The Hockey Card

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The Hockey Card

The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover Rev.:The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover copy
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Rocket » Richard
“... a lovely, straightforward, fast-paced story that's part nostalgia
and romance for the golden age of the sport, and part paean to
one of its greatest players” – Quill & Quire
Also Available in French
La carte de hockey
Jack Siemiatycki Avi Slodovnick
Un hommage à Maurice «
10/1/08
The Hockey Card
$9.95
www.lobsterpress.com
The
Hockey Card
a tribute to Maurice “
Rocket ” Richard
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ISBN-13: 978-1-894222-80-8
50995
9 781894 222808
Illustrated by
Doris Barrette
Story by
and
Jack Siemiatycki
Avi Slodovnick
The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside
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The
Story by
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Hockey Card
Jack Siemiatycki
Illustrated by
and
Avi Slodovnick
Doris Barrette
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Siemiatycki, Jack, 1946Slodovnick, Avi, 1962The Hockey Card
Text © 2002 Jack Siemiatycki & Avi Slodovnick
Illustrations © 2002 Doris Barrette
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted,
in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of Lobster Press™.
Published in 2004 by Lobster Press™
1620 Sherbrooke Street West, Suites C & D, Montréal, Québec H3H 1C9
Tel. (514) 904-1100 • Fax (514) 904-1101 • www.lobsterpress.com
Publisher: Alison Fripp
To my mother, with love and thanks
Editor: Jane Pavanel
Design & layout: Marielle Maheu
Production Manager: Tammy Desnoyers
We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry
Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada
Council for the Arts for our publishing program.
National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Slodovnick, Avi, 1962The hockey card / Avi Slodovnick, Jack Siemiatycki ; Doris Barrette, illustrator.
ISBN 1-894222-65-2(bound).--ISBN 1-894222-80-6 (pbk.)
1. Hockey--Juvenile fiction. I. Siemiatycki, Jack II. Barrette, Doris III. Title.
PS8587.L63H62 2002
Printed and bound in Canada.
jC813'.6
C2002-901400-X
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To Emma, Kate, Paul, Noam, Mark and Debbie, all of them, like us, lifelong hockey fans.
- Jack and Avi
To my brothers, Mario, François, André, Benoît, Christian, Yvon and Ugo.
- Doris Barrette
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ast Saturday was my birthday and my
Uncle Jack came over to watch the
hockey game with me and my dad. At the
end of the first period, Uncle Jack announced
that he’d found his old hockey cards. He and
my dad were really excited.
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When it was time for bed, Uncle Jack came
to tuck me in. “I have a story to tell you,” he said.
“It’s about the best hockey card I ever had.”
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W
hen Uncle Jack was a kid, all the boys at his
school collected hockey cards. They traded them
too, and played flipping and tossing games like “odds
or evens” and “closest to the wall.” They played to try
to win cards from each other. Every boy wanted to
have the most cards.
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In class, the minutes dragged until
recess. As soon as the bell rang, everyone
rushed into the hallway and down the
stairs. They couldn’t wait to get outside.
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One day, Sylvester Kornpot challenged Uncle Jack
to a game of odds or evens, winner take all. Sylvester
was the biggest hockey card shark in the whole school.
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Everyone was afraid to play him, even Uncle Jack. But he
knew if he refused, the boys would call him “chicken.” Uncle
Jack agreed to meet Sylvester at lunchtime. They would play
until one of them had won all of the other one’s cards.
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When the lunch bell rang, Uncle Jack walked
on shaky legs to the schoolyard. Sylvester looked
him in the eye and said, “I’m odds, you’re evens.”
Facing each other, they began to play. At first,
it seemed like the match could go either way —
Sylvester won some of Uncle Jack’s cards, then
Uncle Jack won some of Sylvester’s cards. But as
the crowd around them grew, there was a shift in
the game. Sylvester began winning more and
more of Uncle Jack’s cards.
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Uncle Jack had a terrible feeling
in the pit of his stomach. He was
down to his last two cards and there
was no way he could win the other ones back.
To make matters worse, some of the boys were
laughing at him.
One kid even shouted, “Sucker!”
Uncle Jack flipped and lost. That left him
with only one card. But it wasn’t just any card.
It was his favorite. It was a card of Maurice
“the Rocket” Richard, the greatest hockey player
who ever lived.
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Uncle Jack felt like crying. If he lost, he would never see
his Rocket Richard card again. But he had agreed to play
winner take all. Pretending to scratch his forehead, he lifted
the card to his lips and kissed it quickly, hoping no one
would see.
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Uncle Jack held his breath and let the
card go. As it flipped through the air, he
closed his eyes. He couldn’t bear to
watch. The crowd was silent.
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He looked at the ground. Lying face-up was Maurice
Richard. Also face-up was a player from the Toronto
Maple Leafs. Uncle Jack had won the round!
Now he had to decide which of the two cards to flip
next. He was afraid to lose the Rocket, but at the same
time he wasn’t afraid. As he picked up the cards, he
glanced at the picture of his favorite player. He could
have sworn Rocket Richard winked at him.
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He decided to flip the Rocket Richard card. It won!
Again and again, Uncle Jack went with the Rocket.
Each time, the cards turned up evens. One by one,
Uncle Jack and the Rocket were winning Sylvester’s
cards. Sylvester looked miserable.
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By now the crowd was cheering.
Nothing like this had ever happened
before. Sylvester Kornpot had only one
card left. They flipped and Uncle Jack won!
The game was over. The Rocket was
unbeatable.
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W
hen Uncle Jack finished telling me
the story, I asked him if it was true.
He reached into his pocket and pulled out a
hockey card. It was bent at the corners and
the colors were faded.
“This is for you,” he said with a smile.
“Happy birthday.”
It was Uncle Jack’s Maurice “the Rocket”
Richard card.
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I flipped the card just like my Uncle Jack
did when he was a boy, and when I looked
down, I could have sworn Maurice Richard
winked at me.
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The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover Rev.:The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover copy
1:12 PM
Page 1
Rocket » Richard
“... a lovely, straightforward, fast-paced story that's part nostalgia
and romance for the golden age of the sport, and part paean to
one of its greatest players” – Quill & Quire
Also Available in French
La carte de hockey
Jack Siemiatycki Avi Slodovnick
Un hommage à Maurice «
10/1/08
The Hockey Card
$9.95
www.lobsterpress.com
The
Hockey Card
a tribute to Maurice “
Rocket ” Richard
ort listed
h
S
fo
n
r I
llu strat io
ISBN-13: 978-1-894222-80-8
50995
9 781894 222808
Illustrated by
Doris Barrette
Story by
and
Jack Siemiatycki
Avi Slodovnick

The Hockey Card

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