David Wylynko

Puck Luck David Wylynko

In his hilarious debut novel, author David Wylynko tells the tale of a former Junior hockey player blackmailed into coaching a teenage team, and comically blows the whistle on some of the most egregious infractions in the sport, from savage parent brawls to coaching tantrums to debilitating player injuries. No one goes unscathed. Puck Luck is a page-turning romp applauded by hockey media personalities from TSN, the Globe and Mail, Sportsnet, the Canadian Press, Postmedia, and The Hockey News. "It's an insider's view of the crushing intensity and comic absurdity of the game we love," said TSN hockey host James Duthie. Wrote Globe columnist Roy MacGregor: "Puck Luck is a rollicking portrait of the mad, mad world of minor hockey and the wacky culture of beer leagues." Sportsnet reporter Christine Simpson called Puck Luck a "thoroughly entertaining joy-ride through the craziness of minor hockey." David Wylynko grew up playing hockey and started writing about sports professionally as a teenager. He obtained a journalism degree from Carleton University and an MA in English at Queen's, and has written for the Ottawa Citizen, the Ottawa Sun, Canadian Geographic, Canadian Forum, and Nature Canada. Find out more at puckluck.hockey.