I learned something from that article: Gary Bromley's skull mask was totally farking awesome.

davidphogan: I learned something from that article: Gary Bromley's skull mask was totally farking awesome.

Warren Skorodenski's was even better:

CraicBaby: Warren Skorodenski's was even better:

You couldn't Kanye that up a bit?

davidphogan: You couldn't Kanye that up a bit?

Okay, okay...

YO GARY BROMLEY, I'M REAL HAPPY FOR YOU AND I'MA LET YOU FINISH, BUT WARREN SKORODENSKI HAD THE BEST SKULL MASK OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME.

CraicBaby: Okay, okay...

YO GARY BROMLEY, I'M REAL HAPPY FOR YOU AND I'MA LET YOU FINISH, BUT WARREN SKORODENSKI HAD THE BEST SKULL MASK OF ALL TIME. OF ALL TIME.

Much better.

CraicBaby: Bria Hayward

Another of the best.

And who can forget, Casey Jones:

CraicBaby: Some other cool masks:

Bria Hayward


Steve Valiquette


Felix Potvin


Gilles Gratton


Gary "The Cobra" Simmons


Eddie "The Eagle" Belfour


Roman Turek's Iron Maiden mask


and Steve Shields' meta mask:

AdD Curtis Joseph:

My face was my mask.

/Hot like stew for dinner.

You know, it's hard to imagine the guys of today playing without a mask, it would be lunacy. Not to mention how cool and unique they can be made to look, as evidenced by some of the pictures in this thread.

I never understood how they played without masks until I read that they only took wrist shots back in the day
/in the autobiography of Frank Boucher
//highly recommend it to fans of old time hockey
///"old time hockey, Eddie Shore"

And it allowed Hasek to use his face to stop shots, on purpose.

Interesting. I thought the anniversary was Thursday.

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Benevolent Misanthrope: Pussy.

I'm pretty sure he played that game with a shattered face.

/I don't think the words pussy or chicken should be used during this discussion.

A part of their heritage:

The very short movie (new window)

CraicBaby: Steve Shields' meta mask:


Gerry Cheevers tribute?

Hot like a hat trick

Gerbers Darth Vader mask and the Denis Lemieux tribute mask (can't remember who) were faves.

Slap shots & synthetic sticks = suicide if you play without a mask.

This is a mask I don't want to see again for a long time.

Wants his credit back:

paj: Wants his credit back:

Hannibal Lecter invented the mask?

paj: Wants his credit back:

Clint doesn't count because he only wore it for five games. However, he did pioneer the act of dropping to the ice to stop pucks.

Elvis Da King: Gerry Cheevers tribute?

Yup. That's why I called it the meta mask.

Theseus: You know, it's hard to imagine the guys of today playing without a mask, it would be lunacy. Not to mention how cool and unique they can be made to look, as evidenced by some of the pictures in this thread.

What is interesting is the amount of individuality that goalies are allowed in decorating their masks. It is hard to imagine the NFL allowing players to this kind of creative freedom with their uniforms/equipment.

northgrave: Theseus: You know, it's hard to imagine the guys of today playing without a mask, it would be lunacy. Not to mention how cool and unique they can be made to look, as evidenced by some of the pictures in this thread.

What is interesting is the amount of individuality that goalies are allowed in decorating their masks. It is hard to imagine the NFL allowing players to this kind of creative freedom with their uniforms/equipment.

Backcatchers recently in baseball started finally doing it too...
Not sure who the first was there, but seems to me like it was only in the last 5-10 years they started doing it as I don't recall anyone when the Jays were actually good having their masks painted.

Jacques Plante didn't invent the mask. he wasn't even the first guy to wear a mask in an NHL game.

hockeyfarker: Jacques Plante didn't invent the mask. he wasn't even the first guy to wear a mask in an NHL game.

He was the first one to wear it regularly. Clint Benedict was technically the first NHLer to wear some sort of goalie mask(really more of a glorified nose guard) but he only wore it for 5 games. It didn't become a regular thing till Plante started wearing one 30 yrs later.

hockeyfarker: Jacques Plante didn't invent the mask. he wasn't even the first guy to wear a mask in an NHL game.

I take it you read the article then? They talked about that.

northgrave: What is interesting is the amount of individuality that goalies are allowed in decorating their masks. It is hard to imagine the NFL allowing players to this kind of creative freedom with their uniforms/equipment.

Hard to imagine NFLer being creative or interesting what so ever.

Seriously, ever listen to most pro football players? Dumb as doornails for anything not related to X's, O's and route patterns.

And Basketball players? Even worse.

Hockey players, for all the crap they get, I find are generally the most bright and more adaptable of any professional athletes.

saintstryfe: Hard to imagine NFLer being creative or interesting what so ever.

Seriously, ever listen to most pro football players? Dumb as doornails for anything not related to X's, O's and route patterns.

I take it you ignore quarterbacks then?

davidphogan: I take it you read the article then? They talked about that.

Sure, but apparently submitter didn't

davidphogan: saintstryfe: Hard to imagine NFLer being creative or interesting what so ever.

Seriously, ever listen to most pro football players? Dumb as doornails for anything not related to X's, O's and route patterns.

I take it you ignore quarterbacks then?

An offensive linemen.

davidphogan: saintstryfe: Hard to imagine NFLer being creative or interesting what so ever.

Seriously, ever listen to most pro football players? Dumb as doornails for anything not related to X's, O's and route patterns.

I take it you ignore quarterbacks then?

that's racist

Benedict was first, dammit.

Having said that, here are some of my fave masks:

Brian Hayward, San Jose Sharks


Dominik Hasek, Detroit Red Wings


Mikka Kiprusoff, Calgary Flames


Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings


Kelly Hrudey, Los Angeles Kings


Jamie Storr, Los Angeles Kings


Steve Shields, Buffalo Sabres


Clint Malarchuk, Buffalo Sabres


Bunny Larocque, Toronto Maple Leafs


Gilles Gratton, New York Rangers


David Aebischer, Montréal Canadiens

Chris Osgood has a very nice mask, but he insists on wearing his Special-Kid-Headknocker-Helmet. Can't find a picture of it, but it has a wizard holding a crystal ball; pretty cute.