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Yes, there’s ice hockey in Australia.There’s a thriving national league featuring dedicated locals and adventurous internationals.They train and play like professionals, pushing their underground sport to the brink of emergence, but no-one gets paid. Former Age writer Will Brodie spent a year chronicling the quirky outposts of this unique hockey backwater, discovering a fragile but tenacious community reliant on co-operation as much as competition.If you like your sport intense but informal, exhilarating but irreverent, this book is for you.Come along for the read and let Reality Check remind you that sport should be fun and it can still be inspiring.

Read Reality Check Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League Will Brodie 9780646932040 Books

"For newcomers to hockey like myself, this book is an eye-opener. Will Brodie is the perfect traveling companion as he chronicles the sport's antipodean nuances from rink to rink. His writing, like hockey itself, is fast-paced yet graceful."

Product details Paperback 326 pages Publisher Combiner Publishing; 1 edition (February 26, 2015) Language English ISBN-10 0646932047

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Reality Check Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League Will Brodie 9780646932040 Books Reviews

• It is truly wonderful to read about a league that is not totally focused on money. You read all about professional athletes in the US and Europe who only complain about the financial aspects of their sport. Then you have the AIHL, which is an organizaion that is almost professional, top level amateur and you read about how these individuals who simply the sport for what it should be recognized as an enjoyable endeavor.
  
  If only those spoiled professional cry babies had to go through what the players of the AIHL have to do during their season, then they and should appreciate their game too.
• For newcomers to hockey like myself, this book is an eye-opener. Will Brodie is the perfect traveling companion as he chronicles the sport's antipodean nuances from rink to rink. His writing, like hockey itself, is fast-paced yet graceful.
• Well written in depth commentary on the AIHL. Highly recommend!!
• Will Brodie has embraced the hockey culture in Australia and immersed himself into a world most never see. He has personally traveled with 2 teams to give a well rounded view of ice hockey in Australia - yes, there is ice hockey in Australia!
  The community has been waiting for the release of this book for a long time (which I'm sure seemed even longer to Will) and it does not disappoint! Having just attended the official book launch, I have been taken back to the previous season with photo and anecdotes. I could not be happier to be associated with Melbourne Ice (featured prominently in this book) and hockey in Melbourne.
  Have a read and welcome to our world. Well done Will, definitely worth the wait!
• This is a must read for all hockey fans.
  Will Brodie shares a story on his travels around the 2014 Australian Ice Hockey League season.
  He follows the two Melbourne teams as they embark on a 28 game season to win the Goodall Cup. It's a great way to learn more about the goings on in Australian ice hockey and well worth the read.