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In the tradition of A Season on the Brink and Peter Gzowksi's The Game of Our Lives , Shawna Richer has had the exclusive assignment of chronicling Sidney Crosby's incredible rookie season. Beginning with the NHL entry draft that almost never was, Richer follows Crosby to Pittsburgh, where he is greeted as the team's savior and moves in with living legend Mario Lemieux. From there it's onto the ice, where the team's youngest player proves to be its best player day in and day out, staying on pace to set rookie scoring records while the team loses and is forced to fire its coach. From an international advertising deal with Reebok to a season that seems to go from triumph to triumph, Sid the Kid has proven that he already is the man.

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.,. a riveting documentary of a player who transcends his sport. <br>-- Montreal Gazette <br> an excellent inside look at Cole Harbour's hockey sensation during his first year .... <br>-- The Chronicle Herald <br> His first NHL season, her first book: Sidney Crosby and Shawna Richer both had splendid years. The Globe and Mail writer captures Crosby's rookie year in Pittsburgh, dripping with narrative and nuance, with the practiced eye of a seasoned foreign correspondent. <br>-- Michael Farber, Sports Illustrated <br> Sidney Crosby was never going to be just another hockey player, and The Rookie isn't just another hockey book. Thanks to Shawna Richer's terrific eyes and ears -- as well as her deft touch around a keyboard -- we're treated to an insider's view not only of one of the game's future stars, but of the game itself. And from here, both look pretty damn good. <br>-- Chris Jones, Esquire Magazine <br> The most interesting assignment of the year in sports journalism -- wall-to-wall coverage of Penguins rookie phenom Sidney Crosby. <br>-- Sports Illustrated <br> If we really wanted to penetrate the life and times of a great player, and through him understand hockey . . . we had to be there for all those serendipitous moments of meaning. <br>-- Edward Greenspon, Globe and Mail <br> Leave it to two Atlantic Canadians to be the stars of a book: Sidney Crosby the athlete, Shawna Richer the gifted writer. To paraphrase Roy MacGregor's words in the forward which rung true throughout: Shawna has an ability to draw an athlete out to reveal inner thoughts. Something the rest of us can only envy. A wonderful documentation of what happened on the ice and what went onthe head of this dedicated player at the rink and away from it. <br>--Mike Emrick, NHL on NBC <p> From the Hardcover edition.

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Roy MacGregor is the bestselling author of Home Team: Fathers, Sons, and Hockey (shortlisted for the Governor General's Award), Northern Light , and Canadians . Currently, he is a regular columnist for the Globe & Mail . His journalism has earned him four National Magazine Awards and two National Newspaper Awards. In 2012 he became a Media Honouree Hockey Hall of Fame. He lives in Ottawa.

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