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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bryan Wallace Berard (born March 5, 1977) is an American professional ice hockey player, currently a free agent. He was the first overall pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He is most noted for a debilitating eye injury he received early in his career. He also attended Mount Saint Charles Academy. He was drafted first overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He would not play a game for the Senators, after informing the club he would not report. The Senators traded him along with Martin Straka to the New York Islanders for Wade Redden and Damian Rhodes. He was a successful player on the Islanders and was rewarded for his efforts in 1997 by winning the Calder Trophy as the top rookie player in the NHL. He also played for the United States in the 1998 Winter Olympics. After four years on Long Island, he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Berard played the last two seasons in Columbus. Besides his Calder Trophy season with the Islanders, Berards best season was 200304 in which he was 133447 in only 58 games with the Chicago Blackhawks. In 619 career NHL games with the Islanders, Toronto, Rangers, Boston, Chicago, and Columbus, Berard has 76 goals and 247 assists for a total of 323 points. He is tied for 128th on the NHL all-time scoring list for defensemen. On March 11, 2000, while Berard was playing for the Leafs in a game against the Senators in Ottawa, the stick of Marián Hossa clipped Berard in the right eye, severely injuring it. The eye was severely slashed on the sclera which resulted in a retinal tear and a detached retina. In the hospital room after the incident, after being told he might lose his eye, Berard reportedly told his friends that he would play hockey again. Despite being optimisti... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=568856 ... Read more

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Features: Craig Anderson, Tyler Arneson, Anton Babchuk, Mark Bell, Bryan Berard, Kyle Calder, Eric Daze, Nathan Dempsey, Matt Ellison, Alexander Karpovtsev, Duncan Keith, Matt Keith, Jon Klemm, Igor Korolev, Lasse Kukkonen, Michael Leighton, Steve McCarthy, Brett McLean, Travis Moen, Scott Nichol, Ville Nieminen, Steve Passmore, Steve Poapst, Deron Quint, Igor Radulov, Tuomo Ruutu, Jason Strudwick, Steve Sullivan, Jocelyn Thibault, Shawn Thornton, Ryan VandenBussche, Pavel Vorobiev, Mikhail Yakubov, and Alex Zhamnov. ... Read more