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.