Down the Ice, and Other Winter Sports Stories

First published in 1932, this collection captures the raw thrill of early winter sports through stories that feel as vital today as they were ninety years ago. The centerpiece, "Down the Ice," follows Carl Hemmer, star hockey player at Taber High, whose ferocious talent on the ice is matched only by the hard lessons he learns about vulnerability when a brutal collision leaves his season, and his rivalry with Siddall High's legendary forward Whiz Deagen, hanging in the balance. Sherman's prose crackles with authentic sports writing: the sting of cold air in lungs, the razor-thin margin between victory and devastating defeat, the weight of a team's hopes resting on one player's battered body. These aren't just games; they're trials by sport where character is forged in frozen sweat and bruised determination. The collection spans skiing, hockey, and the unspoken code of sportsmanship that bound athletes together in an era before professionalism sanitized the game's wild heart. For readers who crave stories where winning matters and losing costs something real.