Henry Boucha, Ojibwa, Native American Olympian: Henry Boucha, Ojibwa, Native American Olympian, Paperback

Description

A compeling autobiography of the true life story of Native American Olympian Henry Boucha's Olympic Silver, and NHL Star rise to stardom, the tragedy, and the climb back to glory.

About the author

A full-blooded Ojibwa Native American, Henry Charles Boucha is one of six medaled Native American Olympic athletes, having received the silver medal as part of the United States Olympic hockey team at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. His love of hockey started as a youth in Warroad, Minnesota, where he played for Warroad High School. While serving in the US Army, he joined the national ice hockey team. In 1971, he was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings and was voted Detroit rookie of the year in his first full NHL season. Boucha was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1995.