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Snapshots: Sixty years after Jacques Plante donned a mask for good, Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood sports a 30-year-old helmet-cage design
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From pop culture to hockey psychology, 50 years of goalie masks http://bit.ly/2ZC4Y2 19 days ago |
Sixty years after Jacques Plante donned a mask for good, Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood sports a 30-year-old helmet-cage design
Snapshots —
... to wear a goalie mask on a full-time basis, Yahoo Sports' Greg "Puck Daddy" Wyshynski took note of the fact that Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood has yet to ditch the old "helmet-cage": November 1, Yahoo Sports : [M]asks don't look like shoulder pads or shin guards or anything other piece of equipment that serves to protect. Over the years, they've become personalized statements of artistry. They reveal something psychologically about the man behind the mask, whether it's Vesa Toskala's desire to be ferocious or Martin Brodeur's conservative understatement or Ray ...
Monday Morning Fly By: Remember, 5 PM game today
Broad Street Hockey —
... Premature... [Gormley]
Martin Biron accomplished something over the weekend with the Isles that he couldn't do with the Flyers -- record his 200th career win. [Lighthouse Hockey]
When examining the career of a potential Hall of Famer, what kind of off-the-ice behavior can tarnish a legacy? [Mike Chen]
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the first use of a goalie mask. Read all about it. [Copper & Blue] - [Puck Daddy]
Habs fans serenade the Leafs out of their building with a ...
Rangers News and Notes: Heading West Edition
Blueshirt Banter —
... Callahan against the glass just minutes later like Callahan was a bug to be eradicated.
"It’s not a penalty," Tortorella said, point blank, about the call on Avery.
And if that’s a penalty, Tortorella added, then the Chara one was as well.
According to the Boston Herald, Zdeno Chara gave Sean Avery a "stern talking to". He also attempted to send Avery to bed without supper, but it's a violation of the CBA.
Puck Daddy has a great look at the goalie mask on its 50th anniversary.
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A Goalie Mask Gallery
Gunaxin » Sports —
Puck Daddy has alerted us to the 50th Anniversery of the Goalie Mask , so we figured we would re-run this article highlighting some of the art from around the league: In pro team sports, players are given a uniform and little discretion on what else they can wear. The NFL is notorious for harshly enforcing its stringent dress code. If you wear the wrong color shoes or if your uniform becomes untucked for too long, be prepared to be fined on Monday morning. There’s simply little room for style in the apparel. One major exception is hockey, where goaltenders can design their own ...
Coyotes’ Backup Goalie Has All-Star Caliber Mask
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... of awesome. Yes, 70. The first 60 kinds all have to do with rocking. The helmet’s such nice work, that we’re prepared to do the unthinkable and supplant Peter Budaj from the top spot of our favorite masks. Budaj is a devout Christian, which means a nickname like Ned Flanders was only inevitable. And, lest we forget the “Streetcar” episode, Ned Flanders is also jacked out of his mind . Thus this : Peter Budaj Ned Flanders helmet Stupid sexy Flanders. (Terrorist Fist Jab: PUCK DADDY )
