" Unforgettable portraits of twelve of the best goalies of all time. Some goalies are great and others are intriguingthe NHL hasn't been the same since Gilles Gratton claimed he had fought in the Spanish Inquisition and skated on to the ice wearing only a jockstrapbut Dominik Hasek and a handful of other NHL goalies are legends because they are both. In Between the Pipes , experienced sports journalist Randi Druzin profiles these athletes, recounting their exploits and dissecting their personalities, emphasizing the traits that make each one unique. With wit and verve, she paints vivid portraits of men as memorable as Gump Worsley-who is a legend because he proved that, despite the principles of biomechanics, a man shaped like a cabbage can be nimble and because he was the funniest man ever to start in goaland as eccentric as Jacques Plante, the first goalie with the temerity to wear a mask, whose off-ice hobbies included knitting and baking. Goalies the backbone of the team, and it's no surprise that some of them suffer under the strain of a stressful and injury-laden joblike Glenn Hall, who threw up before every game. But Druzin entertains with her lively and knowledgeable prose, bolstered by interviews with family, teammates, and the great men themselves, and gives new insight into what makes these intrepid athletes tick. ".