BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180202T234500Z DTEND:20180203T004500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Author Tim Rappleye at Lake Forest Book Store DESCRIPTION:AUTHOR TIM RAPPLEYE at LAKE FOREST BOOK STORE\n\nWe welcome debut author and former Lake Forest College hockey star Tim Rappleye celebrating the publication of Jack Parker's Wiseguys.\n\n\n\nJACK PARKER'S WiISEGUYS: THE NATIONAL CHAMPION BU TERRIERS\, THE BLIZZARD OF '78\, AND THE MIRACLE ON ICE\n\n\n\nUniversity Press of New England $28.00 Released January 2\, 2018\n\n\n\nFriday\, February 2nd \n\n5:45 pm to 6:45 pm\n\nat the Store\n\n\n\nBooks available for purchase and signing\n\n\n\nRegister at 847-234-4420\n\n\n\nOver the winter of 1977-78\, anyone within shouting distance of a two-mile stretch of Boston's Commonwealth Avenue--from Fenway Park to the trolley curve at Packard's Corner--found themselves pulled into the orbit of college hockey. The hottest ticket in a sports-mad city was Boston University's Terriers\, a team so tough it was said they didn't have fans--they took hostages. Eschewing the usual recruiting pools in Canada\, Jack Parker and his coaching staff assembled a squad that included three stars from nearby Charlestown\, then known as the "armed robbery capital of America."\n\n\n\nJack Parker's Wiseguys is the story of a high-flying\, headline-dominating\, national championship squad led by three future stars of the Miracle on Ice\, the medal-round game the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team won against the heavily favored Soviet Union. Now retired\, Parker is a thoughtful statesman for the sport\, a revered figure who held the longest tenure of any coach in Boston sports history. But during the 1977-78 season\, he was just five years into his reign--and only a decade or so older than his players. Fiery\, mercurial\, as tough as any of his tough guys\, Parker and his team were to face the pressure-cooker expectations of four previous also-ran seasons\, further heightened by barroom brawls\, off-the-ice shenanigans\, and the citywide shutdown caused by one of the biggest blizzards to ever hit the Northeast. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:AUTHOR TIM RAPPLEYE at LAKE FOREST BOOK STORE
\nWe welcome debut author and former Lake Forest College hockey star Tim Rappleye celebrating the publication of Jack Parker'\;s Wiseguys.
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\nJACK PARKER'\;S WiISEGUYS: THE NATIONAL CHAMPION BU TERRIERS\, THE BLIZZARD OF '\;78\, AND THE MIRACLE ON ICE
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\nUniversity Press of New England $28.00 Released January 2\, 2018
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\nFriday\, February 2nd \;
\n5:45 pm to 6:45 pm
\nat the Store
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\nBooks available for purchase and signing
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\nRegister at 847-234-4420
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\nOver the winter of 1977-78\, anyone within shouting distance of a two-mile stretch of Boston'\;s Commonwealth Avenue--from Fenway Park to the trolley curve at Packard'\;s Corner--found themselves pulled into the orbit of college hockey. The hottest ticket in a sports-mad city was Boston University'\;s Terriers\, a team so tough it was said they didn'\;t have fans--they took hostages. Eschewing the usual recruiting pools in Canada\, Jack Parker and his coaching staff assembled a squad that included three stars from nearby Charlestown\, then known as the "\;armed robbery capital of America."\;
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\nJack Parker'\;s Wiseguys is the story of a high-flying\, headline-dominating\, national championship squad led by three future stars of the Miracle on Ice\, the medal-round game the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team won against the heavily favored Soviet Union. Now retired\, Parker is a thoughtful statesman for the sport\, a revered figure who held the longest tenure of any coach in Boston sports history. But during the 1977-78 season\, he was just five years into his reign--and only a decade or so older than his players. Fiery\, mercurial\, as tough as any of his tough guys\, Parker and his team were to face the pressure-cooker expectations of four previous also-ran seasons\, further heightened by barroom brawls\, off-the-ice shenanigans\, and the citywide shutdown caused by one of the biggest blizzards to ever hit the Northeast. LOCATION:Lake Forest Book Store 662 N. Western Avenue Lake Forest IL 60045 UID:e.1126.12819 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T050926Z URL:https://business.lflbchamber.com/events/details/author-tim-rappleye-at-lake-forest-book-store-12819 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR