Mike Haszto 
Blood & Ice: Tales of 32 Years in the Crease 

Mike is a sixty three year old goalie who has played at nearly every level of hockey. Moreover, he has also coached on various levels of hockey for over twenty years.
This night, he celebrates his final OHH team appearance, and the Commisioner of the OHH declares the retiring of his number.
Be there for the celebration, and for 32 years of stories and tales from behind the mask and in the crease…from the perspectives of friends, family, peers, adversaries, and himself.

Over de auteur

Mike Haszto, originally from Islip, NY and now residing in North Ridgeville, Ohio, is an award winning poet with five published poetry books on life and its experiences, with another book in the pipeline.

Nominated Poet of the Year for 2008 by the International Society of Poets, he paints a vivid picture with his words, yet provokes the reader to go further in their thoughts to a different place and time.

This is his fourth novel to date, following Radio Free Mickey and Life On Side B, both fictional tales about a “Mom and Pop” owner of a radio station fending off a corporation buyout and station exploits…and Eyes of Fury, a thriller.

While not writing, Haszto enjoys coaching high school hockey and activities include playing goal for the OHH Hockey Team and playing indoor soccer with The Nachoes, while enjoying spending time with The Jersey Club.

Haszto is an avid hockey fan of the New York Islanders…and in his years of playing hockey, has always subscribed to the aggressiveness theories of protecting his crease.

Haszto is a Parrothead disciple and subscribes to the ‘escapism’ way of life. Give him some palm trees and a nice ocean breeze, and he’ll show you the peaceful way of life.