Pulling out a chunk of his idol Joe Thornton91裸聊视频檚 beard in a fight, riding the roller-coaster of being a Toronto Maple Leaf and becoming the first Muslim player to win a Stanley Cup are chronicled in Nazem Kadri91裸聊视频檚 book 91裸聊视频淒reamer: My Life On The Edge91裸聊视频�.

The 34-year-old NHL player from London, Ont., has a story to tell with a few revelatory twists.

91裸聊视频淚 wanted it to be inspirational and motivating, but kind of lighthearted and humorous at the same time,91裸聊视频� said Kadri, who is now in his third season with the Calgary Flames.

91裸聊视频淭hat certainly was a challenge in certain parts with adversity and having the self-doubt that creeps into being a professional athlete and with being under the microscope.91裸聊视频�

Kadri91裸聊视频檚 frankness in 91裸聊视频淒reamers91裸聊视频� scheduled for release on Oct. 15 stems from a belief in himself on and off the ice, which he says in the book the Maple Leafs tried to stamp out of him after the club drafted him in 2009.

Conformity, not individuality, was celebrated by the NHL during Kadri91裸聊视频檚 early years as a Maple Leaf when he says his confidence was viewed as a character flaw by team management.

91裸聊视频淓mbracing certain characters and personalities, that91裸聊视频檚 one thing I think hockey has taken a step forward with,91裸聊视频� Kadri said. 91裸聊视频淣ot necessarily because of the league, but more so because of the players that have come in and shown that we91裸聊视频檙e not robots and that we91裸聊视频檙e people.91裸聊视频�

A passion for the game and a stick in his hand whenever possible while growing up is an oft-told narrative about an NHL player.

What91裸聊视频檚 different for Kadri, whose grandfather Nazem left Lebanon for Canada in the 1960s, is he had no generational connections to hockey other than his father Samir, who fell in love with the Montreal Canadiens as a young immigrant because of the team91裸聊视频檚 snazzy jersey colours.

It didn91裸聊视频檛 take long for a young Nazem Kadri to realize he was the 91裸聊视频渙nly Brown guy in the dressing room. My teammates were always white guys91裸聊视频� or to hear racist comments, from adults, in arenas.

91裸聊视频淢y confidence was a callus,91裸聊视频� Kadri said in the book. 91裸聊视频淚 hadn91裸聊视频檛 come from a typical hockey background; no one in my family had played the sport before me.

91裸聊视频淎nd ever since I was a kid people had hurled racist insults at me from the stands and on the ice. In effect, I was told that I didn91裸聊视频檛 belong in their game, that it was a game for white kids.91裸聊视频�

Light and dark combine in Kadri91裸聊视频檚 journey to lifting the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022.

After a collision with St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington in Game 3 of the second round, police sought Kadri out to inform him that he and his family were targets of death threats and vitriolic racism 91裸聊视频渨orse than anything I91裸聊视频檇 ever experienced,91裸聊视频� he recalled in the book.

The Avs assigned Kadri a security detail and arranged to have a police presence at his Denver home.

91裸聊视频淧robably nobody knows that,91裸聊视频� Kadri says now. 91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 think anyone understands the magnitude of that whole situation.

91裸聊视频淚t was a traumatic experience for me.91裸聊视频�

Kadri turned that trauma into motivation to score his first career playoff hat trick in Game 4 of that series.

He grew up in London with four sisters, a Joe Thornton poster on his wall and an admiration for Paul Kariya.

Skinny and small, Kadri91裸聊视频檚 skill got him to the Ontario Hockey League91裸聊视频檚 Kitchener Rangers, and then to his hometown Knights as he worked to build the strength needed to reach the NHL.

His father91裸聊视频檚 first foray into the Bell Centre, home of his beloved Habs, was to hear his son91裸聊视频檚 name called seventh overall by archrival Toronto and hear the boos that rained down upon the Maple Leafs91裸聊视频� choice.

91裸聊视频淒reamer91裸聊视频� is catnip for Leafs Nation as it goes inside coach Mike Babcock91裸聊视频檚 controversial handling of players during Kadri91裸聊视频檚 decade in Toronto.

Recounted with rueful humour and the occasional expletive, Toronto91裸聊视频檚 playoff collapses and heartbreak at the hands of the Boston Bruins make for a fast-paced read co-written with Dan Robson.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 almost like a tell-all and you go into detail, especially with certain situations that people have just seen from a media standpoint and what they91裸聊视频檝e seen in the press,91裸聊视频� Kadri said.

91裸聊视频淚 didn91裸聊视频檛 want to stir up a storm. I91裸聊视频檝e always tried to kind of stay in my lane and just keep my perspective to myself, but this is a great opportunity to kind of tell my story respectfully.91裸聊视频�

His NHL career is far from over as he plies his trade in Western Canada, but Kadri felt the time was right to tell his story so far.

91裸聊视频淚 just feel like a Middle Eastern hockey player that doesn91裸聊视频檛 really have any hockey background and has dealt with a lot of adversity and kind of ended with some triumph, it91裸聊视频檚 a unique story in the hockey culture and it was a lot of fun to put it on paper,91裸聊视频� Kadri said.