Description: Brave Face : Wild Tales of Hockey Goaltenders in the Era Before Masks, Hardcover by Vanstone, Rob, ISBN 1637272162, ISBN-13 9781637272169, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "A fascinating and immersive chronicle of hockey's original maskless warriors More than 400 stitches decorated Terry Sawchuk's face during his 16 years as a goaltender in the National Hockey League, the result of high-speed collisions and slapshots that whizzed directly at his skull. All in a day's work for an elite goalie of his era. Before facemasks became standard equipment in the 1960s and '70s, men like Sawchuk, Glenn Hall, and Jacques Plante-the first goalie to ever wear a mask in the NHL-put theirbodies on the line in the name of hockey, enduring broken bones, damaged organs, and even psychological turmoil. In this thoroughly researched book, Rob Vanstone illuminates the stories of these intrepid warriors while examining how the goaltender position has changed throughout the decades. As masks evolved from ghoulish-looking creations not out of place in horror films to today's caged helmets with custom artwork, goalies' body positioning and tactics were similarly transformed along with NHL with charm and verve, this is an essential portrait of a uniquely brutal and harrowing chapter in hockey history"--
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Book Title: Brave Face : Wild Tales of Hockey Goaltenders in the Era before Masks
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 1.2in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Rob Vanstone
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Hockey, General, Health & Safety
Publisher: Triumph Books
Publication Year: 2023
Genre: Sports & Recreation
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
