{"product_id":"9780735244979","title":"Life in Two Worlds","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSTANT #1 BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of incredible insights into a tough life that Teddy’s perseverance turned into inspiration. It blew me away.” —Bryan Trottier, NHL Hall of Famer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he wouldn’t work in pro hockey again for almost a decade. What happened?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up on a First Nation reserve, young Ted Nolan built his own backyard hockey rink and wore skates many sizes too big. But poverty wasn’t his biggest challenge. Playing the game meant spending his life in two worlds: one in which he was loved and accepted and one where he was often told he didn’t belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTed proved he had what it took, joining the Detroit Red Wings in 1978. But when his on-ice career ended, he discovered his true passion wasn’t playing; it was coaching. First with the Soo Greyhounds and then with the Buffalo Sabres, Ted produced astonishing results. After his initial year as head coach with the Sabres, the club was being called the “hardest working team in professional sports.” By his second, they had won their first Northeast Division title in sixteen years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet, the Sabres failed to re-sign their much-loved, award-winning coach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife in Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles those controversial years in Buffalo—and recounts how being shut out from the NHL left Ted frustrated, angry, and so vulnerable he almost destroyed his own life. It also tells of Ted’s inspiring recovery and his eventual return to a job he loved. But \u003ci\u003eLife in Two Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a story of succeeding against the odds. It’s an exploration of how a beloved sport can harbour subtle but devastating racism, of how a person can find purpose when opportunity and choice are stripped away, and of how focusing on what really matters can bring two worlds together.","brand":"Ted Nolan (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46877218930876,"sku":"9780735244979","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_6b5b5954-0cd0-43e4-a0b3-be74b64de012.jpg?v=1780001708","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9780735244979","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}