Debbie Elicksen

Locker Room for Growth (2021)
Internet by Debbie Elicksen Web Host Locker Room for Growth is about planting seeds of inspiration. Interviews are with compelling and interesting people whose stories include: rags to riches, personal demons and challenges that were overcome; entertainment, music and sports celebrities; unique careers and aspects of humans.

Positive Sports: Professional Athletes and Mentoring Youth
Print Author Positive Sports was highlighted as a “must read” at the Admissions Conference in Toronto in the Fall of 2003. The point of this book is to show that while we may only hear about the bad and criminal behavior of many of today’s players, the majority are like the people featured in this book. Yes, there are some who have no idea of how good they have it, who do not appreciate the gift they have received in the ability to play the game they love. You have that in every job, every industry, every society. But the majority of the players, because drama doesn’t follow their lives, their philanthropic efforts are not usually seen. It’s a much sexier headline to talk about a player dragging his unconscious wife into an elevator than to acknowledge his teammate might have started a foundation that provides food and clothing to inner city communities.

Loyalty, Intensity, and Passion: An Inside Look at the National Lacrosse League
Print Author "Despite the burgeoning success of professional indoor lacrosse, few reporters, with one or two notable exceptions, understand the game well enough to write about it with excellence or insight. Deb Elicksen is among those few scribes who through their writing demand respect from players, management and fans alike. She knows boxla because she passionately follows the National Lacrosse League (mostly through the ups and downs of the Calgary Roughnecks); has the moxie to go into the locker room after games to talk to players, even when they’ve lost a home playoff game, and the common sense and social wherewithal to meet and mix with the athletes away from the arena. In short, Elicksen knows the NLL inside and out. Not surprisingly therefore, “Loyalty, Intensity and Passion” is a must read for those who love the fastest game in the world played on two feet.” Bob Poole, Calgary Roughnecks, 2005 NLL Public Relations Executive of the Year Teams, ownerships, coaches, and players have moved around, but one thing will never change: the title of this book as it relates to this sport. If there was any phrase that could describe a league, this is it. The passion and loyalty remains, as do the life-long friendships I made during the course of my time in lax. Kaleb Toth, Tracey Kelusky, Jim Moss, Casey Powell, Anthony Cosmo, Lewis Ratcliff, Taylor Wray, John Tavares, John Grant Sr., Kurt Silcott, Devan Wray, Chris Hall, and more were interviewed for this book.

Inside the NHL Dream: Take a Tour from Inside the Locker Room
Print Author While most of the players and other personnel in this book may have retired or moved into other positions, the book still gives you a realistic peek at what life looks like behind the scenes of the National Hockey League. It goes deep into areas other books have never gone. What happens in the general manager's office right before he makes a trade? Who takes care of a player's household after he reports to his new team? What does an agent do? For this book, Jarome Iginla, Paul Kariya, Kelly Hrudey, Dwayne Roloson, Grant Fuhr, Mike Modano, Igor Kravchuk, Anson Carter, Dominik Hasek, Darius Kasparitis, Peter Maher, Mike Modano, Rob Niedermayer, James Patrick, Michael Peca, Dwayne Roloson, Teemu Selanne, and many more were personally interviewed.

Future Prospects: An Inside Look at Major Junior Hockey
Print Author This book gives you a birds-eye view as to what it was like to work and play in the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ron Robison, who was Commissioner of the Western Hockey League, wrote the Foreword. For this book, personal interviews were conducted with Fred Brathwaite, Patrice Brisebois, Valeri Bure, Tim Connolly, Nigel Dawes, Shean Donovan, Andrew Ference, Jiri Fisher, Ryan Getzlaf, Jarome Iginla, Jacques Lemaire, Doug MacLean, Mike Modano, Bob Nicholson, Mike Ricci, Richard Zednik, Radoslav Suchy, and more.

Black Ice (Adaptation) Sports Drama ⋄ Drama A talented hockey player is at the mercy of an abusive hockey coach and must choose between his potential professional career or leave the sport.

Breaking the Stalwart Ceiling Sports Drama ⋄ Drama A man tries to break the gender barrier in a world completely dominated by women.

Forgotten Morphemes Comedy ⋄ Animation Screenwriter has all his unfinished and unused screenplays and ideas in the closet that come to life.