Olympic uniforms are usually strictly enforced from athlete to athlete, each one an exact copy of the next, indistinguishable from the bunch. Except for Olympic hockey goaltenders, who get to design ...

The Maven was there at The Old Garden on the night of November 1, 1959 when Montreal goalie Jacques Plante donned a mask for the first time. It happened in the first period of the Habs-Rangers game ...

The long-standing link between Halloween, horror movies and goalie masks goes well beyond the iconic example of Jason Voorhees wearing one in the "Friday the 13th" films. Gerry Cheevers is credited as ...

Unless you arrive at the Canadian Tire Centre from the south end of the city limits, it is impossible not to notice the massive advertisement adorning the northeast side of the arena. Linus Ullmark's ...

Finishing touches for a special night. Pavel Francouz is entering the 2022-23 season with a special addition to his Colorado Avalanche mask. Following an exuberant summer of celebrations after ...

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Known as “Mr. Goalie,” he created the so-called butterfly style and played in a record 502 consecutive games, without wearing ...

It's time for a new NHL season, which means unique goalie masks return across the league. Goaltenders use their masks to express creativity or pay homage to the people closest to them. The designs are ...

Off the goaltender’s mask, off a defenseman’s back, nothing but net. Well, at least in the net. That is how Colorado’s Casey Mittelstadt got his first goal of the NHL playoffs this year, and it is not ...

Zander Barquero pays tribute to Batman and the Joker with his goalie mask for Middletown South. Zander Barquero pays tribute to Batman and the Joker with his goalie mask for Middletown South. Zander ...

In an NHL constantly defined by perseverance and playing through pain, there was simply no better symbol than Hall of Fame ...