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Prologue -- My original team -- Playing up -- Going pro -- The Edmonton Oilers -- The right culture -- Playing as one -- The winning plan -- Canada Cup -- No easy wins -- Redemption -- A changing team -- The trade -- Playing with heart -- Moving on -- The drought -- Lighting a fire -- "Now I can die in peace" -- All good things... -- Vancouver -- Everything changes -- Epilogue.

The legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion tells his inspiring story for the first time, sharing the lessons about leadership and teamwork that defined his career.

Messier was a fierce competitor with a well-earned reputation as a winner. But few people know of the astonishing journey he took to making NHL history, and the deep understanding of leadership and respect for the power of teamwork he gained. A legendary Hall of Fame hockey player and six-time Stanley Cup champion, Messier tells of his early years with his tight-knit family; what it was like entering the NHL as an eighteen-year-old with a wild side; and chronicles summers spent looking for inspiration and renewed energy on trips to exotic destinations around the world. And he recounts the highs, lows, and hard work that brought the New York Rangers to the ultimate moment for a hockey club: lifting the Stanley Cup. -- adapted from jacket