then i asked myself whats my favourite goal mask design ever...and i would have to say its eddy the eagle...simple but so cool no matter if he was on chicago or dallas or even the leafs...
then i asked myself whats my favourite goal mask design ever...and i would have to say its eddy the eagle...simple but so cool no matter if he was on chicago or dallas or even the leafs...
what is your favourite???
drydens first mask in the nhl;
he used a Plante style in college, and the well remembered tricolor from his return in 74 to 79. In 78 he considered a birdcage like Larocque but never got a chance to try it in games.
As a Bruin fan I have to go with Gerry Cheevers mask. Those stitch marks were cool to look at but certainly gave you 2nd thoughts about becoming a goalie.
Dunc Wilson during his time with the Canucks in the early 70's. I suppose it was better than wearing nothing (although I still haven't figured out how), but it was pretty cool looking. For those of you not around during the time, it can be seen here. Check out the rest of the site to see some nice old replicas. And no, I don't work for them.
Gumps was made of a secret teflon-aluminum alloy rendered invisible by a crack team of scientists \...
Cheevers was a great mask for sure..
Ron Hextall had a great one in Philly
It's bad how you disrespect Guy in your avatar. A guy who was the most exciting hockey player of all time, who made sure every single fan got an autograph, brought you out of your seat and was a very generous guy with a great sense of humour too.
It's bad how you disrespect Guy in your avatar. A guy who was the most exciting hockey player of all time, who made sure every single fan got an autograph, brought you out of your seat and was a very generous guy with a great sense of humour too.
I'm sure he would be embarassed and disappointed that one of his biggest fans spends time in a message board posting ridiculous garbage about Wayne Gretzky, and calling people "kid" or "jackass" every time they question his posts.
I'm trying to pull a name out of my head- the guy who claimed to have wounds from the franco-prussian war had a tiger mask- he also had been a tiger in a previous life and once started growling like a tiger and "leaped" onto a guy in a fight... Someone help me with the name.. I know him from books, he's a couple of years ahead of my time and it won't come to me
I'm trying to pull a name out of my head- the guy who claimed to have wounds from the franco-prussian war had a tiger mask- he also had been a tiger in a previous life and once started growling like a tiger and "leaped" onto a guy in a fight... Someone help me with the name.. I know him from books, he's a couple of years ahead of my time and it won't come to me
You are talking about Gilles Gratton who played with the Rangers in the late 70s. This guy was truly a flake - he once had an eye painted on his mask convinced that it would hypnotize the shooters into missing the net. His most famous mask was that of a snarling lion ( or tiger - I'm not really sure anymore ).
You are talking about Gilles Gratton who played with the Rangers in the late 70s. This guy was truly a flake - he once had an eye painted on his mask convinced that it would hypnotize the shooters into missing the net. His most famous mask was that of a snarling lion ( or tiger - I'm not really sure anymore ).
Thanks BostonBob. If you hadn't come through I wouldn't have been able to sleep without digging through books til I found it- no way was that going to come to me ..
Thanks BostonBob. If you hadn't come through I wouldn't have been able to sleep without digging through books til I found it- no way was that going to come to me ..
The only way that I knew who you meant was that I just finished rereading George Plimpton's book " Open Net " where attends training camp with the Bruins as a goalie. He spends some time giving examples of just how weird the goaltending fraternity is. Another story about Gratton has him so upset after a poor practice that he comes back and streaks around the ice.
The only way that I knew who you meant was that I just finished rereading George Plimpton's book " Open Net " where attends training camp with the Bruins as a goalie. He spends some time giving examples of just how weird the goaltending fraternity is. Another story about Gratton has him so upset after a poor practice that he comes back and streaks around the ice.
And we wonder why pro sports figures don't have that same mystique: steroid versus streakers- I think the streaker's a lot funnier.
Esposito in his bio talks about Orr, Cashman et. al breaking him out of the hospital to get him drunk- the figures of yesteryear were admittedly childish in their antics, but at least the common man can relate to them and laugh..
man looking at that website ken dryden had some pretty sick masks...Guy Hebert had a cool one with the expansion ducks...and Caron with the pens is a pretty cool looking mask too..
It's bad how you disrespect Guy in your avatar. A guy who was the most exciting hockey player of all time, who made sure every single fan got an autograph, brought you out of your seat and was a very generous guy with a great sense of humour too.
