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Book Brodeur

    Book Details:
  • Author : Martin Brodeur
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2008-02-28
  • ISBN : 0470156287
  • Pages : 285 pages

Download or read book Brodeur written by Martin Brodeur and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Brodeur is a giant in the world of hockey. He is the number-one goalie in the game today, and one of the greatest goaltenders of the modern age. He has been netminder for the New Jersey Devils for 13 years, leading them to three Stanley Cup victories and winning numerous individual awards in the process, including two Vezina trophies. A three-time Olympian for Canada, Brodeur was part of the gold-medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. He was in goal when Team Canada captured the 2004 World Cup and has been a part of every major Canadian team since he broke into the NHL in 1992. He is rated as the fourth most popular and recognizable hockey player of all time (after Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Mario Lemieux). In Brodeur: Beyond the Crease, the game's best netminder takes a candid, personal look at his career, his sport, the business of hockey, the evolution of the sport, and his journey to the apex of the modern game. It is one man's detailed, unique view of the kaleidoscope of intrigue and competitive chaos that defines today's NHL, a rare opportunity to understand the sport through the eyes of one of the game's most insightful athletes at the height of his abilities. Brodeur: Beyond the Crease traces Brodeur's career, revealing how he became the best, from minor hockey through junior to the NHL and Team Canada. It examines his rich national and personal hockey heritage, and the pivotal role his father and others played in his career, as well as his thoughts and insights on: being part of the effort that turned the New Jersey Devils around from being what Wayne Gretzky called "a Mickey Mouse organization" into one of the game's most powerful and successful franchises; being in the crease in 2002 when Canada ended a 50-year gold medal drought at the Olympics; being a Canadian and a Quebecer playing and living in the US; life as a husband and father of four, his love of motorcycles, and the lifestyle of the modern athlete; pursuing greatness and sporting records; the best goalies he’s ever seen and the best NHL shooters; how he prepares for game day; what it's like to be the wealthiest man ever to play his position, and what it was like to watch $8 million in salary fly out the window during the NHL lockout of 2004-2005. In association with award-winning sports journalist Damien Cox, the top goalie in the game takes us inside the game and beyond, to reveal the man behind the mask.

Book Thinking Inside the Crease

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  • Author : Christian K. Buck
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-04-02
  • ISBN : 9781519125989
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Thinking Inside the Crease written by Christian K. Buck and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-04-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thinking Inside the Crease" is a guide for lacrosse goalies to learn how to dominate in the cage psychologically. Playing goalie is 100% physical as well as 100% mental. The competition in high school and college has gotten so stiff that the best goalies must have the mental game to back up their technique. Chris Buck, a coach and sport psychology consultant, has worked with hundreds of goalies from youth to the MLL over the past twenty years, helping them with their technique but realized the best goalies in the world are the ones with the best mental game as well. The strategies inside this book are utilized by the best in the sport and now they are passed down to the next generation of goalies. From MLL to high school, the goalies who have followed Coach Buck's process have gone on to play at the highest level. Go to www.thinkinginsidethecrease.com for more drills and information.

Book A Matter of Inches

Download or read book A Matter of Inches written by Clint Malarchuk and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No job in the world of sports is as intimidating, exhilarating, and stress-ridden as that of a hockey goaltender. Clint Malarchuk did that job while suffering high anxiety, depression, and obsessive compulsive disorder and had his career nearly literally cut short by a skate across his neck, to date the most gruesome injury hockey has ever seen. This autobiography takes readers deep into the troubled mind of Malarchuk, the former NHL goaltender for the Quebec Nordiques, the Washington Capitals, and the Buffalo Sabres. When his carotid artery was slashed during a collision in the crease, Malarchuk nearly died on the ice. Forever changed, he struggled deeply with depression and a dependence on alcohol, which nearly cost him his life and left a bullet in his head. In A Matter of Inches, Malarchuk reflects on his past as he looks forward to the future, every day grateful to have cheated death—twice.

