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1) Called up
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For thirteen-year-old David Timko, making the Bantam A hockey team is everything. So when he doesn't make the cut and is forced to play house league, his bad attitude soon gets him benched. Even worse, his new friend at school, Omar, shows a complete lack of understanding of David's problem. Omar, on the other hand, has problems of his own. A recent Syrian refugee, he's angry that his parents can't find good jobs in his new country or provide for...
2) Stick pick
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"A car accident injures her parents and paralyzes Janine from the waist down. Her best friend and teammate urges Janine to look into sledge hockey. At first dismissing the sport as being just for the disabled, Janine agrees to play if her friend does too. They both learn that sledge hockey is an accessible sport, with fiercely competitive players, requiring a strength and skill set all its own. Adapting to her new life, Janine meets frustration at...
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"It seems Peter Kuiksak's star just keeps rising. This young hockey hero from the Northwest Territories is the top player in his league, being pursued by agents, and becoming something of a celebrity in his adopted city, Edmonton. But being the centre of attention isn't all it's cracked up to be. It seems no one sees Peter as just Peter anymore -- least of all the star himself. Inspired by the career of NHL star Jordin Tootoo, Northern Star continues...
4) Empty net
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Fourteen-year-old Madeline Snow is the star goalie and captain of her girls rep hockey team in Burnaby, British Columbia. So when her RCMP sergeant father moves the family to his new posting in Fort St. James, a remote town in northern BC, she feels like she is losing a lot. In her new town Maddie is more unhappy than ever. Things begin to turn around when she discovers she has made the town's only Bantam team, a boys team called the Stars, but since...
5) Bench brawl
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Two rival hockey teams are merged, and the players must learn to work together.
6) Ice time
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Unable to afford the equipment to try out for his school's hockey team, Paul plays boot hockey with his friends and practices alone, but when his best friend is laid up with a concussion, it may finally be Paul's time to shine on the ice.
8) Interference
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Sports stories volume 68
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Josh has finally made it to an elite hockey team but no one knows that he has Type 1 diabetes, and it's getting more serious by the day.