Without Fear: Hockey's 50 Greatest Goaltenders - Hardcover

Allen, Kevin; Duff, Bob

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9781572434844: Without Fear: Hockey's 50 Greatest Goaltenders

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ISBN 10: 1572434848 ISBN 13: 9781572434844

Publisher: Triumph Books, 2002

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Sports fans love to argue. About which strategy should be used. About whose team is better. About which coach is the best. But nothing revs the motor of a sports fan more than a debate about who are the greatest players of all time.

This book attempts to settle at least one of these debates: Who are the greatest hockey goalies of all time. And it does so with an all-star lineup of experts just as impressive as the 50 men selected as the best goalies of the 20th Century. Indeed, Gladiators may just end the debate once and for all.

Kevin Allen, the esteemed hockey writer for USA Today, and Bob Duff, respected columnist for the Hockey Weekly, team with Hall of Fame goalie and super scout Johnny Bower and dozens of NHL greats who played outside the net to provide a provocative—and sharply persuasive—list of the best goalies ever. Bower’s critical eye, he provides incisive evaluations of each goalie, and the commentary by such luminaries as Gordie Howe, Bill Gadsby, Dino Ciccarelli, Brett Hull, Marcel Proust, and others, who provide the equally compelling perspective of those who tried to score against them, give Gladiators an unprecedented credibility. Allen and Duff give it an unprecedented polish.

Not only do the authors list the 50 greatest, they rank them one through fifty. The well-rounded list includes such old-timers as Terry Sawchuk, Ken Dryden, and Georges Vezina and the stars of today, such as Patrick Roy, Dominik Hasek, and Curtis Joseph. Bracing descriptions of each goalie as a player and a person accompany Bower’s technical analysis and the insights of the scorers.

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Former National Hockey League all-star Bobby Hull has stated that goalies are different. How true, considering what it takes to stand between two pipes and attempt to stop a frozen piece of rubber traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour. Hockey enthusiasts often debate the question, Who are the greatest goalies? Authors Allen (USA Today) and Duff (Hockey Weekly) provide the answer in this book, in which they pick the top 50 goalies and explain why they made the list. The contents are divided into six sections: the rankings, innovators, winners, perfectionists, tragic figures, and underappreciated players. With the exception of former U.S.S.R. sensation Vladislav Trekiak, the book is a who's who of N.H.L. goalies, from Patrick Roy, Turk Broda, and Jacques Plante to Glenn Hall, Ken Dryden, and Terry Sawchuck. The legendary Gordie Howe wrote the foreword, and longtime Toronto Maple Leafs net minder Johnny Bower offers the commentary. Complete with archival photos from the Hockey Hall of Fame, this is essential reading for aficionados of all ages.
Larry R. Little, Penticton P.L., BC
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