Laraque’s efforts to become a good sportsman are described in his book “The story of the NHL’s unlikeliest tough guy”

Georges Laraque described his difficult life of sports in a book “The story of the NHL’s unlikeliest tough guy”. He wanted to share his biography with others. Georges Laraque mentioned also about administration of anabolic steroids in the National Hockey League (NHL). These facts about intake of steroids in NHL seemed to be very interesting. The Canadian press published just the quotes related to this endless subject. The rest of the book was neglected.
Georges Laraque pointed out in an interview that he had never used performance-enhancing drugs. Moreover, the author pointed out that he hadn’t mentioned any names of the sportsmen that had administrated steroids. The book is indeed about life of the author.
George Laraque notices about certain ways in order to determine whether a hockey player applies steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs or not. Here are 2 ways noticed by him:
1. A hockey player whose weight has been increased by more than 40 pounds in a short period of time must be utilizing steroids.
2. A hockey player whose weight has been reduced significantly in short period of time to correspond to the indications of the Winter Olympics must be utilizing steroids.
Undoubtedly, all athletes, including hockey players, know that they will be tested for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs by the World Anti-Doping Agency. That’s why they cease administrating the forbidden medications certain time before the Olympics. It helps them to escape from probability of testing positive for these products.
But this is not the most important idea of the book. The author wanted to show that a child has to put many efforts to become a famous professional sportsman enduring racial intolerance and bullying. But the media doesn’t pay attention on this subject. The media intends to publish stories linked with administration of steroids in sports.
It was not the goal of the author to name the hockey players who used steroids.
Of course, the media asks George Laraque to name steroid users of the NHL.