Happy 50th, Goalie Mask

JR · Nov 3, 2009

Machine Head said:

I think this one had some design issues

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I hate to report this but I wore one of those suckers when I played Peewee in about '62. Damn thing fogged up like crazy and I couldn't see my fucking feet.

That's the only reason I didn't make the NHL--stupid goalie mask

Machine Head · Nov 3, 2009

goalmouth said:

JR said:

goalmouth said:

Wore that Plante-type mask when I started playing, liked John Davidson's best:

I play with a helmet and mask combo now, like Osgood, but you can still get the old school masks, if you dare.
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You'd be nuts to wear one of those old school ones, even in a beer league.
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I never once heard of anyone suffering an eye injury back in the day, except for Parent, and that was a freak accident.

I'll add that the modern cat's eye cage won't stop a stick, either, and I recently switched to a grid cage.
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Gerry Desjardins career was ended by an eye injury in 1976:

http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18489

SoCalDude · Nov 4, 2009

Machine Head said:

goalmouth said:

JR said:

goalmouth said:

Wore that Plante-type mask when I started playing, liked John Davidson's best:

I play with a helmet and mask combo now, like Osgood, but you can still get the old school masks, if you dare.
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You'd be nuts to wear one of those old school ones, even in a beer league.
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I never once heard of anyone suffering an eye injury back in the day, except for Parent, and that was a freak accident.

I'll add that the modern cat's eye cage won't stop a stick, either, and I recently switched to a grid cage.
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Gerry Desjardins career was ended by an eye injury in 1976:

http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18489
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Rogie Vachon's career skidded quickly after he got hit in the eye, too. He has a nasty scar around one of his eyes.

Beef03 · Nov 4, 2009

The great Terry Sawchuk had 600 stitches in his face before he finally put on a mask

Baron Scicluna · Nov 4, 2009

Double J said:

JR said:

Plante designed his own mask and from the moment Bathgate's backhand ( some reports claime it was a backhand, not a wrist shot) hit his face, the position of goaltending changed forever.

Tehnically, yeah, Clint B was the first goalie to put on facial protection but if you really want to get anal, it wasn't a "goalie mask". It was some leather thingee that covered his nose and cheekbones. And, depending on whose accounts you read, he wore it for one, two or five games.
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He still wore facial protection almost 30 years before Plante did. My point is that while Plante's mask certainly opened the door and kept it open, the TSN idiots shouldn't be claiming Plante was the first one ever, because he wasn't.

It'd be like saying, well, Willie O'Ree really wasn't the first black player in the NHL, because he was only there for a handful of games.

Actually, a good comparison is the old horseshit about how six goals in a game was the "modern" NHL record, set in 1944 by Syd Howe and later tied by Red Berenson and Darryl Sittler. They don't say this any more, but they used to. Seven goals in a game, of course, is the record, set in 1920 by Joe Malone.
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Another interesting thing about Phantom Joe that season. He scored 39 of the Quebec Bulldogs' 93 goals in the 24 games that season. Quebec only won 4 out of the 24 because they gave up an NHL record 7.18 goals per game. The Bulldogs won the game where Malone scored the seven, and won another when he scored six.

Talk about being a one-man team.

Beef03 · Nov 4, 2009

Baron Scicluna said:

Double J said:

JR said:

Plante designed his own mask and from the moment Bathgate's backhand ( some reports claime it was a backhand, not a wrist shot) hit his face, the position of goaltending changed forever.

Tehnically, yeah, Clint B was the first goalie to put on facial protection but if you really want to get anal, it wasn't a "goalie mask". It was some leather thingee that covered his nose and cheekbones. And, depending on whose accounts you read, he wore it for one, two or five games.
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He still wore facial protection almost 30 years before Plante did. My point is that while Plante's mask certainly opened the door and kept it open, the TSN idiots shouldn't be claiming Plante was the first one ever, because he wasn't.

