A Matter of Inches: How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond

A Matter of Inches: How I Survived in the Crease and Beyond
ISBN-10
1641250313
ISBN-13
9781641250313
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2017-11-01
Publisher
Triumph Books
Authors
Dan Robson, Clint Malarchuk

Description

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.

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