In hockey, goalies have always been a contradiction — solitary men in a team game, the last line of defence and the stalwarts expected to save the day after any and every miscue and collapse from his teammates. It’s no wonder that...
Hockey goalkeepers
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Auteur:Malarchuk, ClintSommaire:No job in the world of sports is as intimidating, exhilarating and as stress-ridden as that of a hockey goaltender. Standing in the crease facing one-hundred-mile-an-hour slapshots, the entire game riding on your glove hand, standing on...
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Auteur:Poulin, AndréeSommaire:The legendary goalie who revolutionized the game of hockey - Young Jacques Plante's way of playing hockey may look different from everyone else's. Instead of a puck, he uses a tennis ball, and his shin pads are made out of potato sacks...
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Auteur:Ross, JeffSommaire:Alex Paterson is the number-one goalie on his high-school hockey team. And he's thrilled that his team has made the playoffs. But when graffiti that apparently can be traced back to Alex is found on the walls of the school, and a...
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Auteur:Gratton, Gilles, Oliver, GregSommaire:One of hockey’s most colourful characters, from hockey’s most colourful era, tells all
Gilles Gratton was not a typical pro hockey player. He refused to don his equipment and man his net if the planets were not properly...
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In this revealing memoir, NHL superstar Curtis Joseph, known affectionately to hockey fans around the world as Cujo, talks about his highly unusual upbringing and what led him to put on his first pair of skates.
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Auteur:Rondina, CatherineSommaire:The son of an NHL draftee and the chief of the Ulkatcho First Nation, Carey Price got his start on skates as a toddler, first on a frozen creek and then on his father's homemade rink. The natural athlete went on to become one of the top...
