Open Net, George Plimpton
Open Net, George Plimpton
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Open Net
A Professional Amateur in the World of Big-Time Hockey

Author: George Plimpton, Denis Leary

Narrator: Marc Vietor

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/26/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

George Plimpton takes to the ice with the Boston Bruins in this memorable portrait of the rough-and-tumble world of professional hockey, repackaged and featuring a foreword from Denis Leary and never-before-seen content from the Plimpton Archives.

In Open Net, George Plimpton takes to the ice as goalie for his beloved Boston Bruins. After signing a release holding the Bruins blameless if he should meet with injury or death, he survives a harrowing, seemingly eternal five minutes in an exhibition game against the always-tough Philadelphia Flyers.

With reflections on such hockey greats as Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, and Eddie Shore, Open Net is at once a celebration of the thrills and grace of the greatest sport on ice and a probing meditation into the hopes and fears of every man.

About George Plimpton

George Plimpton (1927-2003) was the bestselling author and editor of nearly thirty books, as well as the cofounder, publisher, and editor of the Paris Review. He wrote regularly for such magazines as Sports Illustrated and Esquire, and he appeared numerous times in films and on television.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hannah on March 03, 2024

Plimpton's short time working with the Boston Bruins gives insight into the rich underbelly of the NHL. Great read!......more

Goodreads review by Larry on June 08, 2014

Not that many people get to become a professional NHL player, even for one game. George Plimpton's excerpt from Open Net generalizes what it means to be a goalie in the National Hockey League. He wasn't just a goalie for any team, he was a goalie for one of biggest baddest teams in the League, The B......more

Goodreads review by Russ on July 13, 2007

I'm a hockey fan, and when I was younger I used to check out hockey books from the local library. I absolutely loved "Open Net" by George Plimpton when I first read it. Even as a young lad, I understood the humor. The book is about George Plimpton's time spent with the Boston Bruins in the late 70s.......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 27, 2013

It was very interesting reading a hockey book that wasn't written from the perspective of somebody who knows hockey inside and out. When I first got into hockey, there were a lot of terms that I didn't understand. This book would be good for a hockey novice because Plimpton is learning as he goes an......more

Goodreads review by Sean on November 29, 2015

I just don't care about hockey. I tried to care for a minute. I believed in Plimpton and the Sports Books lists that routinely place this book near the top. I thought that would be enough to get me past the fact that I don't like hockey. But it wasn't. I guess non-fiction is funny that way. There ar......more

Quotes

"A season with the Boston Bruins is the basis for Plimpton's absorbing personal report ... A winning entertainment for fans of sports, told with warmth and integrity."—Publishers Weekly

"[Plimpton's] sojourn with the Bruins in training camp culminated in a five-minute stint in goal against the Philadelphia Flyers ... Plimpton tries valiantly to acquire the skills of the position and comes to his moment of truth."—Library Journal

"A delight--more entertaining, if possible, than I remembered... the reader leaves George Plimpton's wide world of sports with deep reluctance.... His prose is as elegant and seemingly effortless as Ted Williams's swing or an Arnold Palmer iron shot.... His teammates recede--like the old baseball players vanishing into the cornfield in Field of Dreams, taking their magical world with them but living on in fond memory."—Edward Kosner, Wall Street Journal

"Sports memoirs, like humor collections, rarely outlive their authors, but Plimpton's books have aged gracefully and even matured. Today they have the additional (and unintended) appeal of vivid history, bearing witness to a mythical era."—Nathaniel Rich, New York Review of Books

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