Book In the Crease

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  • Author : Toni Aleo
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017-08-19
  • ISBN : 9781975601041
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book In the Crease written by Toni Aleo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jensen Monroe is a unicorn. As handsome as any model, as polite as can be, a goalie of unmatched skill, and the best friend anyone could ask for. But he longs for a particular special someone to make his life complete. He's been in love with Wren since he was a teenager, but as his best friend's sister, she's always been off-limits.Wren Lemiere has prided herself on being a love 'em and leave 'em girl her whole life. She's all about equal opportunity in the battle of the sexes. Why should guys like her brother and his best friends get to be the only ones allowed to play the dating game? One wrong move, however, and she finds herself in violation of her own rules.In need of a fake husband and baby daddy for her unexpected bundle of joy, Wren finally accepts Jensen is the logical one to ask for help. Except he has a counteroffer...one with so many strings attached, they may just find themselves wrapped up in ties that bind. Forever.

Book Counsel in the Crease

Download or read book Counsel in the Crease written by Robert O. Swados and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He also talks frankly about the impact of Adelphia's bankruptcy on the fate of the Sabres and about the obsessions and frustrations of the 2004 NHL lockout as well as the future of the NHL. Perhaps no one in professional sports has had such an engaging and productive view."--Jacket.

Book In the Crease

Download or read book In the Crease written by Dick Irvin and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one knows hockey like Dick Irvin. Now Canada's most experienced hockey broadcaster draws together stories by and about the players who catch the rubber, from the giants of hockey's early years to the superstars of today. As in his previous best-selling books, "The Habs and "Behind the Bench, Irvin brings the game alive by combining his own rich store of hockey lore and the words of the players themselves. Here are the giants of the crease: Georges Vezina, whose name is carved on the trophy given annually to the game's best goalie; Lorne Chabot, the netminder who lost the longest game ever played; and Charlie Gardiner, who died heroically, practically with his skates still on. Here, too, are the legends of the modern era. Tony Esposito, the great Chicago netminder, explains why he refused to speak to anyone - even his wife - on game days. Glenn Hall, Chicago's best stopper of the 1960s, admits that he did, indeed, throw up before every game he played. Ken Dryden remembers with special pride the 1976 Stanley Cup finals in which he and the Montreal Canadiens won a furious grudge match against the Philadelphia Flyers. Among current stars Ron Hextall defends himself against his detractors; Patrick Roy admits that controversy over his million-dollar salary affected his play; and Martin Brodeur, once the game's most underpaid player and now the wearer of a Stanley Cup ring, explains his winning philosophy. Irvin does not neglect goaltending's less-exalted practitioners. One chapter is devoted to back-up goalies. Another is given over to good goalies whose fate it was to play for bad teams. Yet another tells the stories of goalies whose philosophical ruminations about the gamehave led to a career after goaltending. In the pages of "In the Crease, hockey's goaltending heroes and its merely human practitioners vividly convey their unique view of Canada's best-loved game.

Book Beyond the Goalcrease

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  • Author : Ross Bernstein
  • Publisher : Bernstein Books
  • Release : 2005-06
  • ISBN : 9780963487186
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Beyond the Goalcrease written by Ross Bernstein and published by Bernstein Books. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robb Stauber took an incredible journey from Minnesota to the National Hockey League. His story is a must-read for goalies, parents, coaches and hockey fans. Learn about the mental side of the game from top goalie coaches. Foreword by Wayne Gretzky.

Book World in the Balance  The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement

Download or read book World in the Balance The Historic Quest for an Absolute System of Measurement written by Robert P. Crease and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic story of the invention of a global network of weights, scales, and instruments for measurement. Millions of transactions each day depend on a reliable network of weights and measures. This network has been called a greater invention than the steam engine, comparable only to the development of the printing press. Robert P. Crease traces the evolution of this international system from the use of flutes to measure distance in the dynasties of ancient China and figurines to weigh gold in West Africa to the creation of the French metric and British imperial systems. The former prevailed, with the United States one of three holdout nations. Into this captivating history Crease weaves stories of colorful individuals, including Thomas Jefferson, an advocate of the metric system, and American philosopher Charles S. Peirce, the first to tie the meter to the wavelength of light. Tracing the dynamic struggle for ultimate precision, World in the Balance demonstrates that measurement is both stranger and more integral to our lives than we ever suspected.

