title: Open Ice: Reflections and Confessions of a Hockey Lifer
author:  Jack Falla 
description: <b>Praise for Jack Fallas Previous Collection of Essays, <i>Home Ice</i></b>
zlib_text: **BEFORE THE WHISTLE**
  
  In the Game Hockey Romance
  
  Book 4
  
  **LINDA O’CONNOR**
  
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  Table of Contents
  
  Table of Contents
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  Other Books by Linda O’Connor
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  Chapter 17
  
  Chapter 18
  
  Chapter 19
  
  Chapter 20
  
  Chapter 21
  
  Chapter 22
  
  Chapter 23
  
  Chapter 24
  
  Epilogue
  
  About the Author
  
    
  
  BEFORE THE WHISTLE (IN THE GAME HOCKEY ROMANCE BOOK 4)
  
  Copyright©2018 LINDA O’CONNOR
  
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