A Guy Like Me

De: John Scott, Brian Cazeneuve

Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne

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 & Schuster

Pronunciations

The reader could have looked up how to pronounce last names of the players. Kept throwing me off.

good book, not good reading

reader didn't know the hockey guys names, which for a hockey book would help. great story of how underdogs can make a dream come true

Great book!!!

This was a great book. Never a dull moment in the story and the whole time I was rooting for John. This book makes you appreciate the work that goes into playing in the NHL and inspires the reader to shoot for the stars.

excellent hockey book

I really enjoyed this book and John's story. I have a huge gripe in that the narrator was awful. How can you mispronounce almost every players name? did anybody listen to this before releasing it? also this is the story of a hockey enforcer told by a man with a very soft and effeminate voice it just doesn't go. that aside it was worth the read.

Heck of a story

What a story. As a Wild fan, it was cool to hear about his time coming up through Houston and on the team in MN.

Though one thing that was constantly jarring was the mispronunciation of players' names. It really distracts and takes you right out of the story.

If he only sounded like John

Any additional comments?

A light read that was quite interesting with self-deprecating humour throughout. Unfortunately, narration had a lot to be desired. Hearing Kirby's voice speak John Scott's words was off putting with mispronounced words throughout. I'm sure Kirby is a fine narrator, but I just wish they had looked to find a narrator more suited to this autobiography.

This book is entertaining and inspiring

This book is a must read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be successful! I can't wait to see the movie! But what 6 foot 8 actor can skate?

Great story! Terrible narration.

John Scott’s story is very good and I highly recommend it! But I was highly dissatisfied with the narrators voice and the way he butchered the pronunciation on so many hockey’s greats names! It would have been great if John just read this book!

If you love hockey...

I can't say enough about this book, but to be fair, I'm an avid hockey fan. This story captures the heart of the game and displays it in vivid detail. The pace and narration were top notch as well. Loved it, just loved it.

John F'n Scott

What a fantastic and inspiring story. John F'n Scott for President!! IF there was any downer it was that the reader didn't bother to pronounce the names properly... but other than that it was epic;;;