It'd be like saying, well, Willie O'Ree really wasn't the first black player in the NHL, because he was only there for a handful of games.

Actually, a good comparison is the old horseshit about how six goals in a game was the "modern" NHL record, set in 1944 by Syd Howe and later tied by Red Berenson and Darryl Sittler. They don't say this any more, but they used to. Seven goals in a game, of course, is the record, set in 1920 by Joe Malone.
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Another interesting thing about Phantom Joe that season. He scored 39 of the Quebec Bulldogs' 93 goals in the 24 games that season. Quebec only won 4 out of the 24 because they gave up an NHL record 7.18 goals per game. The Bulldogs won the game where Malone scored the seven, and won another when he scored six.

Talk about being a one-man team.
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Quite the contrast to George Hainsworth season on 1928-29 when he posted 22 shutouts in a 44 game season. Talking about weird stat lines that year he posted a record of 22-7-15 with a 0.92 GAA. Can we say no goal support.

maberger · Nov 4, 2009

Beef03 said:

The great Terry Sawchuk had 600 stitches in his face before he finally put on a mask
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i dont know how to embed the foto here, but this is from a LIFE magazine feature on Sawchuk that 'digitally' enhanced his scars to prove how dangerous the job was back then

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/265946-get-to-know-a-legend-terry-sawchuk

Double J · Nov 4, 2009

Baron Scicluna said:

Double J said:

JR said:

Plante designed his own mask and from the moment Bathgate's backhand ( some reports claime it was a backhand, not a wrist shot) hit his face, the position of goaltending changed forever.

Tehnically, yeah, Clint B was the first goalie to put on facial protection but if you really want to get anal, it wasn't a "goalie mask". It was some leather thingee that covered his nose and cheekbones. And, depending on whose accounts you read, he wore it for one, two or five games.
Click to expand...

He still wore facial protection almost 30 years before Plante did. My point is that while Plante's mask certainly opened the door and kept it open, the TSN idiots shouldn't be claiming Plante was the first one ever, because he wasn't.

It'd be like saying, well, Willie O'Ree really wasn't the first black player in the NHL, because he was only there for a handful of games.

Actually, a good comparison is the old horseshit about how six goals in a game was the "modern" NHL record, set in 1944 by Syd Howe and later tied by Red Berenson and Darryl Sittler. They don't say this any more, but they used to. Seven goals in a game, of course, is the record, set in 1920 by Joe Malone.
Click to expand...

Another interesting thing about Phantom Joe that season. He scored 39 of the Quebec Bulldogs' 93 goals in the 24 games that season. Quebec only won 4 out of the 24 because they gave up an NHL record 7.18 goals per game. The Bulldogs won the game where Malone scored the seven, and won another when he scored six.

Talk about being a one-man team.
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I'd love to write my next book about Joe Malone. What a player he must have been. Apparently he scored nine goals in an NHA game a few years earlier. Of course, there was also his 44-goal season in 20 games in 1917-18.

Sea Bass · Nov 4, 2009

JR said:

Everyone blames the Red Sox's loss in Game Six on Buckner. Nope, the fault lies squarely on Calvin Schiraldi who came in with two out and couldn't get the third Met retired.

No one cares about Clint or Calvin because they don't fit the easy storyline.
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I think you mean Bob Stanley.

JR · Nov 4, 2009

Sea Bass said:

JR said:

Everyone blames the Red Sox's loss in Game Six on Buckner. Nope, the fault lies squarely on Calvin Schiraldi who came in with two out and couldn't get the third Met retired.

No one cares about Clint or Calvin because they don't fit the easy storyline.
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I think you mean Bob Stanley.
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Sorry, you're right. Stanley came in after Schiraldi gave up singles to Carter, Mitchell & Knight with two out.

Schiraldi should have closed out the series but he choked.

And that wild pitch by Stanley? Passed ball. Gedman should have blocked it.

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