Tag Archives: goalie mask

  • 12 Scariest Hockey Masks

    12 Scariest Hockey Masks

    Today marks the 52nd anniversary of one of the most iconic artifacts in professional sports: the hockey goalie mask. On November 1, 1959, in a game against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, legendary Montreal Canadiens netminder Jacques Plante became the first goalie in the NHL to wear a mask that entirely covered his face. [...]

  • Picture Of The Day: Jonas Hiller’s Movember Goalie Mask

    Picture Of The Day: Jonas Hiller’s Movember Goalie Mask

    It is almost Movember, which means several men around the world will begin to grow their mustaches from scratch in an effort to raise awareness on men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression.  Approximately 150 players in the NHL took part in the Movember movement last year, as they sported their dusters on [...]

  • Josh Harding’s Goalie Mask Will Honor NHLers Who Passed Away This Summer

    Josh Harding’s Goalie Mask Will Honor NHLers Who Passed Away This Summer

    Throughout his hockey career, Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding has had many different teammates.  Among those who Harding has shared a locker room with are Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Pavol Demitra.  Harding played with Rypien from 2001-04, while both were members of the WHL’s Regina Pats.  As for Boogaard and Demitra, they have both [...]

  • Picture Of The Day: Stupid Sexy Flanders

    Picture Of The Day: Stupid Sexy Flanders

    Here is one goalie mask that Homer Simpson probably wouldn’t be too fond of. It belongs to Colorado Avalanche goaltender Peter Budaj, who is a devout Christian and figured a picture of Ned Flanders, the bible-hugging neighbor next door from The Simpsons cartoon show, would be the perfect way to show some love to his [...]

  • Picture Of The Day: Is Your Mask Looking At Me?

    Picture Of The Day: Is Your Mask Looking At Me?

    Before you begin to believe that Carey Price is as creepy as the mask he was wearing during yesterday’s NHL Heritage Classic, we should inform you that the design by artist David Arrigo, which featured the look of an old-school goalie mask with eyes on the top and a mouth on the bottom, was a [...]

  • Does This Chuck Norris-Themed Mask Help Kari Lehtonen Stop Pucks?

    Does This Chuck Norris-Themed Mask Help Kari Lehtonen Stop Pucks?

    Kari Lehtonen doesn’t stop pucks.  Instead, they spot the Chuck Norris image on his goalie mask and stop themselves mid-flight, out of fear. That may not be the best Chuck Norris joke you have come across, but it is just one of the many you can expect to hear in Dallas after the Stars’ goaltender [...]