How Hockey Saved the World* (and defeated George W. Bush, but not necessarily in that order)

Author: Alex Charns
Price: $14.95
v Paperback
ISBN: 0-595-39579-1
iUniverse

"Charns takes a tongue-in-cheek view of politics and sports, delivering humor and laughs that recall the work of Mark Twain, Joseph Heller and Ambrose Bierce."
-Cliff Bellamy, Durham Herald-Sun 6/15/06

"[T]he author's subversive wit and genuine belief in the game's magic are oddly persuasive. An amiable meditation to warm even the iciest earts."
-Kirkus Discoveries 7/7/06

How Hockey Saved the World* is the greatest, if only, hockey protest book ever written by a newbie hockey player and avowed Caniac. It is the often true story of how a middle-aged, overweight Durham lawyer got off the couch long enough to lose weight and learn to play hockey in order to find a magic puck that would end the NHL lockout, depose President George W. Bush and end the Iraq War. A handbook on how to survive without professional sports while becoming a better parent, achieving world peace and playing hockey, however poorly.

And how did you think the Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup in 2006?