My Wild Hockey Life: Defection 1980s with the Maple Leafs and Surviving a Liver Transplant

Having lived a pretty wild and crazy life hockey pro Miro Frycer faced death at 40. Now after two transplants he tells his fascinating story.A defector from communist Czechoslovakia Frycer spent eight seasons in the NHL and played for the Quebec Nordiques Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers. He was one of the most popular Leafs in the 1980s-partly because of his on-ice performances (he played in an NHL All-Star Game and was the highest-scoring Leaf in the 1985-86 season) partly because of his off-ice escapades such as his personal war with hard-nosed coach John Brophy.With his typical sense of humor he tells a story about the beautiful and ugly times with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Harold Ballard era and remembers famous teammates Peter Stastny Borje Salming Steve Yzerman and Mark Messier. As always he is outspoken and straightforward.Last but not least My Wild Hockey Life includes Miros recollection of his serious problems with alcohol in later years as well as his new life after his liver transplant in 1999 and a recent kidney transplant in 2018. A lot of the guys are dead already. Teammates linemates ... and Im still here after two transplants. Im still fighting he said at the time of publishing the book.***After battling a series of health problems Miro Frycer died in April 2021 at 61.