Table of Contents
Foreword from Serge Savard ix
1 Knuckles 1
2 West Roxbury-The Early Years 17
3 Fearing Henry 34
4 Catholic Memorial 45
5 Continuing Education-In School, Out of School, and On the Ice 50
6 Messing Up 58
7 Becoming a Hockey Player 66
8 Northeastern 71
9 Draft Day 77
10 Karen 82
11 Meeting James J. "Whitey" Bulger 89
12 The Enforcer Emerges 94
13 My Teammates 98
14 My First Training Camp 103
15 The Vees 111
16 The NHL 120
17 Becoming a Hab 127
18 Married 132
19 Becoming a Player 134
20 On Fighting 140
21 The Line 146
22 Reawakening 151
23 Hospitals 161
24 Getting Closer 164
25 Lord Stanley 172
26 Celebration 188
27 Defending Champions 193
28 Leaving Montreal 205
29 New York, New York 208
30 Back in Boston 218
31 In the Homestretch 231
32 No Longer a Player 239
33 My Mother-in-law and Her Boyfriend Disappear 245
34 The (Short-lived) Insurance Salesman 249
35 Coaching 251
36 Past and Prologue 266
37 Adrift 267
38 Monsignor Ryan 282
39 Too Soon 301
40 Treading Water 306
41 Spiraling Downward 310
42 The Second Stint 312
43 More Trouble 321
Epilogue 331