Book Asian Blepharoplasty and the Eyelid Crease E Book

Download or read book Asian Blepharoplasty and the Eyelid Crease E Book written by William P. Chen and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideal for oculoplastic, facial plastic and cosmetic dermatologic surgeons, Dr. Chen's Asian Blepharoplasty and the Eyelid Crease was designed to help you master the latest techniques used in this highly popular surgery. Comprehensively updated, this multimedia resource features the addition of eight new chapters covering today's most advanced concepts; and enhanced full-color artworks. You'll have access to all the core knowledge necessary in offering spectacular results for those patients undergoing this complex and intricate procedure. Offers comprehensive coverage of anatomy, surgical approaches, and revision surgery from complications. Over 450 illustrations deliver step-by-step visual guidance. Extensive collection of case studies with before and after patient photos. Appendix tables and comprehensive references provide quick access to key information. Pearls and pitfalls throughout highlight the most important aspects of each chapter. New chapters provide coverage of lid-crease function and dynamics; the merits and pitfalls of epicanthoplasty and the use of permanent buried sutures; the most optimal techniques used in performing Asian eyelid surgery; and newer partial-incision techniques. Full-color artwork shows three-dimensional representations of key anatomy and procedural steps. Focused update highlights the complications related to lid crease placement, skin removal, and epicanthoplasty. A total of 30 comprehensive videos cover primary surgery through to revisional procedures and can be viewed step-by-step or as an entire sequence. Medicine eBook is accessible on a variety of devices.

Book In the Great Meadow

Download or read book In the Great Meadow written by Skid Crease and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fable which tells how two very different creatures overcome fear and pressure to become friends.

Book Crease and Fold

Download or read book Crease and Fold written by Sok Song and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2010 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents step-by-step illustrated instructions for a range of origami projects, from a skating penguin, to an angel ornament, to a subway map wallet.

Book The Great Equations  Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg

Download or read book The Great Equations Breakthroughs in Science from Pythagoras to Heisenberg written by Robert P. Crease and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-01-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place." —Publishers Weekly While we may be familiar with some of science’s greatest equations, we may not know that each and every equation emerged not in "Eureka!" moments but in years of cultural developments and scientific knowledge. With vignettes full of humor, drama, and eccentricity, philosopher and science historian Robert P. Crease shares the stories behind ten of history’s greatest equations, from the "first equation," 1 + 1 = 2, which promises a rational, well-ordered world, to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, which reveals the limitations of human knowledge. For every equation, Crease provides a brief account of who discovered it, what dissatisfactions lay behind its discovery, and what the equation says about the nature of our world.

Book Ken Danby

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  • Author : Greg McKee
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9780864929631
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Ken Danby written by Greg McKee and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ken Danby (1940-2007) was one of Canada's foremost practitioners of contemporary realism. Rooted in the Canadian psyche, nourished by his Ontario rural roots, Danby's subject matter was broad and expansive, yet it was the images of Canadian landscapes and life that captured the public's attention. At the Crease, a 1972 egg tempera painting depicting a nameless hockey goalie viewed from ice-level, was his best-known work, and for many, it defined him as an artist. An accomplished painter, watercolourist, printmaker, and commercial artist, Danby's career began to unfold with a modernist narrative in the 1960s and 1970s. It intersected with the fervent nationalism expressed in the music of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot, and Joni Mitchell. According to art historian Patrick Hutchings, Danby's paintings bring us "face to face with a moment of our own time." Ken Danby: Beyond the Crease, the first major book on Ken Danby's creative practise in two decades, examines the depth and breadth of Danby's work. Designed to accompany a major retrospective exhibition organized by the Art Gallery of Hamilton, it features an essay by art historian Ihor Holubizky, a detailed chronology by Christine Braun, more than sixty reproductions of Danby&#s major paintings, including At the Crease, Lacing Up, Pancho, and Pulling Out, and dozens of archival photographs, as well as Danby's own words about his life and work drawn from an unpublished autobiographical essay that he completed shortly before his death. Danby's work is highly collectable and can be found in numerous private and public collections, including those of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the National Gallery of Canada; the Musée des beaux arts, Montreal; the Art Gallery of Vancouver; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Brooklyn Museum. Ken Danby became a member of the Order of Canada in 2001.

Book Pick Me Up

    Book Details:
  • Author : Adam J. Kurtz
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2016-10-04
  • ISBN : 0143109081
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Pick Me Up written by Adam J. Kurtz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A quirky, creative companion that offers a pick-me-up on every page On the heels of his internationally successful first book, 1 Page at a Time, graphic designer and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz delivers another intimate and engaging journal for anyone who loves to explore ideas, record thoughts and feelings, and capture those fleeting but amazing moments of everyday life. Unlike a linear journal, this book can be opened up to any page, encouraging and engaging readers time and time again through continued use. Rather than simply complete tasks and turn pages, users are encouraged to leave their mark, and if they land on the same page days or weeks later, they can review, reflect, and revise their previous response. Feeling lonely? Pensive? Peeved? Questioning? This deceptively simple book offers perspective, hope, and a twist of existential metaphor – and is perfect to pick up again and again.

