Ever since Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante, in 1959, became the first NHL goaltender to permanently don a face mask and the use of masks went from a curiosity piece to a necessity over ...

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 ...

A mask makes the goalie. No other player on the ice wears one. Extra leg pads, gloves and blockers round out the equipment, but they lack the personality of pulling the mask down over the face. "It ...

Thatcher Demko likes to be hands-on when designing his goalie mask, at least according to Travis Michael. Michael, a Victoria, B.C., airbrush artist, paints goalie masks for netminders across all ...