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Open Net A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey

9780316326810

Open Net A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey

  • ISBN 13:

    9780316326810

  • ISBN 10:

    031632681X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 04/26/2016
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Summary

George Plimpton takes to the ice with the Boston Bruins in this memorable portrait of the rough-and-tumble world of professional hockey, repackaged and featuring a foreword from Denis Leary and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.

In Open Net, George Plimpton takes to the ice as goalie for his beloved Boston Bruins. After signing a release holding the Bruins blameless if he should meet with injury or death, he survives a harrowing, seemingly eternal five minutes in an exhibition game against the always-tough Philadelphia Flyers.

With reflections on such hockey greats as Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Eddie Shore, Open Net is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice and a probing meditation into the hopes and fears of every man.

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