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Randi Druzin is an author and journalist. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Time magazine, the Globe and Mail and several other major publications. She is the author of three books including Between the Pipes. She lives in Toronto.
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A dozen incredible stories about hockey's legendary goalies, on and off the ice-including Carey Price, Marc-André Fleury, Roberto Luongo, and Henrik Lundqvist. "Hockey goaltenders have forever been thought of as unique, eccentric, weird and wacky. Also misunderstood. Randi Druzin's Behind the Mask is a fascinating examination of a dozen of those who have played the position at the highest levels. This well-researched and well-written book is revealing and delightful at the same time."-Roy MacGregorWhile his teammates rush up the ice in a coordinated attack, the goalie is alone in his net. And when the play turns back toward him, he's prepared to step in front of a frozen rubber disc traveling 100 miles an hour. He's the last line of defense in a pitched battle. The goalie stands apart, on and off the ice. Like the relief pitcher in baseball and the place kicker in football, he is a maverick. Behind the Mask profiles 12 legendary NHL goalies, emphasizing the traits that make each one unique. It blends accounts of the goalies on-ice exploits with anecdotes about their lives off the ice information gleaned from archival research as well as interviews with teammates, family members and the goalies themselves. The careers here cover the last half-century of professional hockey from the personal struggles of Roger Crozier and Ed Giacomin on their way to stardom in the 1960s, to the recent brilliance of Carey Price, whose character blends stoicism with a deep warmth and pride in his Indigenous background. Told with author Randi Druzin's trademark mix of knowledge and wit, Behind the Mask has all the insight and color to make it a bestseller like her previous book on NHL goalies, Between the Pipes. Hockey goalies profiled include:Roger Crozier, Detroit Red Wings / Buffalo SabresRogie Vachon, Los Angeles KingsGerry Cheevers, Boston BruinsEd Giacomin, New York RangersTony Esposito, Chicago Black HawksVladislav Tretiak, Soviet Red ArmyMike Palmateer, Toronto Maple LeafsGrant Fuhr, Edmonton OilersRoberto Luongo, Vancouver CanucksMarc-André Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins / Vegas Golden KnightsHenrik Lundqvist, New York RangersCarey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Résumé
A dozen incredible stories about hockey’s legendary goalies, on and off the ice—including Carey Price, Marc-André Fleury, Roberto Luongo, and Henrik Lundqvist.
“Hockey goaltenders have forever been thought of as unique, eccentric, weird and wacky. Also misunderstood. Randi Druzin’s Behind the Mask is a fascinating examination of a dozen of those who have played the position at the highest levels. This well-researched and well-written book is revealing and delightful at the same time.”—Roy MacGregor
While his teammates rush up the ice in a coordinated attack, the goalie is alone in his net. And when the play turns back toward him, he's prepared to step in front of a frozen rubber disc traveling 100 miles an hour. He's the last line of defense in a pitched battle. The goalie stands apart, on and off the ice. Like the relief pitcher in baseball and the place kicker in football, he is a maverick.
Behind the Mask profiles 12 legendary NHL goalies, emphasizing the traits that make each one unique. It blends accounts of the goalies on-ice exploits with anecdotes about their lives off the ice information gleaned from archival research as well as interviews with teammates, family members and the goalies themselves.
The careers here cover the last half-century of professional hockey from the personal struggles of Roger Crozier and Ed Giacomin on their way to stardom in the 1960s, to the recent brilliance of Carey Price, whose character blends stoicism with a deep warmth and pride in his Indigenous background.
Told with author Randi Druzin’s trademark mix of knowledge and wit, Behind the Mask has all the insight and color to make it a bestseller like her previous book on NHL goalies, Between the Pipes.
Hockey goalies profiled include:
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1. THE NERVOUS WRECK: ROGER CROZIER
Just four years after making his NHL debut, Roger Crozier retired. He left the Detroit Red Wings in November 1967 and retreated to his hometown, in Ontario. He found work as a carpenter and soon wielded, in his own estimation, “the fastest hammer in the north.” For the first time in years, he was in good health.
A teammate headed to Bracebridge, located 123 miles north of Toronto, where he found Crozier pounding shingles onto the roof of a house. But he wasn’t able to convince the goalie to return to the ice. “If I bend a nail up here, I don’t have 12,000 people booing me!” Crozier explained.
He unfastened his tool belt and rejoined the Red Wings six weeks later. But he continued to suffer from ulcers and bouts of pancreatitis, even while making headlines with his acrobatic performances.
By the time he retired for good in 1977, he had established himself as one of the best goalies of his era—a remarkable accomplishment, especially for someone who was a bundle of nerves from his first game to his last.
Crozier was born in March 1942 and raised in a working-class family. He was the fourth of 14 children—yes, you read that right, 14—in a family headed by Lloyd and Mildred Crozier.
No sooner had he learned to walk than he took his first tentative steps on the ice. Crozier started playing goal when he was seven years old, primarily because he was small, but he soon grew to like it.
When Crozier was 13 years old, a coach with a keen eye realized that the young goaltender, unlike most, was more comfortable catching with his right hand than his left, so he bought the boy a catching glove he could actually use—and it worked wonders.
A year later, the head of the town’s senior hockey team, the Bracebridge Bears, recognized the nimble goalie as a special talent and added him to their roster. Even though Crozier was just 14 years old, he excelled playing alongside others who were, you know, old enough to shave.
Crozier grew a few inches, though not many, in the next few years and was good enough to play in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), a major junior league that served as a breeding ground for NHL players.
In the fall of 1959, he traveled 175 miles south to join the St. Catharines Teepees, which were sponsored by the Chicago Black Hawks. Crozier was a standout playing with future NHL stars such as Chico Maki and Vic Hadfield, and the fleet-footed young goalie helped the Teepees win the Memorial Cup in his first season.
Crozier also developed an ulcer a…