Eliezer Sherbatov is something of a legend in Quebec, and now I understand why
“My Left Skate: The Extraordinary Story of Eliezer Sherbatov” is written by Anna Rosner, a Toronto-based educator who spent hundreds of hours interviewing Sherbatov, but chose to write the book as a first-person narrative from the protagonist’s point of view. Sherbatov is something of a legend in Quebec, and now I understand why.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit.
Alexei Sherbatov’s Russian education is no use to him in Montreal. He gets a job boxing pizzas. As soon as he’s saved enough money, he buys his wife good-quality figure skates. Floating onto the ice after 10 years, it all comes back. She begins coaching kids to power skate, eventually becoming a legend in her own right.
But Perron is serene, saying that, “Israel needs him. Elie will be the fastest kid on the ice.” The youngest-ever player at the under-18 world hockey championship, Sherbatov gets four goals and five assists. Israel wins bronze. Article content He limps. How can he skate again? His mother still won’t let him quit. He has eight months to prepare for the 2008-09 season. Anna Sherbatov performs another miracle. “In 10 months, my mother erased those two lost years and found the athlete I had always been,” he says. He finishes the season as one of the triple-A league’s highest scorers in Quebec. He feels “unstoppable.” His team makes it to the Telus Cup on the strength of his winning goal. Triumph! So you know what’s coming next.
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