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The

CardHockey

Doris Barrette

Jack SiemiatyckiStory by

Avi SlodovnickandIllustrated by

S h o r tl i s t e d f o r I l l u s t r a t i o n

ISBN-13: 978-1-894222-80-8

9781894222808

50995www.lobsterpress.com

$9.95 "... 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

Jack Siemiatycki Avi Slodovnick

The Hockey CardAlso Available in French

La carte de hockey

a tribute to Maurice " Rocket" Richard

Un hommage à Maurice " Rocket» Richard

The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover Rev.:The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover copy 10/1/08 1:12 PM Page 1 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:46 PM Page 1

Siemiatycki, Jack, 1946-

Slodovnick, Avi, 1962-

The 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 Pressª.

Published in 2004 by Lobster Pressª

1620 Sherbrooke Street West, Suites C & D, MontrŽal, QuŽbec 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, 1962-

The 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 jC813'.6 C2002-901400-X

Printed and bound in Canada.

The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:46 PM Page 2 To Emma, Kate, Paul, Noam, Mark and Debbie, all of them, like us, lifelong hockey fans. - Jack and Avi To my brothers, Mario, Franois, AndrŽ, Beno"t, Christian, Yvon and Ugo. - Doris Barrette The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:46 PM Page 3 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 heÕd found his old hockey cards. He and my dad were really excited. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:46 PM Page 4 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:46 PM Page 5 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 6

When it was time for bed, Uncle Jack came

to tuck me in. ÒI have a story to tell you,Ó he said. ÒItÕs about the best hockey card I ever had.Ó The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 7 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 Òodds or evensÓ and Òclosest to the wall.Ó They played to try to win cards from each other. Every boy wanted to have the most cards. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 8 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 9

In class, the minutes dragged until

recess. As soon as the bell rang, everyone rushed into the hallway and down the stairs. They couldnÕt wait to get outside. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 10 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 11

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. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 12 Everyone was afraid to play him, even Uncle Jack. But he knew if he refused, the boys would call him Òchicken.Ó Uncle Jack agreed to meet Sylvester at lunchtime. They would play until one of them had won all of the other oneÕs cards. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:47 PM Page 13

When the lunch bell rang, Uncle Jack walked

on shaky legs to the schoolyard. Sylvester looked him in the eye and said, ÒIÕm odds, youÕre evens.Ó

Facing each other, they began to play. At first,

it seemed like the match could go either way Ñ

Sylvester won some of Uncle JackÕs cards, then

Uncle Jack won some of SylvesterÕs cards. But as the crowd around them grew, there was a shift in the game. Sylvester began winning more and more of Uncle JackÕs cards. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 14 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 15 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 16

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, ÒSucker!Ó

Uncle Jack flipped and lost. That left him

with only one card. But it wasnÕt just any card.

It was his favorite. It was a card of Maurice

Òthe RocketÓ Richard, the greatest hockey player who ever lived. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 17 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. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 18 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 19

Uncle Jack held his breath and let the

card go. As it flipped through the air, he closed his eyes. He couldnÕt bear to watch. The crowd was silent. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 20 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:48 PM Page 21 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 22 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 wasnÕt 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. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 23 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 SylvesterÕs cards. Sylvester looked miserable. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 24 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 25 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 26

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. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 27 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.

ÒThis is for you,Ó he said with a smile.

ÒHappy birthday.Ó

It was Uncle JackÕs Maurice Òthe RocketÓ

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. The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:49 PM Page 30 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:50 PM Page 31 The Hockey Card - Eng. Inside 4/2/04 12:50 PM Page 32 The

CardHockey

Doris Barrette

Jack SiemiatyckiStory by

Avi SlodovnickandIllustrated by

S h o r tl i s t e d f o r I l l u s t r a t i o n

ISBN-13: 978-1-894222-80-8

9781894222808

50995www.lobsterpress.com

$9.95 "... 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

Jack Siemiatycki Avi Slodovnick

The Hockey CardAlso Available in French

La carte de hockey

a tribute to Maurice " Rocket" Richard

Un hommage à Maurice " Rocket» Richard

The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover Rev.:The Hockey Card - Eng. Cover copy 10/1/08 1:12 PM Page 1quotesdbs_dbs50.pdfusesText_50

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