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In 2017, he was named one of the NHL's Top 100 Players of All Time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrottier grew up in Val Marie, Saskatchewan, the son of a Cree\/Chippewa\/Metis father and an Irish-Canadian mother. \u003ci\u003eAll Roads Home\u003c\/i\u003e offers a poignant, funny, wise, and inspiring look at his coming of age, both on and off the ice. It is a unique memoir in which Trottier shares stories about family, friends, teammates, and coaches, the lessons that he has learned from them, and the profound impact they have had in shaping the person he has become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the incredible characters featured in the book include Trottier's father Buzz; legendary Islanders coach Al Arbour; teammates Clark Gillies and Mike Bossy; and the Penguins' Mario Lemieux, to name but a few. He'll also talk about the high school English teacher and guidance counsellor who helped him develop self-confidence and encouraged him as a writer: Governor General's Award–winning poet, Lorna Crozier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Roads Home\u003c\/i\u003e will also include a Foreword from bestselling author Jesse Thistle (\u003ci\u003eFrom the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e) and two very special Afterwords: one from Trottier's daughter, Lindsy Ruthven, and the other from his life-long friend, beloved hockey great Dave \"Tiger\" Williams.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294752026997,"sku":"9780771084492","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780771084492_cf64c2d3-09d9-48c7-9d8f-f7a7ad609c1d.jpg?v=1786016156"},{"product_id":"9780735242289","title":"Mind Over Matter","description":"\u003cb\u003eFollowing the bestselling success of the inspiring \u003ci\u003eAll the Way\u003c\/i\u003e, pioneering Inuit NHLer Jordin Tootoo begins the process of healing in the wake of the suicide and violence that marks his family, only to discover the source of all that trauma in his father's secret past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor some hockey players, retirement marks the moment when it’s all over. But Jordin Tootoo is not most hockey players.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving inspired millions when he first broke into the league, Tootoo continued to influence people throughout his career—not only through his very public triumph over alcoholism, but also his natural charisma. And now, years after hanging up his skates, he is more committed to doing things the right way and speaking about it to others, whether it’s corporate executives or Indigenous youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the news of unmarked graves on the grounds of residential schools brought back to life many of the demons that had haunted his family. In a moment of realization that left him rattled and saddened, Tootoo fit the pieces together. The years that were never spoken of. The heavy drinking. The all too predictable violence. His father was a survivor, marked by what he had survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he travels back to Nunavut to try to speak with his father about what haunts him, he encounters the ghosts of the entire community. Still, as Tootoo says, we are continuously learning and rewriting our story at every step. He has learned from his mistakes and his victories. He has learned from examples of great courage and humility. He has learned from being a father and a husband. And he has learned from his own Inuk traditions, of perseverance and discipline in the face of hardship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together life’s biggest themes with observations and experiences, Jordin shares the kind of wisdom he has had to specialize in—the hard-won kind.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56297041068405,"sku":"9780735242289","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780735242289_b11f009d-0cb6-4db6-a3c0-57be2456c676.jpg?v=1786014852"},{"product_id":"9781039012936","title":"We Breed Lions","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 TRILLIUM BOOK AWARD\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA hard-hitting and powerful look at hockey's moment of reckoning in Canada, and the ways in which a game that is so universally loved has been rocked in recent years by court cases involving sexual assault and startling incidents of hazing and abuse throughout junior hockey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe allegations read like a scene out of a horror movie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive National Hockey League players, all of them 18 to 20-year-old Canada World Juniors at the time, were alleged to have sexually assaulted a young woman in a London, Ontario, hotel room in June 2018 over several hours. When the players learned that the alleged victim had reported the incident to the police, they allegedly coerced her to drop the complaint and colluded to make sure their stories lined up. Hockey Canada kept the details of the case out of the spotlight and  came to a confidential financial settlement with the plaintiff, paid out of a secret slush fund worth millions of dollars that the organization kept on hand to settle such complaints quietly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn May 26, 2022, TSN investigative reporter Rick Westhead broke the story surrounding the Team Canada junior players and Hockey Canada's handling of the case, immediately sending shock waves throughout all levels of the hockey world. Charges of sexual assault were made against the players; all of whom entered pleas of not guilty. Once the story went live on the TSN website, Westhead's inbox on X filled with messages from people who wanted to share their personal stories on how they had been impacted by hockey's toxic culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over three years the story ignited an enormous amount of debate and discussion across the country. Even after the players were acquitted of all charges in July, 2025, the conversation about how broken the national game had become only intensified.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWe Breed Lions\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Rick Westhead does a deep-dive into the state of hockey in Canada today. He gives voice to those who have been sexually assaulted by hockey players, revealing the struggles they've had with local police officials in their efforts to seek justice. He also goes inside the dressing room to find out how attitudes of misogyny and homophobia continue to flourish, and speaks to former players who were forced to perform degrading acts of initiation in order to “be one of the guys.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooming large in Westhead's extraordinary reporting are the gatekeepers of the game—league officials, team owners and members of the sport's governing bodies—who are reluctant to impose change from the outside and willing to sacrifice the well-being of their players and the community for profit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWesthead offers hope for hockey's future, profiling those individuals and organizations who are committed to educating players around issues of consent, putting an end to hazing and redefining what it means to be a man on and off the ice. Featuring a Foreword by bestselling author Stephen Brunt, \u003ci\u003eWe Breed Lions\u003c\/i\u003e is must-reading for parents, players and all of those who love the game of hockey and want to see it get to a better place.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56367927296373,"sku":"9781039012936","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781039012936_54ed17be-6ed7-4bcd-93cd-80ab91067075.jpg?v=1786016844"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-stephen-brunt.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}