The Crazy Game

How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond

by Clint Malarchuk, Dan Robson

On Sale: 10/20/2014

The Crazy Game

How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond

by Clint Malarchuk, Dan Robson

On Sale: 10/20/2014

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About the Book

In the spirit of The Game and The Blind Side, a raw, raucous and unvarnished look at life between the posts.

No job in the world of sports is as intimidating, exhilarating and as stress-ridden as that of a hockey goaltender. Standing in the crease facing one-hundred-mile-an-hour slapshots, the entire game riding on your glove hand, standing on your head when necessary-all job requirements for those wanting to be the best goalies in the world. Now imagine doing that job while suffering high anxiety, depression and obsessive compulsive disorder, and having your career nearly literally cut short by a skate across your neck.
The Crazy Game takes you deep into the troubled mind of Clint Malarchuk, the former NHL goaltender for the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres. Even as a boy, Malarchuk faced such deep anxiety that he missed school and acted out at school and with his friends. His OCD changed the way he trained, and he was almost always the last player off the ice. When his throat 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.

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Product Details

  • ISBN: 9781443432467
  • ISBN 10: 1443432466
  • Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
  • On Sale: 10/20/2014
  • Pages: 272
  • List Price:32.99 CAD
  • BISAC1 : BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

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