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∙ 2012-01-07 19:45:01Zdeno Chara
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∙ 2012-01-07 19:45:01hooley smith
I think the first helmet used in hockey was by a goalie named Jacques Plante. He had to use a mask/helmet for the first time in 1959 because of a broken nose, so then it started becoming more popular in the early 1960's for goalies, before any skater wore a a helmet.
some people are so dumb they dont where one now
bob Jones
there was no first hockey player there was a first team im sure that there was mabey a first but more and more people played and it being to be a sport
hooley smith
Swedish Ice Hockey champion, Sven Tumba invented the first hockey helmet, called the SPAPS-helmet
Jace Plance was the first person to wear a helmet.
sidney crosby
George Owen wore the first NHL helmet int he season of 1928-1929.
Bryan Elliott
I think the first helmet used in hockey was by a goalie named Jacques Plante. He had to use a mask/helmet for the first time in 1959 because of a broken nose, so then it started becoming more popular in the early 1960's for goalies, before any skater wore a a helmet.
bob Jones
some people are so dumb they dont where one now
there was no first hockey player there was a first team im sure that there was mabey a first but more and more people played and it being to be a sport
Charlie Patterson, a Canadian, invented it in the late 50's to prevent concussions.
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