Canadian hockey player
He's been called the greatest goaltender in National Hockey League (NHL) history. He won the Stanley Cup four times, earned the Vezina Trophy for the year's best goalie four times, and his performance in a 1967 playoff game is still called the best display of goaltending ever. Goalies ever since have imitated the way he crouched in front of the goal. In a sport full of tough,
Terry Sawchuk
tenacious men who play hurt, his countless physical injuries and mental wounds still became legendary. Terry Sawchuk triumphed, faltered, raged, rebounded, and triumphed again, always in pain.
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R Tatarnic tataradm ((at)) hotmail dot com
The Troubles and Triumphs book is a sham. The author used an estranged wife, a son who was barley a teen when Terry died and an uncle (Nick) who only saw Terry when the Wings, or whatever team Terry was playing for, visited Chicago and Nick got free tickets. Why was Terry's brother Gerald, not interviewed, or cousins and friends in Winnipeg who grew up with Terry. I spent some time with Terry and I can tell you he treated me with kindness that only an older cousin could. He was my hero and he knew it and he never let me down. He may have had a side of him that wasn't particularly pretty. He was moody and stand offish, but now they call that type of behaviour, getting his game face on. He drank, like most athletes of that era did, See Mantle, Maris, etc. but he certainly wasn't a raging alcoholic like some have made him out to be.