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Minnesota Wild players will be examined by the team doctor Thursday before hitting the ice to start training for the upcoming season Friday.  


The Wild will play their first pre-season game on Monday. The regular season begins on Oct. 13. Veterans like Mikko Koivu, Darcy Kemper and Ryan Sutter are coming back and, of course, the team's leading scorer Zach Parise. 


Parise isn't the biggest player on the ice for the Wild, but he's tough, especially in the corners of the rink where pucks land with players in hot pursuit, elbows are sharp, the body blows hard, and stick handling fierce. 


Parise is good at all of that, a point that is underscored in a new book called "Hockey Strong," written by Minnesota-based hockey writer Todd Smith. He covers the Wild as a contributing writer for the NHL Network.  He spoke to MPR's Cathy Wurzer.

Click on the audio player above to hear their conversation.

Minnesota-based writer Todd Smith says hockey players are a lot tougher than other athletes.

Minnesota Wild players will be examined by the team doctor today before hitting the ice to start training for the upcoming season tomorrow.  The Wild will play their first pre-season game on Monday. The regular season begins on October 13th. Veterans like Mikko Koivu, Darcy Kemper and Ryan Sutter are coming back and of course, the team's leading scorer Zach Parise. Now, Parise isn't the biggest player on the ice for the Wild, but he is tough, especially in the corners of the rink where pucks land with players in hot pursuit, elbows are sharp, the body blows hard, and stick handling fierce. Parise is good at all of that, a point which is underscored in a new book called "Hockey Strong" written by Minnesota-based hockey writer Todd Smith. Todd's work has been seen in various publications. He is the contributing writer, covering the Wild for the NHL Network, but this is his first book.  MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with him about it.

Author: 'Hockey Strong' about a special kind of strength

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