Between the Pipes: A Revealing Look at Hockey's Legendary Goalies

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Some NHL goalies are great and others are intriguing, but a dozen of them are legends because they're both. In "Between the Pipes," Randi Druzin profiles these athletes, revealing the traits that make each one unique. Gump Worsley defied the laws of biomechanics by being nimble despite having a cabbage-shaped body. He was also one of the funnie

Randi Druzin is an author and journalist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Time magazine, and the Globe and Mail. Randi is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Women in Sports, a book that traces the history of women's sports from antiquity to the present. Roy MacGregor has spent a lifetime playing and writing about Hockey. In 2012 he was named the media inductee to the Hockey Hall of Fame and received the Elmer Ferguson Award for distinguished writing on the game. His acclaimed books on hockey include Home Team: Fathers, Sons and Hockey which was shortlisted for the Governor-General's Award for Literature, Home Game, written with Ken Dryden, and Wayne Gretzky's Ghost.

"Druzin details each net-minder's origin and career, and in so doing reveals the changing face of professional hockey in the last half century. ...Those unfamiliar with these grand figures will find this an engrossing read."—Publishers Weekly "This is a storyteller's book, and as such it is also a reader's book. You don't have to be a goaltender to enjoy it; you just have to be a reader who loves words, loves sports and appreciates the sorts of insights that will never be found in 140 characters or less."--Roy MacGregor "Between The Pipes makes for an entertaining read that will leave even the most knowledgeable fan learning something new." --Joe Pelletier, Hockey Books Reviews "What this selection of goalies show is a wide range of personalities, from the super nice to the seemingly psychotic, but what they have in common is a love of the game, something that they obviously share with author Randi Druzin, who has written a great book about their lives. She has picked twelve of the best, and each profile is as winning as the player it portrays. You will wish there were more." -- Todd Simmons, SILive.com