Some very exciting news to pass along on this Friday morning, courtesy of Tim Leone of the Patriot-News, check this out:

"Washington Capitals head coach Bruce Boudreau has signed a deal with Potomac Books, Inc. to publish his autobiography. The book, co-written with Tim Leone of The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa., is scheduled to come out in October of 2009. It will chronicle the colorful Boudreau's playing and coaching career and his storybook rise to the Capitals after more than three decades in the minor leagues. Boudreau guided Washington from last place to the Southeast Division championship in 2007-08 and won the Jack Adams Award as NHL Coach of the Year. Leone, a winner of numerous national and state sportswriting awards, covered Boudreau during his tenure as head coach of the American Hockey League's Hershey Bears. Potomac Books, Inc., based in Dulles, Va., is located on the Internet at www.potomacbooksinc.com."

I had the chance to read some of the early chapters Tim wrote with Bruce this summer, and it's nothing short of outstanding. There's so much about Bruce's life in this book, it's an automatic purchase when it comes to bookstores next October. If you've followed the Bears over the last few years, or even for those in Manchester, Mississippi or other stops on the Boudreau tour of North America, you have to have this book. I can't wait to see this in print. Congratulations to Bruce and Tim on this project, well done.