Book Cross Crease

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  • Author : Elizabeth Hartey
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-08-08
  • ISBN : 9781640348660
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Cross Crease written by Elizabeth Hartey and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heaven I was fourteen the first time I laid eyes on the smoking hot, silver-eyed goalie. Damon Wolfe was the most gorgeous boy I'd ever seen. All it took was one glance, one sentence and my heart was his.But I was too young, and he was too broken.Seven years later he's the biggest off-the-ice player in the NHL, and I'm his virginal best friend-a problem I have the perfect solution to. But Wolfe refuses to help me out. He claims he doesn't want to ruin our friendship. Yet, somehow, his eyes say something different whenever he looks at me.Wolfe The first time I looked into those sparkling eyes I was a goner. With one look she sent all my inner demons running. But she was just a kid and I was too damaged.Seven years later Heaven is now my best friend. She's also a woman with a single-minded mission-to get laid. She wants me to take her virginity and teach her about sex. But I can't cross that line with her. Once we do, there's no going back...and a man like me doesn't deserve a girl like her.

Book The Power Within

    Book Details:
  • Author : Justin Goldman
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2013-12
  • ISBN : 9781494358846
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Power Within written by Justin Goldman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABOUT THE BOOK: Dallas Stars goaltending coach Mike Valley and USA Hockey goaltending scout Justin Goldman have joined forces to co-author a comprehensive book dedicated to elevating and enhancing your mental game. Through the carefully constructed concept of the Three Pillars of Elite Goaltending, readers will receive professional and exclusive insights from a handful of NHL goaltenders and goalie coaches on a multitude of performance-related topics. Whether you are just learning how to play the position or you're at the junior, college, or pro ranks, this book is a terrific guide to help you discover your own unique path to becoming an elite goaltender. Not only does this book offer enriching insights for goalies of all ages and skill levels, it also takes you deep into the mind of an NHL goaltender. By giving you a rare glimpse of how these elite goalies have overcome different emotional and mental obstacles in their careers, you will gain an edge on the competition when it comes to the toughest aspects of playing the position. Combined with special lessons from both authors, this book provides you with an opportunity to gain wisdom from true goalie masters. More than two years in the making, "The Power Within" includes 25 chapters of literature focused on topics never before covered in this manner. It is the ultimate companion in your path to developing the mental skills needed to perform at an elite level. NHL GOALTENDERS: The book includes exclusive and personal interviews with Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators), Niklas Backstrom (Minnesota Wild), Marty Turco (Dallas Stars, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins), Tomas Vokoun (Nashville Predators, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins), Brian Elliott (St. Louis Blues), Richard Bachman (Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers), and Chris Mason (Winnipeg Jets). It also includes interviews with two master goalie coaches, Mitch Korn (Nashville Predators) and Erik Granqvist (Farjestad - Swedish Hockey League). A special thanks to all 10 elite goaltenders and goalie coaches for their willingness to participate in this book.TOPICS COVERED: With nearly 200 pages worth of content, you are sure to take away plenty of insights on the process of becoming an elite goaltender. Some of the topics include: Confidence, Discipline, Focus, Trusting the Process, Self-Visualization, Withdrawal, Meditation, Playing in the Moment, Pre-Game Routine, Playing Through Adversity, Balance, Egolessness, and much more. Whether you are a parent, coach, or a young goalie just learning how to stop the puck, you are sure to learn valuable lessons that will make you a more well-rounded and consistent performer.

Book The Second Creation

Download or read book The Second Creation written by Robert P. Crease and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second Creation is a dramatic--and human--chronicle of scientific investigators at the last frontier of knowledge. Robert Crease and Charles Mann take the reader on a fascinating journey in search of "unification" with brilliant scientists such as Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Albert Einstein, Erwin Schrödinger, Richard Feynman, Murray Gell-Mann, Sheldon Glashow, Steven Weinberg, and many others. They provide the definitive and highly entertaining story of the development of modern physics, and the human story of the physicists who set out to find the "theory of everything."