Striding Rough Ice by Gary Wright

Striding Rough Ice by Gary Wright

A behind-the-scenes look in the locker room, on the bench, and on the bus with award-winning NCA Division 1 hockey coach Gary Wright, who began his compelling career playing for his father at a prep school during the end of the outdoor era, and leaves American International College tied with Michigan's coach Red Berenson for the longest tenure at one D1 school.

Striding Rough Ice>is filled with both humorous and serious anecdotes, and delves into coaching challenges, on-ice tactics, and face-offs with champion teams across the US. Wright shows how hockey and life are intertwined, and introduces us to the fascinating people and players who touched his rewarding hockey career, and life, along the way.

Gary Wright is a multiplatinum-selling American singer-songwriter who is best known for his songs Dream Weaver and Love Is Alive. Prior to the release of his solo album The Dream Weaver in 1975, Wright was a member of the hard rock band Spooky Tooth and collaborated with both George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the London music scene. The Dream Weaver was certified platinum, and the album's smash tune Dream Weaver charted at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Wright continues to tour as a solo artist and with Spooky Tooth and Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band. Dream Weaver: Music, Meditation, and My Relationship with George Harrison, his autobiography, was published in 2014.