The Home Team

Praise

“Roy MacGregor is one of our best hockey writers. . . . In The Home Team he weaves a Canadian saga out of the puck-to-stick game that both connects and frays fathers and sons. It is often both moving . . . and illuminating.” —The Globe and Mail

“[A] truly magnificent book—and one that is sure to loom large in the annals of Canadian sports literature.” —Calgary Herald

“[A] considered, eloquent, and understanding ode to hockey. . . . [M]ay be one of the most clear-sighted and powerful pieces of hockey writing on paper.” —Quill & Quire

“[The Home Team] offers readers new insights into what makes many of the game’s brightest stars tick. . . . This book doesn’t stop in the middle of the road. It gets to the other side.” —Winnipeg Free Press (MB)
 
“[A] seminal book on the hockey experience.” —Sun (Vancouver)

“MacGregor at his finest.” —Ottawa Citizen

“[A] compelling tale of sorrow and satisfaction.” —Maclean’s

“[The Home Team] rises above sports, just as MacGregor’s novel The Last Season, possibly the best hockey based novel ever written, went beyond the game and into the landscape of family, memory and myth.” —Edmonton Journal

“Roy MacGregor is one of the best, if not the best, hockey writers in Canada.” —Canadian Press

“‘Hockey literature’ is no longer an oxymoron. You need only consult Ken Dryden’s The Game, Roy MacGregor’s The Home Team.” —Canadian Forum

“Author Roy MacGregor captures not just the facts, but the roller coaster of emotions behind the game.” —The Daily Courier