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Greatest Goalies of the NHL

Stories of the Legendary Players

by (author) J. Alexander Poulton

Publisher
Editions de la Montagne Verte
Initial publish date
Dec 2006
Category
Hockey, Winter Sports, Sports
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897277126
    Publish Date
    Dec 2006
    List Price
    $9.95

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Description

Top-ranked NHL teams tend to be those with top-ranked goalies and a look back at the Stanley Cup champions of hockey history quickly proves the conventional wisdom. Great Goalies of the NHL profiles some of the most outstanding netminders the game has ever seen: Jacques Plante, who pioneered use of the goalie mask while minding net for the dynasty Montreal Canadiens that won 5 Stanley Cups in a row; Ken Dryden, another Canadiens goaltender who backstopped the team to six Stanley Cup victories; Glenn Hall, who still holds the record for most consecutive NHL games played by a goalie; Patrick Roy, known as Saint Patrick to his fans, widely regarded as the greatest

goaltender of all time; such superstar stoppers as Terry Sawchuk, Grant Fuhr, Johnny Bower, Martin Brodeur, and more.

About the author

Arpon Basu had said since the age of eight that he would one day make the National Hockey League. Any chance of that happening, came to a crashing halt when, at 15 when he realized he was completely devoid of any talent. He earned a graduate journalism degree from Concordia University and went straight to a sports-writing job with the Canadian Press. The first time he walked into the Montréal Canadiens dressing room as a giddy cub reporter, Basu nearly fell over as it dawned on him that, despite his ineptitude on the ice, he had in fact been telling the truth as a dreamy-eyed eight-year-old.Basu covers sports for the Canadian Press in Montréal and writes a weekly sports column for the Montréal Gazette. He is also editor of Montréal’s South Shore, The St-Lambert Journal.

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