The Life and Death of Steve Montador, and the Future of Hockey
by Ken Dryden
Game Change links a single player's posthumous CTE diagnosis to a readable history of hockey and a set of proposals aimed at reducing head injuries. The author writes with passionate conviction, delivering narrative moments alongside calls for rule and cultural changes. The book's most useful element is the human entry point that connects lived consequence to policy urgency. Limitation: the author privileges moral argument and anecdote over detached, data-focused analysis, so readers seeking rigorous, chart-heavy treatment or step-by-step implementation may find it repetitive or one-sided.
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From the bestselling author and Hall of Famer Ken Dryden, this is the story of NHLer Steve Montador?who was diagnosed with CTE after his death in 2015?the remarkable evolution of hockey itself, and a passionate prescriptive to counter its greatest risk in the future: head injuries.Ken Dryden's The Game is acknowledged as the best book about hockey,...
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