Roberto Luongo my ass its got to be Evgeni Nabokov for the San Jose sharks. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Roberto Luongo
Never.
Goalie masks can be purchased from the following places: Hockey Giant, Goalie Monkey, Eye Candy Air, Warwick Mask, Pure Goalie, Amazon, eBay, Discount Goalie, The Hockey Shop, Sport Mask, to name a few.
Goalie Monkey is in the sports equipment business. They sell Hockey goalie equipment such as face masks, padding and clothing. One can purchase online for home delivery.
Probably the actual inventor of the mask will remain unknown. Masks were worn by some goalies after injuries even way back in the early days of hockey. However, goalie Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens is credited with making the mask a permanent part of the goalie's equipment back in the fifties. I would suggest you Google Plante or goalie masks to obtain more information.
How It's Made - 2001 Glass Bottles Hacksaws Goalie Masks 8-2 was released on: Canada: 2006 USA: 9 January 2007
The first goalie mask worn full time was in 1959 by Jacque Plante in the NHL. It was a homemade fiberglass mask similar to the one worn by the character Jason Vorhees in the movie series Friday the 13th. Other masks had been used for a short time on and off before then but were usually masks from other sports, such as the fencing mask Elizabeth Graham used in 1927. In the 1970s the goalie mask changed into a cage/helmet combination which is still used by some lower level goalies (high school, college, recreational, etc) and has evolved into the fiberglass or Kevlar masks with a built in cage used by most goalies today in the NHL.
1929-1930 by Montreal Maroons goalie Clint Benedict
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Technically every NHL goalie designs his own to best fit his need for comfort, visibility, and style. That's why you see some goalies like Dominik Hasek who have very unique goalie masks. The outside design of the goalie mask is purely aesthetic and is often times picked specifically depending upon the match being played. Important dates in team history may effect the outside design of the mask/helmet but some goalies just like their helmet to be flashy and have an artistic design on the outside.
I remember masks were used pretty heavily in Greek theater , and several productions call for masks such as The Phantom of the Opera.
The links below offer some information on the history and evolution of Chinese Opera Masks.