The tragic Death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 and helped shatter the silence about violence and concussions in professional sports.
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Boy on Ice is the richly told story of a mountain of a man who made it to the absolute pinnacle of his sport.
Now, in a gripping work of narrative nonfiction, acclaimed reporter John Branch tells the shocking story of Boogaard\'s Life and heartbreaking death.
The tragic Death of hockey star Derek Boogaard at twenty-eight was front-page news across the country in 2011 and helped shatter the silence about violence and concussions in professional sports