The NHL has seen some electric goalie mask designs, and as per usual, Swedish artist Dave Gunnarsson is the man behind many of the NHL’s latest masks. Welcome to Part 2 of rounding up the latest ...
The 2024-25 NHL season is here, marking the beginning of another run to the Stanley Cup and, most importantly, new goalie ...
Cubberly, a full-time nurse at the time, living in Bayonne, New Jersey, had a side business making masks for NHL goalies from 1988 to 2000. Mike Richter, Frank Pietrangelo and Mark Fitzpatrick ...
Other criteria: each mask belongs to an NHL starter or predicted No. 1, and one-off masks were not considered – the look had to be each goalie’s primary one. – Matt Larkin ...
Ever since the NHL mandated masks on goaltenders, goalies have been figuring out ways to customize them. Jacques Plante helped design his own mask that became the very first one worn in an NHL ...
The goalie mask, at least the retro-styled fiberglass types from the 60s and 70s, hasn’t been used in hockey for about 50 years — it’s instead made many more appearances in horror movies ...
But in the NHL, it's expected. "We know it's part of the job," said goalie-mask artist Sylvie Marsolais. "We know they're going to [get] some little chips here and there." Marsolais is one of a ...
Fischler, known as "The Hockey Maven," shares his humor and insight with readers each Wednesday. This week recalls an incident involving Toronto Maple Leafs goalie Bernie Parent's mask ...
Related: NHL Blocks Former Penguins Goalie From Wearing Special Mask The NHL, however, stepped in and blocked Fleury from donning the mask in warmups thanks to their recent decision to ban ...