Brave Face: Wild Tales of Hockey Goaltenders in the Era Before Masks

by Rob Vanstone

A fascinating and immersive chronicle of hockey's original maskless warriors

More than 400 stitches decorated Terry Sawchuk's face during his 16 years as a goaltender in the National Hockey League, the result of high-speed collisions and slapshots that whizzed directly at his skull. All in a day's work for an elite goalie of his era.

Before facemasks became standard equipment in the 1960s and '70s, men like Sawchuk, Glenn Hall,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1637272162
• ISBN13: 9781637272169
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"