The Five Hole Stories

Dave Bidini's playful, irreverent new books takes a headlong run at the hockey dressing room and knocks the door down. In one story, a chronic minor-leaguer discovers the wonders and pitfalls of the game in Europe, both on and off the ice. A star on a losing streak turns to a magical salve to turn his game around. Full of sex, drugs and high sticking, each of the Five Hole Stories runs its proverbial tongue down hockey's seamy, steamy underbelly, and finds the language to tell us what it tastes like.