A Guy Like Me
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A Guy Like Me
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Narrated by:
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Kirby Heyborne
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Written by:
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John Scott
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Brian Cazeneuve
About this listen
The John Scott story is the ultimate underdog narrative in sports during 2016 when Scott - in the twilight of his career - went from a joke All-Star fan-voted nominee to scoring two goals and winning the All-Star Game's MVP title. This is his heartwarming story about an average Joe who became a sports superhero overnight.
Known as a willing-and-able fighter and bruiser in the league, John Scott was a surprising and tongue-and-cheek nominee for the 2016 NHL All-Star Game. He'd been in the league for over eight NHL seasons, playing for teams such as the Wild, Blackhawks, Rangers, Sabres, and the Sharks. Scott's best attribute as an NHL player was dropping his gloves - never the best player, the 260 pounder did become the most feared fighter in the NHL, racking up extensive penalty minutes. In order to prevent him from playing in the game, his current team - the Phoenix Coyotes - traded Scott to the Montreal Canadians, who demoted him to the AHL team in an attempt to disqualify him from playing in the All-Star Game. Fans were outraged and Scott was devastated. He'd been downgraded in his job - forced to relocate while his wife was pregnant with twin girls. But the fans wouldn't back down and insisted the NHL let Scott play in the game. The league relented, and Scott not only was invited to attend the NHL game in Nashville, but was nominated a team captain. The media and sports fans at large fell in love with the giant six-foot-eight player who by all means, was just a normal guy and no superstar player. In a true Cinderella story, Scott scored two goals and was the All-Star Game's MVP. This is his personal memoir - detailing his life growing up and how he was able to keep his sense of humor and become the ultimate Cinderella-Story of hockey.
©2016 John Scott (P)2016 Suimon & SchusterWhat listeners say about A Guy Like Me
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- Ryan W.
- 2018-10-30
Surprising!
Low expectations, and the book turned out to be fantastic. Sort of the theme of Scott's life I suppose. The book is inspiring and helps educate the reader about the life of an aspiring professional athlete and their path through the collegiate system to the NHL. This is a path spoken much less about compared to that through the CHL. I appreciated all of the stories told and was super happy with time spent on this one.
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- Don
- 2018-06-25
Narration needs edit
Really enjoyed the story. The narration soured me for overall rating. The mispronunciation of peoples names should have been caught and edited prior to release.
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- Brian Young
- 2021-11-22
very inspiring !
great audio, very inspiring and entertaining for hockey and non hockey fans! would highly recommend
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-06-19
Narrator was terrible.
For a book about a Canadian hockey player you would think that the narrator could pronounce hockey names. Or at least know how to pronounce Canuck.
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- JASON L.
- 2021-11-01
great story, poor narration
The story and anecdotes are an excellent first hand account of life of an enforcer. The narrator kept mispronouncing names of players and even team names, very sad.
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