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This is a good month for well read hockey fans! After the Serge Savard book, this week both Ken Drydren and Max Domi released their new book. Dryden’s one is about Scotty Bowman and I won’t read that one for a while since a mate of mine got me a copy and had it dedicated by both legends but I got Domi’s on the day of its launch and I breezed through it in less than 36 hours. To those who say that Domi is rather young to be penning his memoirs, rest assure that the 24 year old has plenty to say.

First and foremost, this book is a wonderful way to learn exactly what is type 1 diabetes. I must admit that I had heard about diabetes of course but I wasn’t aware of everything that living with this disease implicated. Diagnosed at a young age (12) Max Domi knows everything there is to know about it and even better, he knows how to make it work with a demanding training regimen. I was surprised to learn that there are assistance dogs for diabetes, much like MIRA dogs for blind people and that they are trained to smell th

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No Days Off: My Life with Type 1 Diabetes and Journey to the NHL

September 8, 2021

I want to preface this review by saying I am not at all interested in hockey. I read this book because it was one of the only books I could find about someone with T1D, which I have lived with for nearly three years at the time of writing.

This was alright. After explaining very basic things about T1D in the first few chapters, it was nearly all about hockey. When diabetes was discussed, it was either a potentially fatal situation or just glossed over to move on to hockey stuff. To be fair, hockey is Domi’s whole life. But diabetes is a massive part of the lives of anyone living with it and the people closest to them. I wish he’d talked about it more. He didn’t mention that he had a pump until he said he had switched off of it. For almost all people with T1D, getting a pump is a huge deal. Like, life-changing! But Domi hardly mentioned it. He also rarely gave specific numbers. He just said high or low. I wish he would have provided more numbers, to get a better understanding of how he managed being

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No Days Off

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER

One of the NHL’s most talented young stars shares his inspiring coming-of-age story about following his dreams after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

“Max, you have type 1 diabetes,” the doctor said.

My mom and I looked at each other. For her, time stood still for a second as our entire future as a family shifted. But I had no clue what the diagnosis meant. So I said the first thing that came to mind.

“Can I still play hockey?”

As a kid, when Max Domi was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he only ever had one answer: a hockey player. Growing up the son of a professional hockey player, Max saw from an early age what it took to make the NHL: grit, talent, and the support of a team. Over countless hours in the garage, at the rink, and in the gym, Max chased his dream. It seemed that Max was born to be on the ice.

But then, when he was twelve years old, Max started getting sick. And sicker. Finally, he and his family learned the awful truth: Max had type 1 diabetes.

Overnight, Max and his family found their li