Power Within III Excerpt: Tim Thomas

The brand new The Power Within III book is out, and InGoal Magazine has teamed up with co-authors Justin Goldman and Mike Valley to provide exclusive excerpts to our Premium Members.

As we heard from Valley in his recent appearance on the InGoal Radio Podcast, the chapter with Stanley Cup and two-time Vezina Trophy winner Tim Thomas is loaded with great stories, including how he once invited equipment companies to bring him new skates to test during the playoffs.

We’ve got more excerpts coming from a list of goalies and coaches that includes Mitch Korn, Bill Ranford, Sean Burke, Brian Elliott, Thomas Magnusson, Alfie Michaud and Hannu Nykvist. You can already hear from Jeremy Swayman in our first excerpt, but today we focus on Thomas, who shares lessons on everything from his famous battle level to why he wore the mask he did: