug Smith has worked as a police officer in Massachusetts for more than two decades and as an assistant coach for the three-time state-champion Hanover High School hockey team. He lives in Halifax, Massachusetts. Adam Frattasio is an adult education teacher and author of Steroid Man: Confessions of a Powerlifter from the Golden Age of Enhancement (McFarland, 2016). His first book, GOON: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, was adapted into the motion picture GOON and a sequel, GOON: Last of the Enforcers.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceFrom the Coauthor1. Reborn in the Boys’ Club2. My First Training Camp3. A Second Life4. Road Trip5. Popular Loyalty?6. A Third Chance with Johnstown7. My Second Training Camp8. Delivering with the Mailman9. Sunk in Seniors10. Hit in the Bigtime11. Rent-A-Goon12. One More Shot at the Animal13. More Than a Goon14. GOON: The MoviesChapter NotesIndex

“Smith was an enforcer, the kind of swaggering tough guy hockey teams bring on the ice to protect their star players and strike fear into the hearts of their opponents.”—Grantland; “Gives details of every hockey fight he ever got into…loved reading about Smith’s experiences as the wide-eyed average guy, playing in front of large crowds and tussling with some of the toughest men from the 1990s.”—Puck Junk.