"The Game" by Ken Dryden

number55 · Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:16 pm Post subject: "The Game" by Ken Dryden

Has anyone read "The Game" by Ken Dryden?

I am about halfway through and I find myself highlighting various segments.
One in particular:
"While teams insist on togetherness... a goalie is the one player a team allows to be different. Indeed, as perplexed as anyone at his willingness to dress in cumbrous, oversized equipment to get hit by a puck, a team allows a goalie to sit by himself on planes or buses, to dissapear on road trips, to reappear and say nothing for long periods of time, to have a single room when everyone else has roommates. After all, shrug, he's a goalie. What can you expect?" Laughing

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auburn goalie · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 12:27 pm Post subject:

i only like to be alone in the locker room before the game, other than that, i hang out with the other kids on my team Laughing

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FutureSuperstar93 · Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:07 pm Post subject:

I hardly ever go off by myself

JohnnyD · College Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 28

I find hanging with the guys keeps me from over thinking. Helps to keep me loose.

auburn goalie · Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:21 am Post subject:

like i said, but you guys didnt hear that part Laughing

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HawksGoalie33 · Pro Joined: 21 Apr 2008 Posts: 566

I thought about picking a copy of the book up a while ago but for some reason didnt. I think Im going to have to reconsider that as it does look like a great read. Amazon/Barnes and Noble have it on sale for $20 as well which never hurts.
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Sawchuk1 · Squirt Joined: 26 Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Edmonton

I've read it like 9 times. Favorite book.

habsfan · College Joined: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 73

It's a great book, written by one of the few athletes who can actually write.

Loved the part where he talks about how depressed he felt during the heydays of the habs because he didn't feel they really needed him.

auburn goalie · Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject:

so you loved the part of the book in which the man felt like quitting and giving up on his dream and his life, and wanting to just never see light again? Confused

dude, your weird Laughing

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puckstopper35 · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:56 am Post subject:

I recently picked up a copy of "The Greatest Hockey Stories Ever Told" and it has an excerpt (sp?) of that story in it. Sounds good Very Happy

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Straight Faced · College Joined: 12 Apr 2008 Posts: 53 Location: Michigan

That's how I roll.

And man, most of what it said applies to me. Only one kid on my team who I actually hung out with and liked.

Well, I only stayed at a hotel for hockey once, and I slept in my truck.
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montreal961 · Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

......... alright.
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