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NHL Goalie Masks Through The Years
Nov. 1, 1959: Jacques Plante of the Montreal Canadiens becomes the first NHL goalie to wear a mask regularly after catching a puck in the face from Andy Bathgate. His molded, fiberglass model is ridiculed, but Plante does not give in to long-held cultural bias against masks on goalies. ...more
November 5, 2007
The NHL Unmasked
The cut ran from just beneath Bobby Taylor's nose clean through his upper lip. Teeth were visible. The puck had done its bloody work well. ...more
November 4, 2007
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