A Breed Apart: An Illustrated History of Goaltending |  | Author: Douglas Hunter
Publisher: Triumph Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1911574
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9.5 x 1
ISBN: 1572430486
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.96227
EAN: 9781572430488
ASIN: 1572430486
Publication Date: October 1995
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The only job in sports that seems crazier than hockey goalie is hockey goalie in the era before masks. That time is examined in A Breed Apart, an exuberant, photo-rich tribute to the game's last line of defense and most interesting personalities. The great goalies--from Vezina and Worters to Dryden and Roy--are profiled in detail, and there are smart era-by-era analyses of how the position's equipment and style of play have changed, and how each relates to the other. Ultimately, the players beneath the padding emerge as the unique sporting characters implied by the title. As Gerry Cheevers, famed for decorating his mask with the stitches it saved him from, observes, "We goaltenders, alone and unloved, tend to be very proud bastards." In A Breed Apart, they make the most of their chance to preen.
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Excellent book for the goaltending enthusiast!' December 11, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Those of us who play goal know what unique characters we are. This book highlights all the greats from the early days of the sport up to now. Pictures galore. Spreads of early equipment. Full head shots of masks, old and new. Profiles of many of the greats to ever play the position. The innovators and the champions. A well rounded history of the insanely brave men who guard the cages. I reccomend it to all into the sport or the position.
Great book for anyone interested in goaltending May 2, 1998
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous and very detailed book about the history of goaltending. The book spans from the very first goaltenders all the way to today's goalies. The book has many great pictures along with stories and interesting facts. The book got me interested right away. It shows pictures all the way from before the 1900's and up to today. Famous goalies such as, Jaques Plante, Terry Sawchuck, and many others. I highly recoment this book for just about anyone. This would be a fabulous book for any goaltender currently playing on a team. The book is so well done and easy to read and follow it really brings you into the time of the earlier goaltenders. Just overall...a great book
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